The victim is my 1990 Jeep XJ with an ARB front bumper.
Went to a lake to do some minor wheeling. Ended up trying to cut a small corner, but driving into the lake (maybe 2 feet off shore). Well the mud was a lot softer than I had expected, and before I knew it, the stock height jeep was sunk to its doors in mud. Mud even leaked into the rear cargo area. You could not see the rear tires.
It took over two hours to pull me out. A lifted F250 power stroke did most of the work. What finally got me out were the F250 and an F150 pulling at the same time. Lots of digging was done, and luckily I had brought a shovel. Although a lot was done by hand.
The ARB bumper stood up to 10 or 12 jerks from the F250 before it started to show damage. The Fords rear bumper was starting to rip off, so he turned around and used the front tow hooks.
The chain hooks broke three different times, one of which swung back and whipped around the A pillar into the door. Luckily it didn't hit higher or I would have gotten hit. You'll see a picture of the trail the chain left.
In the process of about 10 more pulling attempts, the passenger side tow hook on my ARB bumper snapped entirely in half, as you'll see in the picture. After this happened, the dumb ass who went and rehooked the chain, tied it around my winch mount. You'll see the damage in the pics here too.
The bumper is now severely tweaked, and I'd say it is a total loss. Don't suppose ARB has an unconditional lifetime warranty, huh?
The rear bumper end cap was bent out due to the large amount of mud, which it plowed into.
The Jeep idled for over two hours, muffler under water, while we were getting it out. It didn't over heat one bit, and now runs like nothing even happened. I sure am glad I made a rubber shield under the engine bay to protect the alternator and other parts. Worked great keeping mud out from in there.
Here are the pics.
http://home.comcast.net/~cbrons1/jeeppics.htm
Went to a lake to do some minor wheeling. Ended up trying to cut a small corner, but driving into the lake (maybe 2 feet off shore). Well the mud was a lot softer than I had expected, and before I knew it, the stock height jeep was sunk to its doors in mud. Mud even leaked into the rear cargo area. You could not see the rear tires.
It took over two hours to pull me out. A lifted F250 power stroke did most of the work. What finally got me out were the F250 and an F150 pulling at the same time. Lots of digging was done, and luckily I had brought a shovel. Although a lot was done by hand.
The ARB bumper stood up to 10 or 12 jerks from the F250 before it started to show damage. The Fords rear bumper was starting to rip off, so he turned around and used the front tow hooks.
The chain hooks broke three different times, one of which swung back and whipped around the A pillar into the door. Luckily it didn't hit higher or I would have gotten hit. You'll see a picture of the trail the chain left.
In the process of about 10 more pulling attempts, the passenger side tow hook on my ARB bumper snapped entirely in half, as you'll see in the picture. After this happened, the dumb ass who went and rehooked the chain, tied it around my winch mount. You'll see the damage in the pics here too.
The bumper is now severely tweaked, and I'd say it is a total loss. Don't suppose ARB has an unconditional lifetime warranty, huh?
The rear bumper end cap was bent out due to the large amount of mud, which it plowed into.
The Jeep idled for over two hours, muffler under water, while we were getting it out. It didn't over heat one bit, and now runs like nothing even happened. I sure am glad I made a rubber shield under the engine bay to protect the alternator and other parts. Worked great keeping mud out from in there.
Here are the pics.
http://home.comcast.net/~cbrons1/jeeppics.htm
