Yeah, today went GREAT!!:roll: Hi Dave!
I made a wood run,slept good last night, unusual, I set my alarm for 6am but didn't turn it on, I got up at 7 and was on the road at 7:30m not all bad.
I got there at 9am, found a nice stash of dead trees, a real bitch to get to but once you get in there lots of room to work around, a real "honey hole"! Yeah, it was a bit soft, but I walked this three times and found solid ground all the way, so I I took the truck in. I burried it. OK, I take the mini off and unhook the trailer and get them both out of the way. The truck is still buried! OK, I get the mini and try and pull it down hill, yeah, that was funny!! It just wanted to nose dive! I tried pulling from the front but all I did was sink the mini.
OK, new plan, I broke out the come along from hell, I found a tree that I was woried about pullling out of the ground, and hooked a chain to it a chain to the lower A-arm on the truck (it's all you have, trust me!!) and started pulling, I BROKE the come along from hell!! Yeah, the catch on the sprocket bent into a U! Now the truck is stuck between the come a long and tow chains and I got nothing! I stop and think, then I get the BRILIANT idea of using a ratchet strap to get the tension off the chains. I have a lovely scare/bruise/war wound on my left shoulder from when the hook came out of the chain and nailed me in the the back of the shoulder!
OK, I am defeated, I, just out of shear hope, call Dave, he's at work and all of his family is Arkansas, it was a long shot! He tells me if I am still there at 6:30pm he can come to get me. I tell him if I am still there by then I will have put a bullet in my head!
I start the walk, I walk a mile to the neighbors place, then walk the quarter mile down the drive. I've heard a lot about this guy, nothing good!
He meets me at the door, I explain, he wants a min. to get ready "Sir, I am on your time, take as long as you want!!
He takes his 4x4 1/2 ton and has to hit me a couple of times to get me moving, but I finally do, he gets me off the broken come a long, I unhook it, but still can't move! He pulls me out again (hella cool guy!!) and sticks with me until I at least have the truck in a "safe" spot before he leaves, he even offerd to pull the trailer out for me, I owe this guy!
I pulled the trailer out with the mini, but all but sank it trying, and offerd this mand good cash money and he was offended (I like folks like that, you have to think to pay them back, but I will!)
I came homw with nothing, but was happy to be home!