Recovering a stuck 5 ton Dump Truck

[HanksDeuce]

Came across this YouTube video a few minutes ago. Looks like it was posted in February 2015. I did a quick search and didn't come up with anything. Shouldn't be a repost...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0VaURxieqI

 

[gimpyrobb]

At least that truck is dressed up in bling.


Thats what happens when your front axle doesn't work.

 

[FloridaAKM]

"Lost the tailgate in the pile, we'll just pull it out". That was one stuck dumptruck in a world of muuuddd. Lucky that they had access to the excavator. Thanks for posting that!

 

[Recovry4x4]

Might have dislodged the opening mechanism to lose the gate. I've bent shackles using a chain looped through them like that. Rigging not optimal.

 

[HanksDeuce]

At least that truck is dressed up in bling.

i didn't know Mercedes made military dump trucks. Must have swapped a German diesel in it (or 2).

 

[armytruck63]

That truck was ridden hard and put away wet. Look at the bulges in the bed.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Thats what happens to a dump truck when you use it.

 

[jasonjc]

"Lost the tailgate in the pile, we'll just pull it out". That was one stuck dumptruck in a world of muuuddd. Lucky that they had access to the excavator. Thanks for posting that!

He gets the track hoe stuck in another video.

 

[goldneagle]

I didn't see the front tires making any effort to get the truck out.

 

[ke5eua]

Didn't air down, no front drive.

I can't say much, I got stuck in a ditch.

 

[Baradium]

I didn't see the front tires making any effort to get the truck out.

He mentions around 3:45 along the lines of they think they broke something in the transfercase trying to get it out earlier.

 

[timntrucks]

that was super stuck.. looking like louisiana finest gumbo mud. thanks for sharing it

 

[Postman515]

This was me getting my old 817 stuck a couple of years ago! Mud was to the top of the back 49" super singles.

 

[marchplumber]

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This was me getting my old 817 stuck a couple of years ago! Mud was to the top of the back 49" super singles.

Wow...............must be a story somewhere in all that goo!

 

[Postman515]

I was loaded with 10 ton of rip rap. Hit a bad seep! water was gushing out of the ground 10'-20' from the truck when I went in. No bottom to the hole. Went to lunch after trying to get it out multiple times and it had sunk to the bottom of the dump bed. Back tires were a couple of inches from being out of site. Dumped the rock out and broke 3 chains. Went to a friends and borrowed a barge rope and jerked it out on the second try with a little 9000# front wheel assist tractor. Now I own a 150,000# custom made snatch rope.