Now this is stuck

[BOOMERANG]

http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l135/boomerang1226/stuck2.jpg

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This past weekend we came upon a very stuck Polaris 800. It took 3 ATV's (my Grizz 700 included), his winch and his quad running WOT to get him out. We broke two recovery straps and one winch (not mine). We also about pulled down a 25' tree trying to get this 850 lbs beast out of the mud. The whole ordeal took about 5 hours (1.75 hours once the Grizz got there). This was serious muck (note the lack of standing water).

At one point we had two winches and three ATVs pulling and it moved 1/2 inch! Ultimately winching it over a tree to lift the front end allowed three of us to then pull him out.

He had 27" XTRs on 14" rims but that didn't help a bit. I am not too sure about that 4wd system either as he was usually only spinning 2 or 3 wheels (diff lock???). He also killed his battery and we had to swap out one with someone else and then jump start his later.

[PoPoRZR]

I would say that is stuck....Polaris has to lead the way though....:D

[BOOMERANG]

Eric can tell a good story of being stuck in mud like that. 3 of us with winches didn't budge him more than a foot in the hole.

[Rubberdown]

Nice stuck you got there.

This ones a little farther from the camera, it was on our first day at the 06 mud nats and where we first met the Bama Boggers (great bunch of guys too) and 2 of them got sooooo stuck in the mud that it took 7 winches to pull them out along with guys pushin the machines. In the end, one of them had cracked his motor case, I think the other had a couple broke axles and 1 broken winch cable and snatch block on the same cable.

If you look close enough, you should be able to count all the cables LOL

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j158/rubberdown/7winch.jpg

[BOOMERANG]

Yeah, I know all those guys and the infamous Winchmeout story.

[Rubberdown]

LOL, so it DID become famous, thats awesome. tell them all I said hello please :)

[B Man]

i was in a mud hole just recently, the mud looks to be the same, really thick and gross. anyway, my incline to get out was way less but i was by myself, need to replace gears in my winch again lol.

those mud holes that have always been wet then dry up a little are nasty. great pics.

[Mole]

That is a pretty bad stuck photo right there. I have had my Rincon in stuff similar to that and it took 5 wheelers to get me out. 3 winches and 2 tow straps. It was just gooey slimy mud that caked up my tires in no time. I was trying to go through about a 50 stretch of it wide open throttle and I only made it about 10 feet.:biggrin1: Damn i wish i had a photo of it.LOL

[DAN-O-MITE]

gee it almost looks like that stuff up in Kearney..........WEG

but then again we were driving "GRIZZLY'S"

*smile*

[torkmonster]

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One pic from mine with a winch and four other Quads pulling it out. Thats after it set there all night and got rained on.... took us awhile to get it out.. down in the WATER SHED in ky.

[BOOMERANG]

I don't think we would have left any of ours overnight before getting them out.

That doesn't look too bad. But I guess it's true...........It's always worse than it looks!

[Rubberdown]

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One pic from mine with a winch and four other Quads pulling it out. Thats after it set there all night and got rained on.... took us awhile to get it out.. down in the WATER SHED in ky.

Welcome to the forum, but I'm like Barb, theres no way I would have left it there all night. Glad you got her out, it musta been real REAL stuck!

[geonc]

I have sworn NEVER to go into that concrete looking chit again!

Can't roll enough to get the tires to bite, it will DESTROY axles,belts and as was mentioned before-- engine cases {most likely caused by someone with a BIG throttle thumb :bounce:}

Then comes the clean out/up factor of having to just about submerge the machine in a pond to get it where ya can ride----IF ya don't overheat getting there!{for those of us WITHOUT re-located radiators LOL}

I realise most of us know this ---BUT :tongue1:.....when stuck like that, winching foreward is as usless as boobs on a n....er...a straight axle rear!

He shoulda been yanked out backwards.....all winching foreward does is plow up mudd against the front and will shell the winch gears!


My pic of shame from a couple years back {improper winch use included!}...... rolled up a 7' log under the muck and couldn't get over it.....I'll take it soupy ANYTIME!
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/geonc/4%20wheeler%20fun/canyousaySTUCK.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s125/geonc/4%20wheeler%20fun/stinkinlog.jpg

[Bigdog800EFI]

Thats why we alway bring a small shovel. It gets used more than you think it would

[Dirtbmw20]

I also carry one of those small army shovels that folds up for easy storage. It has come in handy before.

