My truck is in the ditch!

[k0ua]

We like watching it as well. Does make you somewhat paranoid driving on snowy roads though .
He would probably send a medium truck, or two smaller trucks though rather than a rotator. $600/hr (from the time the engine starts) gets pricy in a hurry.

Aaron Z

Agreed, the rotator would be overkill for what I believe is a simple two line recovery, but without pictures, well who knows?

 

[CobyRupert]

I dont think its been asked, but you said that both your 50HP and the borrowed 100hp spun.

What was the surface condition like where they spun? Are you trying to pull with those tractors still sitting on ice and snow. Because nothing other than chains or tracks is gonna do well going up hill on snow and ice.

^This. All these people saying find an anchor. Easier said than done, I believe OP has said there are no anchor points around.

Get better traction for your pull vehicle. Your 50 hp tractor should pull it out easily, provided it has enough traction.

Weight=traction.
Combined with "gripping ability" :
Tire chains = traction.

 

[aczlan]

Because nothing other than chains or tracks is gonna do well going up hill on snow and ice.

This dozer would beg to differ:

Aaron Z

 

[bcp]

A regular dozer track on ice is just a bunch of ice skates when it comes to sideways motion, as the video shows



Bruce

 

[airbiscuit]

Just don't do this!
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[LD1]

A regular dozer track on ice is just a bunch of ice skates when it comes to sideways motion, as the video shows



Bruce

Yep. But forward is a different story.

 

[leonz]

What you are referring to is a sheave block/pulley that has one side that can be opened to thread wire or rope
through the pulley.

Unless you purchase a ten ton chain fall your not going to get anywhere. you will need to go to a rental house and rent a power auger and see about starting a fire in three places to winch that thing out with a chain fall and three post holes with 4 inch I beams and two sheave blocks with chain long enough to secure the sheave block pulleys.

The first hole and I beam is used to secure the cable come along and the first four inch I beam with each I beam at least 36-48 inches in the ground to keep them in place while spooling the chain falls and the wire rope used to pull the truck out.

If you can afford it you need 3-five foot by 4 inch I or H beams and have holes drilled in them large enough for chain to pass through them to hook the sheave blocks.

Your going to have to put the first hole on the side where the truck is, the second one half way up and on the truck side across the road from the truck and the third hole at a point across from where the rear axle can be secured with a long chain and a tow truck hook or a recovery strap-yes the axle and I mean the axle not the bumper!!

Unless you beer and pizza bribe some one with a 100 horsepower tractor that has chained tires to use as a winch base to pull the truck out in a direct line from where it went in your going to have to invest in the 10 ton chain come alongs the I or H beams and the post hole digger with a 6 inch auger and plan on starting a fire at each hole to melt the ice and soften the ground to make the digging easier-you may get lucky and be able to rent a two person post hole digger or a one person post hole digger on wheels that you tow there(I hate those as they are worthless unless you have sandy ground).

The only other option is hiring a big snow cat and learning from your experience. Always hire someone to plow these places with FWD's or Unimogs as they need to be sanded and plowed.

This is where a 75 horse power all wheel drive tractor with chains loaded tires and a snow blower works best.

 

[Egon]

Winter use tracked stuff may have cauk's welded to the cleats/grouser's. Works well or at least it did fifty years ago. The welded on cauls shown are a little too long for real ice.


For the OP: Jack the truck up and clear out stuff underneath? Also clear the route back to the road. Then use a buried dead man and hefty chain hoist and start pulling. Build a fire to bury the deadman.

For brute force method a big cat with winch with one inch diameter cable would work well. Pulling the cable down would not be fun though.


If I had the energy I could dig out slides showing yellow stuff with winches pulling.

 

[Deere Dude]

Calcium Chloride mixed with sand does wonders for traction fairly quickly. Maybe the tow tractors need a dose of that sprinkled around where they will be planted.

 

[jack707]

You need traction so throw a lot of sand down!then try again.