Stuck in the Mud

Heavy Metal Doctor wrote:
One of our camping trips started out that way -- all hooked up and ready to roll out at 7am. Kids and friends all packed in the van along dogs to get dropped at the boarder on the way out. Drop it in drive and immediately slipped / sunk a few inches of rain softened grass where I had parked near the house to load up the night before. Add in the slight up hill slope and we where not going anywhere in a 2wd van. My teenage daughter made me proud when I said "Get the truck backed up in front of the van - but stay up on the hard driveway". I ran and grabbed the tow strap from the back of the van (thought something like this might happen). She knew where the 4x4 switch was and how to gave it a tug (not too much gas) while I drove the van.....truck parked and all locked up and on our way in about 5 minutes...I was a proud dad and her boyfriend was really impressed that we worked like pit-crew.

I am so glad that I didn't end up in the same ready-to-go situation as you were. I quite possibly could have, too. I wasn't planning on pulling the trailer out until our first trip in a couple of weeks, but it just happened that I noticed my inspection was dead -- it was supposed to have been inspected in November, but the dealer forgot to do it and I didn't notice. So, I had to get it to the dealer yesterday so I could get on with de-winterizing, sanitizing, etc. before our first trip. If my dealer hadn't messed up, I would have been in a very upsetting and frustrating situation in a couple of weeks -- I really thought the ground was solid enough.

BTW, it was my truck that sank, not the trailer. There was no indication that there would be a problem when I backed up to the tongue or after all of the weight was sitting on the tongue. Only after I drove forward a few feet and stopped did the truck sink.

Bruce