[torkmonster]

Yeah I didn't want to leave it there that night but,, it got REALLY dark Really quick and it is on private property way out and no one else was gonna be as crazy as we were to go out there that day...
but as in pullin from behind we did figure out it was sticking me worse plus the angle of it there was a slight incline the a little down to where they could get some grip so it was just pulling me WAY down!!!!
And from this pic you can kinda see there wasn't nowhere else from behind for anyone to pull... it looks wet from that pic butthats on top... it was some muck!!!! I got some different tires on it now and am LOOKING for some kind of SNORKEL that I HOPEFULLY wont have to CUT into the AIR BOX???? got rid ofthe box too... looking for a smaller one...
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc57/ab_towboat/Suckedin.jpg
We ended up after workin it for awhile got a small tree under the tire to get some grip... I'll definantly get me a shovel for sure.... it was pourin' rain when we were tryin to get it out the night before two of 'em got left there for the rest of the night...
Oh yeah i did replace belt right after that... bout burnt all the way up... that night we went to the house not far from there on same property..... but BELIEVE me I did NOT want to leave it in the mud!!!!!

[shady357]

After a few muddy situations, my team of riders also invested in a MILITARY shovel..
By buddy has POPO 700 TWIN and that sucker aint movin once it sinks in there..The last time he got stuck it took about 6 different Bikes(all Big Boys 500-and up)to get him out..
A good two hours of down-time...LOL

p.s( the 3000 lbs winch he had wouldn't even budge..)

[torkmonster]

Yeah i got a 2.5 WARN winch and it didn't do much of anything by itself.... Thats probably the worst I've been stuck in the since I couldn't get myself out... It was sucked in and there was no throwin' it around to even try to get me out...

[Rebel64]

Kindasorta stuck big time here:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/softailrebel/6-23%206-24-07%20Ruffcorns/DSC01425.jpg

[shady357]

Yep...that Looks Stuck To Me...

[Turk]

The last 2 pictures from torkmonster and rebel64...damn looks more like them popos' is planted and rooted into the ground.

[Rubberdown]

Nice pics guys, they would have been good contenders for the last contest we had, you guys could have won some Death Grips from bigdog800efi had you been around for that.

Dont worry though, we'll probably start up a new contest in January, one of our members just might be offering up a very nice price (members name is cd and he owns Duffield Cycle , hope i spelled that right buddy ;) )

[Rebel64]

I definitely will have to give that hole another attempt one of these days.
When I got stuck I didn't have the lift on, and was running the 27" Bi/Tris.
Now I'm up 2" and have the 29fives on.

[shady357]

Push It To The "limit".....

[geonc]

Kindasorta stuck big time here:

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m169/softailrebel/6-23%206-24-07%20Ruffcorns/DSC01425.jpg


hey Rebel....NICE choice in winch line :hail::smokin:...audio pipe ain't bad either :peace:

[Rebel64]

Thanks geo!

[BIG_T]

you're just a wuss reb, I could gotten out that easy...

[Rebel64]

Ok buddy, next time we go to Ruffcorns you're the first one in. :)

[geonc]

You guyz are funnee :pound:

I am "slowly" learning to avod that concrete looking chit.....I have no fear of rolling my machine to get bite and get out but that muck/gumbo/ etc...usually ends up just high centering your machine and there is not enough water to churn up to get a good slurry going.....all you end up doing is plowing up and packing the mudd and not getting it loosend up.

I have seen too many people try and over power it by excessive use of the throttle and in most cases all that results in is a shelled eng/tranny etc.... and an abrut and costly end to your day!

I ain't skeered :laugh:....but I ain't a foolish as I used to be!

[Rebel64]

Yep getting high centered is exactly what happened in that pit.

[torkmonster]

Yeah, I try for a little bit to get out but if'n it's not movin or even tryin to come on outta that stuff I'm notta THROTTLIN'!!! Even then my belt got pretty wore. but it was about time for a new one anyhow....
"I am "slowly" learning to avod that concrete looking chit....." Me too geonc..

