First time in a long time iv actually been "stuck"!!!!
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First time in a long time iv actually been "stuck"!!!!
ok me and my buddy mike (mcerwing were out taking pix of our truck and inicent little run through some feald and stuff then stupid old me decid's to make my own trail and go through the wash and get stuck ...
THEN I TRIED TO LOWER MY AIR PRESURE IN MY TIRES TO GET
A LITTLE MORE TRACTION TO LIKE FLOOT OUT OF THE SAND YOU KNOW....
WELL I WAS ABLE TO BAC UP BUT THAT DIDNT HELP ME AT ALL.....
LOOK AND HOW STUCK I WAS .... I WAS HUNG UP ON MY PUMKIN, FUEL CELL, DRIVE SHAFT, AND I WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO MY FRAIM....
SEE NOW I HAD ANOTHER PERSON W/ ME BUT MIKE DIDNT WANT TO GET
HIS TRUCK STUCK AS WELL SO WE CALLED MY DAD THE SMARTEST
4 WHEELER IN THE WORLD (WELL TO ME ANY WAY....) HE HAS A ..... OH I DONT KNOW WHAT YEAR BUT ITS AND F-150 SUPER CAB W/ 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND 17" RIMS RAPED W/ SOME SIZE BFG'S (A/T)
SO HE PULLED ME OUT NO PROBLEM W/ ME IN NUTERAL( ) AND
THEN I WENT TO A GAS STATION AIRED UP MY TIRES AND WENT HOME ....
BUT THATS NOT ALL .......
I HEARD A CLACKING AND CLANKING.. AND IT WAS LEAKING.... SO I TOOK IN INTO AAMCO CAUSE
THEY FIXED MY TRANI.... AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY U JOINTS.... SO I TOOK IT HOME ........
AND I TOOK THE DRIVE SHAFT'S OUT.... (2 PIECE.)
I FOUND OUT THAT THE LEEK WAS COMING FROM THE REAR NOSE CONE ON THE TRANI... WHERE THE TRANI AND THE DRIVE SHAFT MEET.... SO I GOT NEW U JOINTS AND AND SEEL....
THEN WE PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER W/ NEW PARTS AND ITS RUNNING LIKE NEW AGAIN.....
SORRY FOR THE BOORING STORY I JUST WANTTED TO POST PIX
W/ A STORY LINE SO THAT YOU KNEW WHAT THEY WERE.....
THANX...
THE END....
THEN I TRIED TO LOWER MY AIR PRESURE IN MY TIRES TO GET
A LITTLE MORE TRACTION TO LIKE FLOOT OUT OF THE SAND YOU KNOW....
WELL I WAS ABLE TO BAC UP BUT THAT DIDNT HELP ME AT ALL.....
LOOK AND HOW STUCK I WAS .... I WAS HUNG UP ON MY PUMKIN, FUEL CELL, DRIVE SHAFT, AND I WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO MY FRAIM....
SEE NOW I HAD ANOTHER PERSON W/ ME BUT MIKE DIDNT WANT TO GET
HIS TRUCK STUCK AS WELL SO WE CALLED MY DAD THE SMARTEST
4 WHEELER IN THE WORLD (WELL TO ME ANY WAY....) HE HAS A ..... OH I DONT KNOW WHAT YEAR BUT ITS AND F-150 SUPER CAB W/ 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND 17" RIMS RAPED W/ SOME SIZE BFG'S (A/T)
SO HE PULLED ME OUT NO PROBLEM W/ ME IN NUTERAL( ) AND
THEN I WENT TO A GAS STATION AIRED UP MY TIRES AND WENT HOME ....
BUT THATS NOT ALL .......
I HEARD A CLACKING AND CLANKING.. AND IT WAS LEAKING.... SO I TOOK IN INTO AAMCO CAUSE
THEY FIXED MY TRANI.... AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY U JOINTS.... SO I TOOK IT HOME ........
AND I TOOK THE DRIVE SHAFT'S OUT.... (2 PIECE.)
I FOUND OUT THAT THE LEEK WAS COMING FROM THE REAR NOSE CONE ON THE TRANI... WHERE THE TRANI AND THE DRIVE SHAFT MEET.... SO I GOT NEW U JOINTS AND AND SEEL....
THEN WE PUT EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER W/ NEW PARTS AND ITS RUNNING LIKE NEW AGAIN.....
SORRY FOR THE BOORING STORY I JUST WANTTED TO POST PIX
W/ A STORY LINE SO THAT YOU KNEW WHAT THEY WERE.....
THANX...
THE END....
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Originally Posted by black-n-blue
damit! took the words right now of my mouth!
I am not very good at explaining things but here goes, if you leave your front tires at full pressure, they tend to sink faster due to the smaller footprint even though they are not driving. when they encounter an obsticle such as a small rut or a small pile of sand at street pressure they will want to try to climb it, but with the pressure lowered, they will tend to comform to it and roll over it.
here is an experiment, with full street pressure, pull up to a curb or another small obsticle and slowly try to put your front wheels up on it, then try it with the pressure lowered in the front tires. you will notice that the truck will go up on the obsticle a little easier with lower pressure.
Just a couple of other tips for sand, lower the pressure before you start playing, and as mentioned previously, stop spinning the tires as soon as your truck stops moving. all you are doing after that is digging straight down.
this is just my 2 cents, and the advise comes from experience with this issue.
Last edited by loneranger4x4; 10-28-2005 at 10:33 AM.