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David K
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Punta Falsa 'Resort'
Looks about the same as it was in June 2017...
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advrider
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Thinking about heading out there in a couple of weeks on our motos for a night of camping. Always wanted to check it out and this posting got me fired
up again. I'll report back how it was.
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Udo
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Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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DannyRT
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Oh wow! That's a tough quicksand
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DosMars
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Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  | My new toy is an exhaust jack. I haven't tried it yet, but it might this be just the thing for self-recovery the next time I'm stuck in quicksand...?
I am thinking this kind of jack would spread the load, rather than just sinking into the wet sand like my other jacks do.
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Geoffff, I picked up an exhaust jack for the exact same reason. I've been stuck in the mud before with nothing but a jack and all the rocks I can lug
over. Seems like the jack just pushes the rocks down one after another until you've got enough squished down there that you build up some mass to
push against.
Since I've had the e-jack I haven't been stuck enough to need it. If anything it's a good talisman against stuck!
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geoffff
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| Quote: Originally posted by DosMars |
Geoffff, I picked up an exhaust jack for the exact same reason. I've been stuck in the mud before with nothing but a jack and all the rocks I can lug
over. Seems like the jack just pushes the rocks down one after another until you've got enough squished down there that you build up some mass to
push against.
Since I've had the e-jack I haven't been stuck enough to need it. If anything it's a good talisman against stuck! |
Hah! That's how it goes. Well thanks for confirming my thinking.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: Originally posted by geoffff | | Quote: Originally posted by DosMars |
Geoffff, I picked up an exhaust jack for the exact same reason. I've been stuck in the mud before with nothing but a jack and all the rocks I can lug
over. Seems like the jack just pushes the rocks down one after another until you've got enough squished down there that you build up some mass to
push against.
Since I've had the e-jack I haven't been stuck enough to need it. If anything it's a good talisman against stuck! |
Hah! That's how it goes. Well thanks for confirming my thinking. |
I got scary-stuck in tidal-flats mud once way out in the boonies, and my travel friend could not help me with his little Isuzu Trooper----------took
me 1/2 the day to get out of that mess. I said to myself, "never again"!!! I went out and bought and installed a Warn Winch and a "Pull Pal". I
never got badly stuck again, so never had to use either. That seems to be the way it often goes. Still, I did not worry any more about "mud".
LOL
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4x4abc
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It's all a mind game.
If you expect to get stuck - you will get stuck
if you would focus on NOT getting stuck - you rarely would
people buy winches and PullPals for safety (to FEEL safe)
they could also get more suitable tires and learn how not to get stuck
I have been hired many times by government agencies to do recovery
training
every single time I have convinced them to modify the course objective to:
A - learn how not to get stuck
B - learn how to get unstuck
Harald Pietschmann
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geoffff
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | It's all a mind game.
If you expect to get stuck - you will get stuck
if you would focus on NOT getting stuck - you rarely would
people buy winches and PullPals for safety (to FEEL safe)
they could also get more suitable tires and learn how not to get stuck
I have been hired many times by government agencies to do recovery
training
every single time I have convinced them to modify the course objective to:
A - learn how not to get stuck
B - learn how to get unstuck
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Well, I tend to learn "how not to get stuck" the hard way. It is part of the fun of it. So I need a big bag of tricks to get myself unstuck.
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AKgringo
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Stuck is when someone else has to pull you out. If your effort with your tools and toys get you rolling again, you were just delayed!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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geoffff
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | Stuck is when someone else has to pull you out. If your effort with your tools and toys get you rolling again, you were just delayed!
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Well in Baja I've always managed to pull myself out. Always. Sometimes it takes all day and night, though.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: Originally posted by geoffff | | Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | It's all a mind game.
If you expect to get stuck - you will get stuck
if you would focus on NOT getting stuck - you rarely would
people buy winches and PullPals for safety (to FEEL safe)
they could also get more suitable tires and learn how not to get stuck
I have been hired many times by government agencies to do recovery
training
every single time I have convinced them to modify the course objective to:
A - learn how not to get stuck
B - learn how to get unstuck
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Well, I tend to learn "how not to get stuck" the hard way. It is part of the fun of it. So I need a big bag of tricks to get myself unstuck.
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I forgot to mention above that in addition to buying a Winch and a Pull-Pall I also bought a really good 12-Volt Air Compressor. Using 2 "cigarette
lighter" (toy) compressors to refill my oversize tires after my "bad stuck" was very time-consuming (2-hours?) and irritating. Having those goodies
on my rig from then on lessened my fear of losing my F-250 4x4 with it's heavy Steel Callen Camper when venturing into really remote areas of Baja,
which I was prone to do. I did use that fancy big Air Compressor many times after that.
Having said that, I do respect 4x4abc's advice and council on off-roading as he has gone into some really incredibly remote and hairy areas in Baja
that I only dreamed about doing. (-:
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AKgringo
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| Quote: Originally posted by Barry A. |
Having said that, I do respect 4x4abc's advice and council on off-roading as he has gone into some really incredibly remote and hairy areas in Baja
that I only dreamed about doing. (-:
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Not just Baja, Harald has a history on the Rubicon Trail!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Barry A.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | Quote: Originally posted by Barry A. |
Having said that, I do respect 4x4abc's advice and council on off-roading as he has gone into some really incredibly remote and hairy areas in Baja
that I only dreamed about doing. (-:
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Not just Baja, Harald has a history on the Rubicon Trail! |
Yep, I have marveled at abc's Off-road experiences over the many years recounted here on Nomad's.
B
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advrider
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I've always been a rock crawler, so my stuck is usually broken (Rubicon, Four Dice). Done plenty of stuff to get stuck in the mud over the years and
learned from it. Now the sand, that's a new area for me. Time will tell how I do! Area sand tracks worth all of the hype?
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StuckSucks
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Non-sequitur. Shot on the road west from Vizcaíno (all dirt at the time) circa 1987, on the way to Malarrimo. Oh what a feeling.
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advrider
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Awesome picture. Nice Toyota as well.
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