How to Get Out of Mud

One of the best tricks I've ever seen to get out of mud - it would be difficult - but not impossible - to do with small diameter wheels. If your tires stick way out beyond the body, it just might work for an SUV:

I don't need no stinkin' winch

Frank

Great now I have to carry my fence posts chain and padlocks trail spares somewhere.

You know there might be something to this

Well, it did work. Who knows this might end up helping you out one day. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

I a impressed..........

I was thinking about it. i wonder how well this idea would work in sand?

It should work just fine, but I wouldn't make the pole much longer than the OD of the tire, or the resulting off-camber will cause the pole to bang the body as you pole-vault and bounce.

Frank

We used to chain a 12" tree trunk to the back tires on a 4wd case rubber tire backhoe when we had to get a trench across a swamp. It acted like a paddle wheel in the muck. We cut them at wheel diameter length, but the pole vault idea would work nice for getting back up the bank.

this shows another good reason for me to hang on to useing my old time Steel wheels.