Kinda Stuck in 6 inches of mud

[Scouts Out]

I took my son hunting at the local state game lands, while out looking for just one damn deer it rained buckets on top of some pretty crappy weather earlier. It was just getting dark as we got back to the H3 which was parked in a grassy field. I noticed pulling in that the grass was just tearing up under the tires but no problem getting in. As we were leaving the hummer went about 20 feet and just spun, 6 inches of soupy mud. I could have backed out but that would have seemed to have been admitting I stuck my H3 so I backed up and got a little run, we made it but I ever imagined 6 inches of mud giving my H3 so much trouble. I have taken it over some serious trails up in the mountians, in some pretty deep snow over the mountians, BUT 6 INCHES OF MUD!!!!! I did have to go back and pull the guy in the F250 out after he sat there and chuckled at our difficulties getting out. He moved about 5 feet and dug himself in halfway to the diffs.

[DRTYFN]

AT tires packed with mud = no further forward movement
http://www.elcovaforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19760
If you're not getting stuck you're not living.:jump:

[fourfourto]

At least you got out :beerchug:

No picks pulling the ford out ?

[RazM]

Odd, I've gone through more than 6" of mud with the stock tires and never had an issue, and now with MT's it's a breeze (thank you rain for all the nice mud and floods to play in :jump:)

[Agriv8r]

No picks pulling the ford out ?

???????:iagree:

[f5fstop]

Wet mud has quite a bit of suction.

[Scouts Out]

it was well after dusk but i know where the guy lives, i will tell him we have to do a daylight re-enactment. I really like the stock 33 tires
but in mud they suck big time.

Have not really thought of new tires since I only have 20,000 miles but i may need to re consider.

[lennyrebel]

I hope you realise their are as many kinds of mud as there are kinds of soup from thin broth to sticky gumbo. No tire or truck can cover them all. Maybe you need those tracks from Real Wheels. Regards 'The Rebel'

[Huck BB62]

I hope you realise their are as many kinds of mud as there are kinds of soup from thin broth to sticky gumbo. No tire or truck can cover them all. Maybe you need those tracks from Real Wheels. Regards 'The Rebel'

Exactly. We've got this clay filled mud on the Corrizo Plain west of Bakersfield. You can get stuck in one INCH of the stuff! It is slimy and packs up on the tire. No amount of wheel spin will get it off. Just walking in it, you can get up to three maybe four inches of height because it's so sticky. It takes for freakin' EVER to get it off of your truck. It bakes on like cement.

So, the depth of the mud means nothing.

[Scouts Out]

Pic of after being kinda stuck...33674

I am familiar with several ways of being stuck... Georgia clay that when wet is like slime... Pennsylvania Mud, black and soupy with a clay base if you get too deep... Kentucky mud which is brown and think...... Saudi sepka, as close to quick sand as i have ever seen, swallow a tank to the turrent is you miss the tell tale signs.... Iraqi mud pits where all the top soil collects and hides the water and will bury a hummer to its windows...

The most stuck I have ever seen is in Saudi when a hummer broke thru the top of a sepka and sank to the door handles. no other wheeled vehicles could pull it out ( 5 ton and 10 ton wrecker never budged it) brought in a M88 tank recovery vehicle and it pulled the tow pindle and frame cross member completly off. Ended up having a Chinook Heavy lift helo lift on it and an M88 pulled the front tow hooks... which brought it out. Thank is my standard for stuck.

[fourfourto]

Georgia clay that when wet is like slime.

I was wheeling in GA this july very slipery,Its get caked up in the tires:D

[Scouts Out]

I would have to agree that the Georgia clay may be about the worst I have come across in the states. Slippery and if you get in too deep it likes to form suction under you ride and that leaves you digging out. It is and unique sound to hear you vehicle get un-suctioned out of the clay. We were wheeling with a friend on Ft Benning in his jeep and we swamped it crossing a stream near a pond. We had to fend of a courious gator while winching it out

[Poopy]

We should delete this thread for damage control purposes. We only want PRO Hummer propaganda here.

Thankyou.

[HUMMJAY]

those who never get stuck, are those who never lead.

[Poopy]

lol no shiat....:D Thats good and sunk.

