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HAD to try to get through a mud hole. Got stuck. Winched myself out without issues.
Trying to get back to the road I got stuck again, in an awkward spot with nothing to hook to that was in line with the truck. Awkward pull at an angle of about 40 degrees - I know better, but there was no other choice - and my hope was that the winch would pull the front end forward and to the side, assisted by the steering. No dice. It almost worked, but the winch cable slid over the top of the guide corners, snuck under the corner of the top plate, jammed, and the shear pin popped. No visible damage to anything. Not even the cable is kinked or pinched.
My problem is that the winch cable is under load and I can't release the tension. Drum lock is of course disengaged.I managed to gently knock the clutch lever to "out".
But...the tension did not release. I still cannot move the winch drive shaft by hand. I cannot move the drum by hand. Even if the broken shear pin jams the collar and the shaft, with the clutch disengaged and the PTO in neutral I should be able to spin the whole shaft by hand. Maybe the clutch is not fully disengaged?
Had to give up..pitch dark. No one is going to steal the truck where it sits...
Here is a picture from when I was still laughing. Now I am further in and still pointed away from the road.
![Lola stuck in mud.jpg Lola stuck in mud.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/357/357462-f700a6a37e000a10a528fa73c715fc8a.jpg)
I guess I can cut down the tree I hooked to in order to get the tension off the cable. Then unbolt the top plate and see how much that un-jams the drum and the drive shaft?
Trying to get back to the road I got stuck again, in an awkward spot with nothing to hook to that was in line with the truck. Awkward pull at an angle of about 40 degrees - I know better, but there was no other choice - and my hope was that the winch would pull the front end forward and to the side, assisted by the steering. No dice. It almost worked, but the winch cable slid over the top of the guide corners, snuck under the corner of the top plate, jammed, and the shear pin popped. No visible damage to anything. Not even the cable is kinked or pinched.
My problem is that the winch cable is under load and I can't release the tension. Drum lock is of course disengaged.I managed to gently knock the clutch lever to "out".
But...the tension did not release. I still cannot move the winch drive shaft by hand. I cannot move the drum by hand. Even if the broken shear pin jams the collar and the shaft, with the clutch disengaged and the PTO in neutral I should be able to spin the whole shaft by hand. Maybe the clutch is not fully disengaged?
Had to give up..pitch dark. No one is going to steal the truck where it sits...
Here is a picture from when I was still laughing. Now I am further in and still pointed away from the road.
![Lola stuck in mud.jpg Lola stuck in mud.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/357/357462-f700a6a37e000a10a528fa73c715fc8a.jpg)
I guess I can cut down the tree I hooked to in order to get the tension off the cable. Then unbolt the top plate and see how much that un-jams the drum and the drive shaft?
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