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Title: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Lance Camper on June 15, 2016, 11:55:18 am
Stuck in mud up to bottom of wheel. Decided to call Coach Net don't want to sink any further.

Apprehensive about being pulled out of mud. Where should tow truck guy pull coach. Have all these fears of chain damaging the glass etc. 

Thanks guys
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: rcantrell51 on June 15, 2016, 12:03:09 pm
Tow person will hook to the rear and pull from there. We got our 04 U320 42'stuck in mud and that was the procedure. Did not damage the coach. Best Wishes

Reese
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Mike Leary (RIP) on June 15, 2016, 12:07:04 pm
Quote from: Lance Camper –
Stuck in mud up to bottom of wheel. Decided to call Coach Net don't want to sink any further. Apprehensive about being pulled out of mud. Where should tow truck guy pull coach. Have all these fears of chain damaging the glass etc. 
Take some pics, hopefully they can just winch you out. By the way, been there!  ^.^d
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Tim Fiedler on June 15, 2016, 12:10:16 pm
I went out the way I came in being towed backwards by trailer hitch
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Lance Camper on June 15, 2016, 12:15:17 pm
I backed in last night.  Heavy rain came thru and today well you know what happened. Front hook up looks like the way to go. I have these fears of him pulling genny off the front of the coach.
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Lance Camper on June 15, 2016, 12:25:55 pm
Tow just got here Wish me luck.
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Mike Leary (RIP) on June 15, 2016, 01:03:28 pm
Sometimes, even tow truck drivers have head scratchers!
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Lance Camper on June 15, 2016, 01:11:04 pm
I'm out. Chain was right under the front step on an angle. Held my breath as we creeped out at 2 mph.

Happy Trails to me.

Thanks guys 
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Lance Camper on June 16, 2016, 09:21:27 am
After heavy rain this stuff was like beach sand. Tires just kept slipping.

Tow truck was only fifteen feet away, but 45 degrees from the passenger side which placed the chain right between the step and the headlight. When the chain tightened it was touching the fiberglass. I placed some cribbing under the glass on some metal framing hoping he wouldn't crack it. He didn't.

Ed
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: D.J. Osborn on June 16, 2016, 09:33:20 am
Glad to hear you were able to get out without damage!
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Gary Bouland (RIP) on June 16, 2016, 02:47:25 pm
You are now a full fledged member of the BTDTGTTS club.
( been there, done that, got the T shirt )
Mine was 75 feet from pavement and they used a farm tractor and steel cable hooked to rear trainel ball, no sweat.  50 bucks fixed it.
Gary B
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Mike Leary (RIP) on June 16, 2016, 03:01:45 pm
Quote from: Gary Bouland –
You are now a full fledged member of the BTDTGTTS club.
( been there, done that, got the T shirt )

Looks like a whole new gig for you, Gary. We've got the Bird Houses, the Sink Covers, and now you come up with another "make no money" idea.  b^.^d
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: bobnkathy on June 16, 2016, 03:56:08 pm
Surprising you did not have front pull hooks on your coach. On our Nimbus, we have two receivers up front that tow hooks can be inserted to pull with the frame. Is this something older coaches did not come with?
Bob
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: craneman on June 16, 2016, 03:59:51 pm
Quote from: bobnkathy –
Surprising you did not have front pull hooks on your coach. On our Nimbus, we have two receivers up front that tow hooks can be inserted to pull with the frame. Is this something older coaches did not come with?
Bob

99's don't have anything like that.
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Roger & Susan in Home2 on June 16, 2016, 04:30:49 pm
If you ever go to Oshkosh for the EAA convention in July, camping for you and the other 80,000 or so who camp there is mostly in about 120 acres of a former farm.  Good roads, lots of fun.  But then it rains.  And it gets muddy and soft and everyone wants to leave at the same time.  Out come some of the biggest, brand new John Deere tractors (they are a major sponsor) you ever saw and pull out everyone who is stuck to the nearest solid gravel road, usually not far.  Lots of fun to watch.  12 at a time dump station.
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: prfleming on June 16, 2016, 05:01:58 pm
Quote from: bobnkathy –
Surprising you did not have front pull hooks on your coach. On our Nimbus, we have two receivers up front that tow hooks can be inserted to pull with the frame. Is this something older coaches did not come with?
Ah, another reason I still like my 25 year old classic Foretravel:

- No slides  (http://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=3060)
- No Aquahot  (http://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=3060)
- No HWH six pack  (http://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=3060)
- Mid door entry  (http://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=3060)
- Front tow hooks  (http://www.foreforums.com/MGalleryItem.php?id=3060)
Title: Re: Called Coach Net for Tow. Need info soon
Post by: Mike Leary (RIP) on June 16, 2016, 05:11:48 pm
Quote from: prfleming –
- Front tow hooks

Could be they were an after market deal. Maybe in Texas they never hit the gumbo/muskeg. I sure wish we had them, or that cool "cow catcher" our forum friend has.
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