Ofcourse every solution brings a new problem. My back has reminded me that just because I have a rucksack that fits a chair, a pop up, a lil buddy heater, snacks, water, first aid kid, laser finder, extra ammo, tripod, compass, rope, etc... doesn't mean I have to bring everything.

I also now keep tow straps, a come along and a full tool box in the trunk

Last guy I pulled out was a Hispanic guy that mowed lawns. He was trying to come up a steep hill in a Toyota truck hauling a heavy mower on a trailer. He apparently started spinning or killed motor being in wrong gear and went backwards into a tree. I had to come to my house which is about a block and get a chain.
Hooked to him and pulled him off the tree. It’s no fun being stuck.

Old boy done snatched the bumper off

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While we are talking about getting stuck my little hunting buggy has seen some bad places. The good times of hunting season. Here hold my beer and watch this

WELP, I finally bought a new truck 4WD. I found a good deal on a 23 Nissan Titan. We had a brief retirement ceremony for the Sonata at trade-in. No more going up hills "ass first".

Old Alabama mud and ice can stop you in your tracks and tear up some good stuff. Clay and ice can be slicker than snot. No way I would put a good truck in certain spots. Seen too many doziers, high jacked up 4wd's, and tractors stuck in every type of dirt imaginable. Remember a young guy buying a nice jacked up Nissan. That thing was sharp. The small river he attempted to cross during a drought had some holes. Water came in the cab. Nissan had the great idea to put the ECM under the seat at the time. Took him about six months to get it back and it was only 2 months old. Seen one of those big dually 100hp JD's stuck in a field in black mud. It had to sit for over a month until it dried out. Seen some guys trying to fix some mud holes get a bulldozer stuck, mud above the tracks. It sat for over a month. Always remember to check the spots out in the dry season cause some folks wallow those holes out. Remember a 4wd has a reverse too. You not in Texas anymore.

" A man's got to know his limitations. "

We had one of the fellas in a camp I used to be in get off in a wet branch in a tractor.

It sat there 3 months drying out before we chained logs to the back tires and walked it out.

I hope it was his tractor.