stuck and need opinions

[PapaJoel55]

hey everyone we just moved to tenn. and when we got here i pulled the bird in the yard and the truck started to spin my question is could i hook to the frame and help the truck get the bird out i am going to wait till it dries a little bit before i try it .but i wanted to get a little help from the pros.all i did was start to spin and i took the bird off.well any help you can give wold really help.THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE.
Joel

[Don Wilson]

How stuck is the bird? Can you jack it up high enough to get boards under the tires to at least get you started and maybe you will have enough traction to pull it the rest of the way out.

Don

[bfast54]

Joel, the big thing you DO NOT want to do is "diamond" the frame.
So, if you are going to put a lot of Pull, torque on the frame, be sure to attach in 2 places, with equal pull on both sides, or you could "Tweak" the frame (a very bad thing)

Also, try to wait till the ground dries out, and maybe dig a "Trench" in front of the bird's tires, and use a ramp of thick wood, to give it some footing.

[PapaJoel55]

don the bird is not stuck deep but the truck wants to spin i am thinking after reading what mark wrote that i might go under the bird and hook a cable on the hitch of the truck really appreciate all the help it just makes me stop and think before i do anything.
Joel

[Travelers]

Joel,
Can you hook a 4wd truck to the front of your?

[PapaJoel55]

not yet maybe when it dries out.still trying to figure out why i was that stupid but we all screw up the good thing is the bird is alot liter now than when i pulled it in.we had been in it for a year so you can imagine how much stuff was in it.
Joel

[Traveler II]

I got our motor home stuck a couple of times and jacked it up an put some plywood under the tires and was able to get out that way. We have a 4x4 pick up now and several times I've had to use the 4 wheel drive to get out. Hope it dries out soon for you.

[Don Wilson]

Try putting boards or plywood (like Jim suggested) under the truck tires as well to get traction but if you did that in conjunction with having a 4x4 pick up pulling your truck I would think you should be able to get it out. I got stuck in mud a few years ago and a 4x4 was able to tow me out.

Hope you are not in the area of Tennessee where the tornado hit.

Don

[PapaJoel55]

we are just north of where the tornados hit .i have a 4x4 and thats what i got stuck but i got it out now i am trying to figure out how to hook back up and get them both out but after the storms we had that could be a while 7 inches of rain and we just found out we have a river in behind us that we didnt know about before pretty cool haha.but thanks for all the help i am going to try wood after it dries up and maybe that will do it.
Joel

[dfredendall]

I have used snow chains on the drive wheels for extra traction in mud. Sometimes it helps.

[Future Fulltimers]

Joel check your email

[PapaJoel55]

UPDATE i bought a set of mud chains from cabelas and let the ground get dri and the Bird is nolonger stuck and no damage done backed it rite out wont do that again.Thanks for all your suggestions asyou see i did listen the chains worked.thanks again.
Joel

[dfredendall]

Glad to see you won,t have to take up residence in the mud flats. I stuck my rig in sand right next to the asphalt road in North Carolina's Outer Banks. Had fun playing on the beach, not so much fun digging the rig out of the sandy shoulder. Took a kind man in a 4WD pickup truck and my 100 foot X 1" dia. rope to get 'er out. Big lesson learned for me. My wife laughs about it now...