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Old 01-07-2010, 01:06 PM
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so i went wheelin today...was by myself....went to a beach that no one goes to, and theres no barracades from where the tar ends, to where sand begins....its on the ocean, so theres good wind. i drove out, and the front of my truck just sunk. threw it 4x4, and i started digging my own grave into the sand..

tried opening my door...couldnts, cuz the snow was so deep, and its really sticky and heavy cuz the suns shinin. so i climbed out the window, looked at the truck before going waist deep into snow...and snow was up to the hood of my truck....i was in themiddle of a snow drift, plus on dirt, so i dug myself a hole.

had to call a wrecker...60 bucks and they ripped me out...barely.....damn that was fun...went further than i though lol...
 
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did you snap a pic?
 
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on my phone...but i cant get it to the internet...i have a tracfone lol
 
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Email them to your self than upload them into photobucket is what I do.
 
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Was it a nude beach? That explains running your truck into a sand drift!
 
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on my phone...but i cant get it to the internet...i have a tracfone lol
I have a tracefone too. just view the pic and select send and enter your email address. I do it all the time.
 
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where in the hell is there hood deep snow on the beach ?

did you try airing down ?
 
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it was a drift......there was a washout, and on the other side of the snow it was all dirt....thats because all the snow was pushed into the thrench that was there, and i sunk in....its hard to understand....and im not getting the pics from the phone, im just geting black on the emails....ill try uploadingthe black pics to see if it brings up the pic
 
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Going by yourself was your first mistake.
 
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Going by yourself was your first mistake.

Most definitely. And the second mistake was entering in two wheel drive. It doesn't sound like you would have had a chance in four, but its still wrong IMO.

Its kinda nice to enter areas in two wheel and then when a traction problem arises you can lock 'r in 4 and keep trucking, but with sand that is a bad idea. Once the tires start digging it quickly becomes "all over"... often before the front axle even engages.

Anyway, get some pics up! And congrats on the fairly cheap tow bill... I think it could have been much worse.
 


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