[harmonsbrute]

hey guys this is the worst stuck im ever had. bout 3 hours and a tractor and a rubicon with a 3.0 warn winch and a snatch block..

[Bigdog800EFI]

my buddy Steve far right

[harmonsbrute]

dang....

[Rebel64]

Major stuckage for sure Bigdog & Ruby.

[geonc]

my buddy Steve far right



Uh ...yup! I'd say he was stuck! ....DAMN did it come out frontwards ?

[harmonsbrute]

ya reb. thats the last time i will get stuck like that.. i hope

[Rebel64]

Nope...won't be the last time. ;)

[harmonsbrute]

u know me to good lol

[Rincon1906]

Here is a old picture at Mud Nats. It was my first time there and broke 2 warns and ran out of gas was stuck for a total of about 4 hours as soon as I got out of that I burried it agin about 5 yards from where it was.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m201/Payton1906/mudnat2.jpg

[harmonsbrute]

that had to suck

[Rincon1906]

Man did it.

[harmonsbrute]

ya i learnd my lesson that time never go through spots after a rain were a pond was 6 years ago

[Rubberdown]

Looks like a great big bucket of peanut butter you got stuck in Rincon1906. I have never been stuck for 4 hours, hell I dont think I've been stuck for more than 30 minutes, thats just gotta suck ass big time..... I'd be one pissed off, or, very drunk sum-bitch if it were me in that situation.

[Bigdog800EFI]

Yes it came out forward. And thenn I drove my 800 into and rolled it. As it was going over I stuck my arm out and went down with the ship. Winched mine out Then my Buddy Boyd tryed it anf didn't do much better. When mine rolled everone was trying to get it up right and got no pictures.

[Rincon1906]

The reason I was stuck so long is because we only had 2 winches and both broke then it ran out of gas and finally some guy came by on a beater came by. He lifted his gas tank off and brought to mine and poured some in and we got another winch and got it out to just get it stuck agin and had to winch agin. Man I was pissed I always help people out and for 4 hours people just drove by and offered no help.

[Rubberdown]

That sucks man, I would always stop and ask if someone needs help.

[Rincon1906]

Yeah but they have really changed Mud Creek (where Mud Nats is held) it is nothing like that on the highline anymore you can drive a car all the way down it now becuase they added a road, but if you get off it gets bad.

[geonc]

Man I was pissed I always help people out and for 4 hours people just drove by and offered no help.


Hear ya!
Granted your pics are quite buried--BUT that shouldn't stop people from at least offering SOMETHING!---extra hands, cold refreshment, or even a few lines of wit to take the edge off the situation :bounce:

We have spent at least an hour many times helping others....the favor does come full circle!

Hell we will be laughing our azzs off at you while I'm getting the straps out :tongue1:

WE make it policy to stop and at least ASK.....I am known round here as the POPO tow truck :lol: I keep a couple long and short straps/ schackles/snatch blocks along with my winch usually gets 'em out!

[Rebel64]

Holy crap Rincon, to say that was quite the mess you were in would be a total understatement. That's too bad that you didn't get more help than just the one guy. I can't imagine not offering to help someone out if they were in trouble.
Glad to hear that MC has changed...Nats 08 will be my first time down there, and I hope to be competing in the bogs.

[Rincon1906]

You will enjoy Mud Nats IMO it gets better every year. In that picture you had to cross stuff like that to get back to camp, but now they have decent roads going everywhere and all you have to do is turn off one if you want to get muddy. I hope to make it this year with my new toy.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m201/Payton1906/rzr001.jpg

[Rebel64]

That's good to hear Rincon. I'm not sure where I'll be camping at though at this time. I was looking at the map and want to stay the furthest away from all the action, such as in the western part of the park, but now that will depend on if I get accepted to join a certain bog team, so if that happens I'll be pitching the tent with them.

And man, that is one bad ass lookin SXS you got!! Hope you can make it down for sure.

[Rincon1906]

Thanks man, it is all depending if I get hired and half to goto police academy. Which I think will be a monday-friday deal so I will probably be there with a 7in lifted Gorilla edition can-am, and a 10in lifted 08 brute, and probably a new teryx. So hopefully I get to make it.

