Stuck like a duck
We were on our way to our spot at the TripleTree Aerodrome in Woodruff, South Carolina for a week of R/C model aircraft flying. It had been raining quite a bit, and the ground wasn't as firm as we tho...
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Depending on where you are stuck in relation to a legal highway or a blacktop or solid packed stone driveway, you may have issues with getting a big rig tow truck to come off the highway to pull you out. Been there, done that. We race every weekend and park in grass fields and when it rains, if you are in the wrong spot, can get stuck quite easily.
The best way to pull one of these beasts out by the tow hitch in the back and pull you back on the hard pack backwards! We have done this many times with zero damage. Damage occurs when you get pulled forward and the tow pulls the front cap off. If you do pull from the front, you MUST keep the strap wood blocked below the front cap and as low to the ground as possible.
The best way to get yourself pulled out is to find a local farmer with a large four wheel drive tractor. Generally to pull something this size out, I have offered him $100 or $200 cash and we are generally out within 30 minutes. We carry a 50,000lb web recovery strap with us for just this purpose.
Good luck!!
We were at Eldora Speedway this July and just about everyone needed to be pulled out of the campgrounds around the track. Way, way too much rain in a few hours time. The big tractor got my 42' Rev out, but it took two big four wheel drive tractors hooked together to move the new King Air that was parked next to us. I always like a challenge.
The best way to pull one of these beasts out by the tow hitch in the back and pull you back on the hard pack backwards! We have done this many times with zero damage. Damage occurs when you get pulled forward and the tow pulls the front cap off. If you do pull from the front, you MUST keep the strap wood blocked below the front cap and as low to the ground as possible.
The best way to get yourself pulled out is to find a local farmer with a large four wheel drive tractor. Generally to pull something this size out, I have offered him $100 or $200 cash and we are generally out within 30 minutes. We carry a 50,000lb web recovery strap with us for just this purpose.
Good luck!!
We were at Eldora Speedway this July and just about everyone needed to be pulled out of the campgrounds around the track. Way, way too much rain in a few hours time. The big tractor got my 42' Rev out, but it took two big four wheel drive tractors hooked together to move the new King Air that was parked next to us. I always like a challenge.
