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1989 Chev K2500 extended cab 4X4 and 1955 Dodge 1/2 ton pickup box trailer.
Sorry, no pics on this one. Went out this morning and cutting was going great. My boys were loading after I would cut for awhile. I saw some nice wood towards the river and wanted to get closer to it when I cut to speed loading. They had a couple inches of rain, but I was about 10 feet above the river on top of the bank. I dropped into a wash hole with the pickup trailer(one tire) and could not get any traction since the pickup was empty, so.....we moved all the wood from the trailer into the pickup for more traction. I also took off the trailer so I could get the truck out and then put a chain on the trailer and get it out of the pothole. So........the weight of the wood made me sink on one side of the pickup(the side towards the river). I tried rocking it out gently, but that got me buried to the frame.:censored: I could still move about 3 feet forward or backward, so after cursing the fact that I drove too close to the river and making a fool out of myself in front of the kids, I decided to try to throw some wood in the ruts and see what happened. This was AFTER we emptied the ENTIRE load of wood out of the pickup(the same load we threw in from the trailer just a few minutes before).
If this didn't work, it was tow truck time. I threw in the 2" diameter pieces behind the wheels, then drove onto them. Then I put wood in front of the wheels and repeated a few times. I raised the truck about back to ground level. I gave it the gas and made it out. We were all exhausted and I didn't dare cut as tired as I was. So.......2 hours wasted and only a pickup load of wood to show for 5 hours of work.
Could have been worse..........Picked up some nice 22" Oak and Ash for this year....Standing dead and bone dry.
Sorry, no pics on this one. Went out this morning and cutting was going great. My boys were loading after I would cut for awhile. I saw some nice wood towards the river and wanted to get closer to it when I cut to speed loading. They had a couple inches of rain, but I was about 10 feet above the river on top of the bank. I dropped into a wash hole with the pickup trailer(one tire) and could not get any traction since the pickup was empty, so.....we moved all the wood from the trailer into the pickup for more traction. I also took off the trailer so I could get the truck out and then put a chain on the trailer and get it out of the pothole. So........the weight of the wood made me sink on one side of the pickup(the side towards the river). I tried rocking it out gently, but that got me buried to the frame.:censored: I could still move about 3 feet forward or backward, so after cursing the fact that I drove too close to the river and making a fool out of myself in front of the kids, I decided to try to throw some wood in the ruts and see what happened. This was AFTER we emptied the ENTIRE load of wood out of the pickup(the same load we threw in from the trailer just a few minutes before).