[HUMMJAY]

those are 35" tires that you cant see in the pic

[Poopy]

This is why i hate mud. Rocks much cleaner. :beerchug:

[HUMMJAY]

you've got pleanty of bolth out there in the PAC NW

[Poopy]

Its true, right now we have some stupid snow....once it melts its out wheeling, and looking for new trails.

[HUMMJAY]

I grew up in Oregon, and loved to trail ride on old logging roads in the Cascades and costal Mnts.

[Poopy]

Theres some pretty crazy stuff near bend, we are trying to plan a trip down there in spring.

[HUMMJAY]

just out side of bend Mt. Bacholer has some great logging rds. and trails, also check out the Deshutes river, plenty of washouts to travers.

[Poopy]

This is the area i heard of, its not in bend, but its called bend, its a small town NE of bend i think, starts with a P...



http://www.blackflag4x4.com/upload/bend5.jpg

[HUMMJAY]

thats some hard core $h!t, dont think you'll be going their though.

[Poopy]

Why not? According to the H2 guys im a troll with a highly modified jeep.


:violin:

[HUMMJAY]

Why not? According to the H2 guys im a troll with a highly modified jeep.


:violin:
what the F does that mean:confused:

[HUMMJAY]

H2 guys are pissed because you got a truck for half the price, that out proforms theirs with out making your johnson look small

[Poopy]

lol, thats what i figured....oh well, they are fun. :)

[HUMMJAY]

no harm no foul:grouphug:

[HUMMJAY]

I'm sorry, I assumed you drove an H3.

[Big Z]

Pic of after being kinda stuck...33674

I am familiar with several ways of being stuck... Georgia clay that when wet is like slime... Pennsylvania Mud, black and soupy with a clay base if you get too deep... Kentucky mud which is brown and think...... Saudi sepka, as close to quick sand as i have ever seen, swallow a tank to the turrent is you miss the tell tale signs.... Iraqi mud pits where all the top soil collects and hides the water and will bury a hummer to its windows...

The most stuck I have ever seen is in Saudi when a hummer broke thru the top of a sepka and sank to the door handles. no other wheeled vehicles could pull it out ( 5 ton and 10 ton wrecker never budged it) brought in a M88 tank recovery vehicle and it pulled the tow pindle and frame cross member completly off. Ended up having a Chinook Heavy lift helo lift on it and an M88 pulled the front tow hooks... which brought it out. Thank is my standard for stuck.

That pic is Shamefull! :o :) Almost Stuck??.....:confused: ....Doesn't look like ya spun a tire!!..... Except for the THREE INCH Dirt line on the Tires!---That IS a speck of mud on the paint..... Isn't it?? :D

[Big Z]

There are a lot of good areas to run in Central Oregon, :jump: And I Know them ALL! :shhh: :dancingbanana:

[Big Z]

Why not? According to the H2 guys im a troll with a highly modified jeep.


:violin:

Well, I've only gotten through about 1/2 your posts....AndTroll, with a PIC of a Modied Jeep, Does Fits!!

[mudderducker]

street tires spin in mud

[Scouts Out]

O-4, (Major for those not familiar)

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

O-4, (Major for those not familiar)

Scout,

Thought you said you were senior to 7/8 of the people in the ARMY!

Figured you were at least a O-6 or W-4 or E-9...

RYD

[f5fstop]

Sergeants RULE:jump:

[Scouts Out]

Even with my limited 18 years in the military, I know a freshly commissioned 2LT out ranks even the most senior Command Sergeant Major or Warrant officer. There is a definately downsizing after the Major rank, the army gets pretty skinny after that, just seems like there are allot of Colonels and Generals since they all want to talk on TV.

[RubHer Yellow Ducky]

Even with my limited 18 years in the military, I know a freshly commissioned 2LT out ranks even the most senior Command Sergeant Major or Warrant officer. There is a definately downsizing after the Major rank, the army gets pretty skinny after that, just seems like there are allot of Colonels and Generals since they all want to talk on TV.

I hear the pay is good...

RYD

[Scouts Out]

I have 2 or three ex bosses who make a living talking about how smart they are on TV now. I would not turn the gig down, better than working for satan