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- From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
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- Subject: Re: Jeep stuck, frozen puddle, how to free up?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.053338.15108@spdc.ti.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 05:33:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.192303.2396@macc.wisc.edu> pburke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Burke, MIC, 608-263-7744) writes:
- >My friend got himself stuck in a pretty deep puddle two days ago. In the
- >meantime the puddle has turned to solid ice. Teh front of the vehicle
- >is about 15" under water/ice, the rear - well - his 31" tires barely
- >stick out of the ice. The ice is only 1/2" thick, but still enough to
- >keep the thing in there. Yesterday we pulled only very lightly and tore
- >his bumper off - oops. Now: what is a smarter approach? We are
- >thinking of first using a sledgehammer to crush the ice, then pull with
- >two trucks. Is there a smarter approach? There is no way to get a
- >tow-truck near this, by the way. almost got my Toyota stuck just going
- >there....
- >
- >Any seasoned four-wheelers out there?
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- What type of seasoning would you like?
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- Don't have any real good advice, other than to take lots of pictures and send
- them in to the various 4 wheeling type mags, so they get include in their back
- page caption contests. I gotta see this.
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