[harmonsbrute]

Rincon1906 nice rzr u got there. how do u like it

[Rincon1906]

Man I really like it and would buy another in a minute. I like it better than a atv and the thing climbs like a mountain goat. There are some things that need to be fixed with them stock but other than that have not really had any problems out of it. Check out Prcforums.com you can learn alot of info on them there.

[harmonsbrute]

ya i will check that out. im either gonna get a rzr next year or a rhino i dont know yet for sure.. but that wat the choose are down to. thats if i can get rid of my foreman first.. have to talk it over with mom

[Bigdog800EFI]

Here is a old picture at Mud Nats. It was my first time there and broke 2 warns and ran out of gas was stuck for a total of about 4 hours as soon as I got out of that I burried it agin about 5 yards from where it was.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m201/Payton1906/mudnat2.jpg


Is that hole just off the power line. If so. I went in the same hole last year and it was to the top of my waders. More water so it wasn't so bad to get out ,but it was ALOT deeper.

[Rubberdown]

I just wanna know how her shirt managed to stay so white and pink????

[Rebel64]

LMAO!!! Paul, you dawg.

[Rincon1906]

That was 06 Nats. Last year you could drive right over that, it was hard pack. But man there are alot of deep holes on that highline you have got to watch what you go threw. She was pissed when I did that and she wasnt about to get off and help lol. But that hat and shirt didnt stay like that for long.

[harmonsbrute]

lol i bet they didnt

[Rubberdown]

I was at the 06 nats, I even raced in the mudacross race...

[Rincon1906]

Well it has changed alot since you have been there rubberdown. I am sure you know how hard it was to get around out there. Well now they have descent roads going everywhere.

[Rubberdown]

You have NO IDEA brother LOL, just ask Dozer dude. He and his bamma boggers (at that time) took me and Souther Test Pilot for a night ride, I think we headed out at around 7 or 8pm. We had one of the boggers piggybackin another guys machine around for at least 2 hours while we were lost, and all of us were runnin hot, and EVERYONE we stopped to talk to was just as lost as us LOL. Hell we didnt get back to the camp until around 4am. I figured it was a great time to hit the bike wash, still waited in line for 45 minutes, and there was even one guy sleeping in line on his ATV so the line just ended up quietly going around him :D

Good times though, seriously good times, I'll remember that ride forever, thanks Steve (Dozer)

[Rincon1906]

Yeah we did the same thing went out at around 12am and was getting back to camp when the sun was coming up. Hell it is almost fun getting lost.

[crsbear400]

here ya go ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cale_angela/773854676/in/set-72157600754396786/

[CroatanSp700]

Is that the "butthole"?

[torkmonster]

Question.......
What about filters on the snorkels going dtraight up?????? I see one guy in photo set like that...
Not plannin on it but, Just CURIOUS??????
Is it better????????

[OnlyPolaris]

that must be the "butthole" it is nasty.

i wouldn't think it is better because then your filter will get full of water and mud.

[torkmonster]

I was thinkin so, I was just curious cause I've seen a few people with there's like that and with the filter it seems like there might be even more reduced flow...

[crsbear400]

I had my 300 Honda setup with true dual snorkels, no airbox, and K&N filters on top of the snorkels and no airbox. I now use the two K&N's up top, with a 2-1.5" into 1-2" snorkel ran to the airbox with a 3rd K&N inside the airbox!! They don't restrict the flow as much as you would think. pics in link below
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cale_angela/sets/72157600754397084/

[crsbear400]

BTW, that was the Butt-hole.

[torkmonster]

Nice pics guys, they would have been good contenders for the last contest we had, you guys could have won some Death Grips from bigdog800efi had you been around for that.

Dont worry though, we'll probably start up a new contest in January, one of our members just might be offering up a very nice price (members name is cd and he owns Duffield Cycle , hope i spelled that right buddy ;) )

Whre's this CONTEST??????

[mrwilliamsrzr]

here ya go ;)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cale_angela/773854676/in/set-72157600754396786/

WINNER HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:first::first::target::att ention::drama:

[harmonsbrute]

ya i say that one wins

[Rubberdown]

Whre's this CONTEST??????


I have something in the works, I'm just waiting on a set of DVD's for 1st place.

Cale, excellent picture buddy ;)

[torkmonster]

WINNER HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:first::first::target::att ention::drama:


:eek:That is a damn good one!!