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- From: nick@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Nick Leiterman)
- Subject: Re: Jeep stuck, frozen puddle, how to free up?
- Message-ID: <C1Kp2o.88r@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Organization: Boeing Computer Services
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- References: <1993Jan26.192303.2396@macc.wisc.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:42:24 GMT
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- Peter Burke, MIC, 608-263-7744 (pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu) wrote:
- : My friend got himself stuck in a pretty deep puddle two days ago. In the
- : meantime the puddle has turned to solid ice. Teh front of the vehicle
- : is about 15" under water/ice, the rear - well - his 31" tires barely
- : stick out of the ice. The ice is only 1/2" thick, but still enough to
- : keep the thing in there. Yesterday we pulled only very lightly and tore
- : his bumper off - oops. Now: what is a smarter approach? We are
- : thinking of first using a sledgehammer to crush the ice, then pull with
- : two trucks. Is there a smarter approach? There is no way to get a
- : tow-truck near this, by the way. almost got my Toyota stuck just going
- : there....
-
- : Any seasoned four-wheelers out there?
-
- Find someone with a winch, if you can't, some equipment rental places
- will rent you a come-along. When I had to unstick my truck I rented a
- 6 ton come-along, It could only pull about 5 feet at a time but it worked.
- after this experience I bought a winch.
-
- The slegde hammer thing sounds like a good idea.
-
- --
- Nick Leiterman, Kent Washington
- nick@bcstec.boeing.com
-
- "International Harvester, anything else is just a car"
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