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Old 05-05-2008
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that sucks man. Same thing happened to me last year in my jeep. Was idling down a dry packed granite road an heres a lil mud on the shoulder. So I drove over it. Soon as I hit the patch of mud my passenger tire dropped until my bumper hung up on the ground!

Ended up having a f-150 an a chevy astro van hook onto me an yank me out.

Been driving that road every day for the past 4 years an have never seen anything like it before or since.
 
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Old 05-05-2008
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i had something similar happen over the winter, just with ice.
it was so bad i could have flipped my truck if i pushed on it.

be careful, the intake is on the passenger side, you might want to pull the airbox and make sure its not full of muck.
 
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ya it actuallly choked out. cleaned out the intake and replaced the filter and all is good now.
 
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Dude I've been there...I was driving and decided to go through what I thought was a little mud hole and turned out to be a 5ft deep underground spring or something. You would never know that it was that deep just by looking at it. Water in the cab and it took a 1ton F350 6 HARD pulls to get me out.
 
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Haha holly stuckage that looks like it could of been a good flex shot if u didn't get owned haha.
 
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ya man. shocked my friend with the jeep that i had that much flex with with stock rear suspension on a leafsprings.
 
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Originally Posted by rededge02
Dude read i didnt dig myself in at all. this stuff was like quick sand. my truck actually sunk another foot when it was just sitting there. and no he has a v8 and 32 swampers and i didnt budge until we undug my rear tire and axle
yea... you cant exactly drag the front cross member and rear axle through solid ground lol
but it seems like 32 swampers should have provided plenty of traction

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Nice!
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ya man. shocked my friend with the jeep that i had that much flex with with stock rear suspension on a leafsprings.
sheit, rangers have rock crawler flex!
 
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Dude that is awesome, well it sucks for you, but it's awesome! I have never seen anybody stuck like that. Nice job!
 
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is that off of 64?
 
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Old 05-09-2008
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no its actually a really short and normally boring and easy trail behind triangle town center in raleigh.
 
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well can you do me a huge favor and do a super good write up on it and all the parts exactly what they are so i can make one plz plz plz because i cant take it anymore to get into 4l on my truck i have to get out and twist with pliers right now.
I promise I will get to it Cameron -- but as usual there's a lot going on. I have two sites to post it on now when it's done as well as my Cardomain, lol.

Probably be documented in a couple of weeks or so.
 
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looks familiar to me haha i hit a sink hole recently as well...

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At least you managed to keep that fancy white t-shirt clean.

Just kidding.
 
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found some old pics of my first stuck.....sorry cell phone pics





2 yrs ago just 3in bl and 285s
 
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Now that is STUCK!!!! A great story and pics to remind you to ALWAYS look before you step. That "little mud puddle" sure ain't so little after all.

At least you got it out.
 
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wow! that sure is sunken. deep.
 
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seems like everyones getting stuck like that lately. same thing happened to me last weekend but a lot worse. my bills already at $135 and i havent even started fixing it yet.

 
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I hit it first but quit once I sunk. He kept pushing. Mine was an easy pull from the back. This was a ditch that looked muddy, but not 3' deep.

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05 edge what damages do you have
 
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it didnt want to go into gear, but i think i got it working. my frames twisted. my bed hit the cab so its all dented and scratched. trailer hitch is bent. push bar got bent. i have to drain all the fluids and replace them. a few seals need replacing.

thats all iv found wrong so far.
 
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