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Administrator N4W Card Holder  Arrr.. Me good eye! Ultimate N4Wheeler  |
I sunk the Pirate Ship in quicksand today... no water inside, but the rock sliders were touching the water and both axles were buried in quicksand.
 Here's the story.. My friend Jesse and I went out target shooting out at upper sycamore this afternoon. Got about an hour of shooting in before it started raining... So, we thought, what a great opportunity to go wheeling! We went down to the sycamore creek entrance behind the Fort McDowell Adventure Tour place, where we exited last time. Sycamore creek had some water in it.. it was flowing pretty good. We aired down and headed upstream. Got about 200ft upstream and the pirateship started sinking. Threw it in reverse and managed to get out of the quicksand. Turned around and headed downstream and decided to play in the deeper water, which is where I got stuck. The truck managed to move about 6ft towards dry sand on its own power, but it kept digging deeper until all I could see were the tops of the tires. The rock sliders were touching the water at the point it just started digging in... After climbing out and monkeying around the outside of the truck to get to my recovery gear, I climbed out on the hood and got the winch cable unspooled and tossed over to Jesse. He hooked up and I slowly winched out. It took about 12ft of winching before the tires started climbing up out of the quicksand, but I made it! So, now I need to repack wheel bearings, clean out my parking brake, and change fluid in the axles. I guess I'm in the quicksand club now. ------------------------------------------------------------  <--Click Me!"As a lion is to a cat, so is a mastiff compared to a dog." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
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N4W Card Holder NISSAN4WHEELER  |
so, all in all, sounds like a great time!
 no pics, I'm guessing... 2005 Nissan Titan 4X4 with some mods... |
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Moderator NISSAN4WHEELER  |
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Administrator N4W Card Holder Arrr.. Me good eye! Ultimate N4Wheeler |
I got a pic of the creek before we went in, but after I got stuck, we were concentrating on getting my truck unstuck, so didn't get any photos.
------------------------------------------------------------ <--Click Me!"As a lion is to a cat, so is a mastiff compared to a dog." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
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Moderator NISSAN4WHEELER |
People must like you out there in AZ, whenever I get stuck, it seems like people fly in from all over the world. Last time there were at least 50 witnesses. Lucky for me, Ricardo rolled his eXterra and took the heat off of me.
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N4W Card Holder NISSAN4WHEELER  |
That's one club I'll be staying away from if possible. What a major PITA.
-Spike 'Tolerance allows the weeds to overwhelm the garden' |
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NISSAN4WHEELER |
sand sucks!?!
1995 KC XE-V6 4x4. |
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N4W Card Holder NISSAN4WHEELER |
 2005 Nissan Titan 4X4 with some mods... |
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Ultimate N4Wheeler |
Fluids in the motor and trans are ok??? ..................... "Climate change is no longer science. It's politics... Climate change is also about power. Power to control.... It's about who gets to decide: how much energy we will have... where that energy will come from... what it will cost... It's about simulations, scenarios and monsters conjured up by computer models that should never be used to chart government policy -- especially on matters that will profoundly affect our livelihoods, living standards, life spans and dreams of a better future. "So hold onto your wallets, and hope you can hold onto your homes, cars and jobs. You're about to be put on a wild political roller coaster." - Paul Driessen, TownHall.com |
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Moderator N4W Card Holder Ultimate N4Wheeler |
Yarrrrgh rough seas eh Cap'n?
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Administrator N4W Card Holder Arrr.. Me good eye! Ultimate N4Wheeler |
Everything above the axles is OK.. My truck is pretty tall, so with the axles submerged, the body was still out of the quicksand. ------------------------------------------------------------ <--Click Me!"As a lion is to a cat, so is a mastiff compared to a dog." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
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Administrator N4W Card Holder Arrr.. Me good eye! Ultimate N4Wheeler |
Ayee... ------------------------------------------------------------ <--Click Me!"As a lion is to a cat, so is a mastiff compared to a dog." "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty or safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
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Administrator N4W Card Holder Ultimate N4Wheeler  |
Nice!
That stuff is nasty and gets into everything! when I pulled my front calipers, I pulled the inner pad out, and sand just poured out of the hollow piston area.  1998 Frontier 4x4, 2002 Xterra 4x4, and Z28 street rocket Pass here and go on. You're on the road to heaven - Kerouac |
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N4W Card Holder Off-Road Warrior  |
Ahoy, welcome aboard! 'Tis better to live and tell than be scouting about Davey Jones' locker, yarrgghh.  From the Hassayampa If it has tits or tires, you're gonna' have problems... I got your jeep thing, now it burns when I pee... |
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Sounds like you need some breathers on your diffs. Keeps the water out, but still lets the diff breath when it needs to.
And it saves you from having to change the gear oil every time you get into some water. Because I can, that's why... |
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