Muddy day at the range

by Paul , Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 07:48 (2385 days ago) @ Creeker

Oh, I've been on the other end FAR too many times. In college I drove an old Ford Fairlane that was my grandpa's until grandma couldn't get in and out of it any more and it got parked on the canal bank a few years 'til he offered it to me for the princely sum of "If you can get it running, you can have it." USUALLY I could take it almost any place the other guys could take their pickups. Then there were the other times. More than once I had to spring for a complete wash for a friend's Jeep after he would pull me out. Believe me, it's more fun to be the tower than the towee! Somewhere I've got a picture (or used to have anyway) of the old Ford stuck in the ford of Turkey Creek. The driver didn't take into account the fact that the front tires on the Fairlane were too far behind the bumper to allow them to reach the slope before the bumper came to an abrupt halt upon contacting the aforementioned slope. Reversing on the loose gravel of the fording area caused the water to wash out under the rear tires leaving the differential high centered. Fortunately my friend with the Jeep was only a quarter mile or so away...