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POSJ
May 13th, 2007, 01:21
I got a phone call shortly after getting home from work on Friday about somebody being stuck in an F150 somewhere out on Transmitter Rd here on Eielson AFB turned out to be a cheby 1500 and that they needed a winch. I was getting ready for baseball practice at the time so I figured it would be an easy pull and I would be able to get there and back quickly...couldn't be more wrong. 8000# wasn't enough. Here are some pictures after I called my friend Tom to come help since I couldn't get the job done:

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep021.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep022.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep023.jpg

The three above here are what I saw when I pulled up, you can barely make out my winch line in the third photo. So Tom tried with his 9000# and moved him a little but not nearly enough to get him out. He then proceeded to go get his snatch-block from his house in North Pole, AK which was about 30 min away. After he got the block he used me as a weight and pulled the truck out in the following:

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep025.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep026.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep027.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep028.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep029.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep030.jpg

His plastic facia or whatever was the only damage from the stuck not to mention the 18000#'s of force his now bent receiver lock had somehow got?http://www.arcticoffroad.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep037.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep038.jpg

Look at the smile on Tom's face you can see he is happy about this:

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep039.jpg
http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep024.jpg

I had to include pictures of my sexy XJ just cause, even thought his TJ did all the work.

Tyler-
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ZacSquatch
May 13th, 2007, 05:28
North Pole, haha, their high school has the highest STD rate per capita in the US

When I was younger I lived on bradley sky ranch, my dad ran the Skydiving operation there


Nice recovery
DansGreyMj
May 13th, 2007, 07:58
he probably would have been better off in an f150, chevy's frames hang down so low.
DBenz
May 13th, 2007, 08:04
Sweet rear window sticker though...
PornstaR
May 16th, 2007, 21:44
Judging just from the picture, why did anyone call you?? Why not use the crane or the 2ton truck in the background??

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep029.jpg
WaXJ_Skier
May 16th, 2007, 22:21
Judging just from the picture, why did anyone call you?? Why not use the crane or the 2ton truck in the background??

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep029.jpg

what would be the fun in that?
POSJ
May 16th, 2007, 23:49
Judging just from the picture, why did anyone call you?? Why not use the crane or the 2ton truck in the background??

http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n25/FlatBlackXJ/Jeep029.jpg

For some reason they don't leave keys in them...
98XJSport
May 17th, 2007, 07:42
Apparently people with stock vehicles up there dont know to steer clear of the mud holes this week...
derrickdrew17
May 17th, 2007, 15:22
A stock Jeep Cherokee with 31 muds could cross that same path that chevy gone through.
POSJ
May 17th, 2007, 17:48
A stock Jeep Cherokee with 31 muds could cross that same path that chevy gone through.

Negative...
lancey3
May 17th, 2007, 18:43
Negative...

tsls maybe
POSJ
May 17th, 2007, 20:11
A stock Jeep Cherokee with 31 muds could cross that same path that chevy gone through.
tsls maybe

And this is the reason I have been on so many recoveries lately...
Prowler
May 17th, 2007, 20:55
actually, it might be able to pull it off if you hammer it with the TSL's on it. I have pulled something like this off before. Not AS big but it was that sloppy.
98XJSport
May 18th, 2007, 04:06
It doesn't much matter what tires you have when they aren't touching the ground...
Ghost
May 18th, 2007, 07:12
It doesn't much matter what tires you have when they aren't touching the ground...
No doubt!
Justpunchit
May 18th, 2007, 07:32
ahh another happy chevy owner :) glad it didnt let him down haha