Stuck in the mud

Update for all of you kind enough to offer your advice:
Tried for 2 hours lifting and blocking with no luck. Called coach net and within 45 min they had a tow truck there who winched me out. He wanted to put his hook on the axle next to the tag that said don't tow here!! Once we found a good place on the frame out it came. No charge and coach net called back to make sure everything was done! Very happy with them and the tow company.

Oops posted in the wrong thread. Not enough sleep last night. Wish this forum had a delete option, but since they don't, I'm going to waste this space by posting nothing important.

Here is a link to our blog that relates to our stuck in the mud episode in Mexico last year. With photos.

http://jacksonsjourneys.blogspot.ca/2012_11_01_archive.html

Daveinet wrote:

RCMAN46 wrote:
DO NOT ALLOW the tow driver to attach anything to the front axle! My father had a towing business. He had an inexperienced tow driver hook to the front axle of a truck stuck in the mud. All that came out of the mud hole was the front axle. The truck stayed in the mud hole. My father had a very expensive repair to pay for because of that error. There is a You Tube video of the front axle being pulled off of a Jeep that was stuck in a mud hole. Jeep axle failure

I don't think that Jeep video applies to a motorhome. It really depends on how bad it is stuck. If it will almost get out on its own, but just needs minor help, the axle isn't going to come off the vehicle. If the differential is on the ground, that would be a different story.

To the OP. It is your Motorhome and the axles on it are low to the ground and easy to throw a chain around. The experts have spoken so go for it. As for the jeep video the jeep may go 3500 lbs and your motorhome may go beyond 25,000 lbs so I agree the jeep video does not apply.

Wonder if that Toyota had a 300,000 lb rated trailer hitch when it pulled the space shuttle?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/driveon/2012/10/13/toyota-tundra-pickup-space-shuttle-endeavour/1631235/

RCMAN46 wrote:
DO NOT ALLOW the tow driver to attach anything to the front axle! My father had a towing business. He had an inexperienced tow driver hook to the front axle of a truck stuck in the mud. All that came out of the mud hole was the front axle. The truck stayed in the mud hole. My father had a very expensive repair to pay for because of that error. There is a You Tube video of the front axle being pulled off of a Jeep that was stuck in a mud hole. Jeep axle failure

I don't think that Jeep video applies to a motorhome. It really depends on how bad it is stuck. If it will almost get out on its own, but just needs minor help, the axle isn't going to come off the vehicle. If the differential is on the ground, that would be a different story.

jhilley wrote:
Here is benefit from their WEB site

"Winching
Winch out or extraction services required in order to tow the disabled vehicle. Covered up to 100 feet off of a maintained road or in a commercial campground equipped for camping vehicles."

Then it sounds like the OP is probably covered based on the description of how he's stuck. Assuming it's not a really big yard.

Yeah, throw some good boards under the jacks. Displace the weight.

Here is benefit from their WEB site

"Winching
Winch out or extraction services required in order to tow the disabled vehicle. Covered up to 100 feet off of a maintained road or in a commercial campground equipped for camping vehicles."

Do they define what they mean by off road? For example if I cut a corner too sharp and my tires fall off the pavement and get stuck in the mud, are they going to tell me I'm off road? The OP said he tried to back into a space and got stuck in the yard. I'm guess he wasn't too far off road. Many campgrounds have gravel roads is that off road?