Nate.... buddy..... You got off easy! LOL
Glad you made it to civilzation ok !
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----- Original Message -----
From: Natedak2k <natedak2k@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 10:29 PM
Subject: RE: DML:Well another truck is hit! (the D2K's dilema!)
>
> Does sand count as wildlife? The curse hit me this weekend when I finally
> found the "D2K's limits"!! I hope this is the extent to which the curse
> hits me! I was out 4 wheelin' around and found some sand. The D2K was
> doing GREAT on the stock good-for-a-years (aired down to about 20psi) so I
> decided to get a little more into it. along I trudged when suddenly I
feel
> the truck sink! Oh NO I think. I start to rock her and steer from side
to
> side, doing everything I know possible to get "unstuck", when finally she
> doesn't even budge anymore! When the clutch comes out I don't even feel a
> lurch! Why I ask as I get out of the truck?? Ahh, I see! She's resting
on
> her axle and the skid plates. The weight of the truck ain't even on the
> wheels! Well, since IGNORANT ME had no shovel guess what I spent the next
> three hours doing. Digging out under each jacking point by hand and
SLOWELY
> but surely lifting her out of her shallow grave onto some boards I had to
> hike a half a mile to find! Finally got her out though and some lessons
> we're learned the HARD way (Silly me already new all this but just ignored
> it!)! First lesson - The stock tires SUCK in the sand! Second - ALWAYS
> have a shovel when you go wheeling. Third - Don't go wheeling at midnight
> by yourself in the middle of nowhere. The list goes on and on but I'll
stop
> there! (My arms are sore as hell right now from digging all that sand, one
> handfull at a time! thank God it was sand!)
>
> --------------------------------
> Nate, Ogden UT
> http://www.geocities.com/natedak2k
> Forest Green 00 Dakota CC 4X4, 5-speed, LSD, 3.92 Rear, 4.7L/287ci, Po'boy
> cold air w/ K&N, Extang BlackMax Tonneau
> "D2K"
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>
> |ok, now the wildlife is in on this thing....
> |Flip
> |
> |http://www.care2.com - Homebase for people who care about the
|Environment!
>
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