Was minding my own business at the ranch Wednesday doing chores and waiting for evening so I could harvest a hog when a friend called and asked if I could help him take a deer blind to his hunting lease and set it up. Forgetting the saying that no good deed goes unpunished I agreed. We met at my family's home in Starr County Texas. He wanted to go in his new 2014 4x4 and not my old beat up Z-71.
short version: We managed to get truck and trailer stuck. More than an hour later we got out and then set up the blind. So we are just in the truck only and we hit another soft spot. He stops. Puts truck in neutral and 4 wheel high. Too late. Buried in clay. Zero traction. After about an hour of rocks and sticks we begin walking. His shoes remain stuck too. He's barefoot! The main road is all rock and gravel. I give him my shoes after putting insoles inside my socks and we hump it to front gate. Turns out to be 1.1 miles and it's over 100 degrees.
The wife meets us and leaves my truck.
Unstuck 1st try
To add insult to injury, he gets stopped by a Texas State Trooper because his rear plate is dirty and obstructed.
My feet and calves still hurt!
Now that was fun!
short version: We managed to get truck and trailer stuck. More than an hour later we got out and then set up the blind. So we are just in the truck only and we hit another soft spot. He stops. Puts truck in neutral and 4 wheel high. Too late. Buried in clay. Zero traction. After about an hour of rocks and sticks we begin walking. His shoes remain stuck too. He's barefoot! The main road is all rock and gravel. I give him my shoes after putting insoles inside my socks and we hump it to front gate. Turns out to be 1.1 miles and it's over 100 degrees.
The wife meets us and leaves my truck.
Unstuck 1st try
To add insult to injury, he gets stopped by a Texas State Trooper because his rear plate is dirty and obstructed.
My feet and calves still hurt!
Now that was fun!