Use Lime on Wet Grass/Mud to get unstuck?

Lime is a soil stabilizer. So yes, it should work to some extent. Here in the western part of Oregon, lime is nearly a necessity for health turf. All those conifers around help keep the soil naturally acidic.

We use ashes if stuck on ice. Doesn't cost anything and everybody has it. Around here you need to put lime on your lawn if you want the grass to grow but then you have to mow it. I think a lawn is over rated.

2003silverado wrote:
In general lime doesn't kill grass and in fact is beneficial to it in the proper dose...enough to get unstuck Would likely be too high of a dose.

Not to mention, the farmers all around where I live still use lime on their fields! ?? felds? flds? felds? .. um.... oh that darn lime!

In general lime doesn't kill grass and in fact is beneficial to it in the proper dose...enough to get unstuck Would likely be too high of a dose.

Kitty litter is the best if stuck

When I was a kid, my parents had a camper at a private campground (actually, it's now White River Campground, between Cicero and Strawtown, Indiana.

The campground was very primitive. It had a hand pump for water for the entire campground and it had 2 sets of out houses, one at each end of the park. The owner of the campground tended to the outhouses. I remember (oh so clear), he used power lime inside those wooden buildings, just sprinkled all over the sitting and standing area. After a few hours, he'd go back and brush it down the hole.

You bet, our bare butts had to sit on those wooden holes. And often it still had lime power on them. Well, that was back around 1965 - 1970 ish and it's now 2016. I suppose it didn't kill anyone, especially me, as I'm sill here! (by the way in 1965, I was 10 years old).

So, I don't think lime will hurt the environment to, t, tooo, oo, o, ot, ottt, much!

===So, does lime hurt the grass?

Yes it would kill the grass (I'm a retired chemist)

===Is using lime a big no no?

The grass will grow back, probably less damage than a couple of deep ruts would be.

===I would want to try that before calling a wrecker if major damage to the grass/ground is avoided.

Just carry some lengths of cast off carpet. Get some left over end pieces from a carpet store, shag is recommended. Cut strips about a foot wide, roll them up and secure with some duct tape and throw them into the back of the truck.