profdant139
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I have never tried the buried tire trick, but this is sometimes called a "deadman." Not because it is dangerous (if you bury the tire deep enough!), but because it is like digging a grave -- you have to have a lot of dirt on top of the tire, and then make sure that the direction of pull is across the tire surface (for maximum resistance) -- otherwise the tire pulls right out of the dirt.
Or so I am told.
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Rubiranch
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"Boondocking-ever get stuck/broke down in a isolated spot?"
Nope.
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Pitapony
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Hmmm, after reading this, I can see that boondocking is out of our picture for sure...at least THIS type of boondocking.
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profdant139
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Pitapony, don't be so sure that boondocking is out of the question. There are degrees of "boonie - ness." If you are talking about being many miles away from anyone, in rugged terrain, that's fairly demanding. But there is plenty of (for lack of a better term) "soft boondocking" in the national forests, where you are a couple of miles from pavement, and the dirt access roads are fairly well graded. For example, the East side of Highway 67 on the north rim of the Grand Canyon is not difficult to get to at all. You have to drive slow on the dirt roads, but that's no problem.
Google Earth is a great way of finding reasonably accessible boondocking. Don't give up!
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I always go prepared with a highlift jack, a come-a-long and sometimes a portable winch. The time I was stuck with no help and isolated I had everthing with me but a wrench of any type to hook up the winch to the battery. Instead of the easy way I needed to jack up all 4 wheels, put tree limbs and rocks under them and back out. Now I check the holes filled with water if they are longer than the 4X4 truck.
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rolnrolnroln
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I went to a 4x4 after a couple of "incidents." I still got stuck once in the sand. But I've learned to carry spare cell batteries, chains (even in the summer) and a complement of spares. The Ford diesel only has one belt and two main hoses. Whenever I change them, I keep the old ones for spares. I replace TV batteries on a time schedule rather than waiting for them to show signs of dying. Just common sense sorts of things. Oh, and I have a road service that will come get me no matter where I am. I've been so far out that I had to use an ATV to go up a mountain to get coverage, but the ERS finally got a truck out there to pull me out. None of these stories should dissuade anyone from boondocking. I've put a 34' TT into places you would have to see to believe. We've seen sights while boondocking that you'd never see from a campground. IMHO, boondocking is what RVs are for.
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Rubiranch
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rolnrolnroln wrote:IMHO, boondocking is what RVs are for.
I couldn't agree more.
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