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Ateo
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Salt Flats Can Be Your Enemy
Two weeks ago we took the North Road into San Juanico after some heavy rains.
The road was impassable in many areas and after a wrong turn and a few miles in the wrong direction, in a rush to get us back on track I made a bad
decision.
The bad decision was to go thru the center of a flat where there was obvious signs of past people getting stuck.
I got out, walked the flat for a hundred yards and came back ready to cross it. Bad move. We almost immediately cracked thru crust and entire waves
of salt water and mud streamed over the top of the truck. Windshield wipers were on full blast just to keep the window clean, and I had a friend
behind me without 4X4 that I felt was surely gonna get stuck, if my dumb arse didn't first.
This video doesn't really do it justice. Once in the mud, I knew we were screwed so I just kept going, cause there wasn't any turning around.
Fortunately we were able to rinse off the bottom of the truck my driving thru a flowing arroyo about 30 minutes later.
This is a public service announcement.
Warning: Bad language.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgu6BN7XUOs
[Edited on 8-8-2015 by Ateo]
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David K
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Momentum is your friend! 
Your 2WD friend was okay, too?
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ehall
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That was a close one. That would of sucked bad.
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BornFisher
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Whoa...... getting stuck there would have landed you in the dog house for 20 years!! Glad you got that on film, a Baja classic!!
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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woody with a view
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typical guy maneuver. as soon as reality tells you that you are the dumbest person for 20 miles in ANY direction, instinct takes over.
STOMP ON IT!!!!!!!!!! 
trade it in now! 
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basautter
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Been there, almost done that......stay on the shell trail!!!
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tiotomasbcs
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That's why there is always chatter.. North road?? Somebody would have come bye to help but... salt water damage? Long way around but fewer
problems! AND THE WAVES WERE.... Smiles, Tio
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liknbaja127
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Ateo, great job! When in doubt, Throttle out!! loved the co rider
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Desertbull
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Got lucky! Nice work .... Last time through I towed 3 stuck cars and trucks outta the sand with a 120' hollow core rope that is 1 1/4" thick ... but
the tidal flats are a different deal ... I often loan out my set of MAXTRAX to get out of the tidal mud ...
I am no part of MAXTRAX but I can tell you they work in the Tidal Flats with many people I've loaned my MAXTRAX to..
DREAM IT! PLAN IT! LIVE IT!
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rts551
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I can see the rust already. but you made it... Many have not. Lesson these for thosr that see what looks like a good salt flat
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ehall
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wash off what you can see and then run the lawn sprinkler under the truck for 30 minutes moving it around occasionally.
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Frigatebird
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Classic pucker factor. I would have needed a change of drawers. Glad you didn't need to kill a day getting out.
Avatar courtesy of Herb 
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Zola
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What/where is the shell trail?
“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” Dr. Seuss
“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” George Bernard Shaw
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StuckSucks
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Whoa - could have turned out much worse.
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MMc
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I could feel the stress. A lot of us have been do the same, more then once with the negative outcome and hours of getting unstuck. Thanks for the
share!
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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Mexitron
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We were surfing at San Jacinto years ago and a guy showed up frantically waving for us to come in and help him. He'd tried to drive across the salt
flat north of the point and was stuck in way over the axle. Hooked up one of our trucks with the tow strap but it wouldn't budge. Hooked up a second
to the first and tried again but still nothing. Dug out as much mud as we could, put down brush, and hooked up a third truck and finally yanked his
sorry arse out. The stress on the guy's truck caused his front windshield to break, but he was out.
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Ateo
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Thanks for not piling on Nomads. I wasn't even gonna post this but I felt it would be good to destroy a little ego.
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woody with a view
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what doesn't kill you makes for epic stories!
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TMW
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Ateo I can't remember how many times I've done things I shouldn't have but I'm still here to hopefully remember not to do some of them again. But on
second thought some were really fun, after it was over.
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AKgringo
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Remember not to do them again?
Tell me I am not the only one who after getting un-stuck, took a second try, thinking 'If I just do it like this, I can make it'?
Sometimes it works, other times you confirm the definition of 'insanity'.
If you can get yourself unstuck without having to be rescued is satisfying too!
[Edited on 8-9-2015 by AKgringo]
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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