In February of 2008 we all planned on runnin Hackberry Creek cuz we knew Levi and Crystal were gona be in town from Utah. Here we are in line ready to go. Thats me up front in the Liberty. Vance and Jessica are in the Dodge. Levi, Crystal and Chelsea are in the Chevy and Kyle is in the Toyota. 
As you can tell from some of these pics, it was a beautiful day and the creek was runnin a little cuz of some previous rain.
Which wasn't good for Vance. Water, sand and dirt, in my experience make quicksand. Oh Yeah! 
I was able to cross this mud hole in my Liberty cuz I straddled the rutts by keepin my tires on the right side of the hole and on a little ridge that used to be between the two rutts. Vance was right behind me and tried the same thing but slipped right in. We came to the conclusion that it was a combonation of the weight of the truck and his locker makin him fish tail off track. Once he noticed he was slipping he throttled up to try and make it out. Which I really think he would have if i wasn't for the huge sunken boulder at the end of the hole that he caught his differential on. As barely seen in the picture below.
I tried to pull him out the front of the hole strapped to my Liberty but couldn't. So Kyle (pictured above) said he could do it with his winch. Well...it didn't work cuz he was to light and couldnt get enough traction. The same problem I had.
So we all decided that Levi should strap to Kyles truck for the extra weight. Well on the way around the mess he found one of his own. Those other tracks you see in the mud are Kyles so Levi thought it would be a safe path. I guess his truck was to heavy.
So now Kyle had to go winch Levi out. Which thankfully was pretty quick.
At this point we were probably already here for an hour and Kyle is tryin to winch Vance out by himself.
So we decided to hook Levi up again. Even with him winchin and both of them runnin in reverse there was still no movement.
We finally realized that we had to bust out the high lift jack. We lifted it enough to stack some rocks under the tires so he wasn't plowin so much mud, hooked up a chain and jerked him out.
FINALLY FREE!!!
Over two hours later and minus a bunch of mud that's been plowed out of the hole. It was a fun experience.
Here's a picture of Kyle and Levi comin down the back side of the long rocky hill, that I didn't get any pics of cuz I was busy spottin, back into the little valley with the windmill. It's a pretty place.
Headin out after a long day. Hey look...I even got myself in the picture! Here's a few more mud pics to enjoy!
As you can tell from some of these pics, it was a beautiful day and the creek was runnin a little cuz of some previous rain.Which wasn't good for Vance. Water, sand and dirt, in my experience make quicksand. Oh Yeah! I was able to cross this mud hole in my Liberty cuz I straddled the rutts by keepin my tires on the right side of the hole and on a little ridge that used to be between the two rutts. Vance was right behind me and tried the same thing but slipped right in. We came to the conclusion that it was a combonation of the weight of the truck and his locker makin him fish tail off track. Once he noticed he was slipping he throttled up to try and make it out. Which I really think he would have if i wasn't for the huge sunken boulder at the end of the hole that he caught his differential on. As barely seen in the picture below.I tried to pull him out the front of the hole strapped to my Liberty but couldn't. So Kyle (pictured above) said he could do it with his winch. Well...it didn't work cuz he was to light and couldnt get enough traction. The same problem I had.So we all decided that Levi should strap to Kyles truck for the extra weight. Well on the way around the mess he found one of his own. Those other tracks you see in the mud are Kyles so Levi thought it would be a safe path. I guess his truck was to heavy.So now Kyle had to go winch Levi out. Which thankfully was pretty quick.At this point we were probably already here for an hour and Kyle is tryin to winch Vance out by himself.So we decided to hook Levi up again. Even with him winchin and both of them runnin in reverse there was still no movement.We finally realized that we had to bust out the high lift jack. We lifted it enough to stack some rocks under the tires so he wasn't plowin so much mud, hooked up a chain and jerked him out.FINALLY FREE!!!Over two hours later and minus a bunch of mud that's been plowed out of the hole. It was a fun experience.
Here's a picture of Kyle and Levi comin down the back side of the long rocky hill, that I didn't get any pics of cuz I was busy spottin, back into the little valley with the windmill. It's a pretty place.
Headin out after a long day. Hey look...I even got myself in the picture! Here's a few more mud pics to enjoy!
1 comment:
Nice write up. I was hopin to see the big hill. that was a good trail.
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