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Boy is this U300 stuck!

March 28, 2019, 01:35:33 pm

Don't know if posted before or if it's anyone on here but this YouTube video shows that it took a tractor and a backhoe to get this one out of the mud.

Keith

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS2XtiFLBu0

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Reply #1 – March 28, 2019, 01:43:55 pm

Thats why I put my scooter on the nose.

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Reply #2 – March 28, 2019, 01:49:33 pm

Cool video!  Bet that Dude will never drive on the grass again.  Same graphics design as our coach, but different colors.

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Reply #3 – March 28, 2019, 01:56:34 pm

I've got a Case backhoe. You never want to have to back the tractor/backhoe up as the hoe weighs a ton and is good for traction if you turn tractor/backhoe around. Also, he should have curled the bucket as the arm just lifted the tractors's back tires off the ground. Sometimes better to pull at a slight angle so the coach's tires don't go into the tractor's ruts. If facing the coach, sticking the pads down with the rear bucket into the ground and then curling the front bucket with a chain at the top, pulls well for a few feet, perhaps enough to get the U300's tires out of the hole.

Looks like he has a bit of damage to the passenger's front fender too.

Pierce

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Reply #4 – March 28, 2019, 02:22:09 pm

I hope he tipped the farmhands! At least, he's got a 'campfire story'! 

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Reply #5 – March 28, 2019, 04:10:52 pm

Wow,

I would think one would move the coach to solid ground before it started raining!  A little discernment goes along way, although it was nice of those guys to lend a hand. He could have just jacked the rear tires off the ground and slid some plywood under there for more bearing in 10 minutes.  Thats one way to go!

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Reply #6 – March 28, 2019, 06:56:00 pm

Don't know where he could have fitted the jack once the coach sank down plus it's doubtful that the ground would support any jack.

Yes, a good lesson that rain, dirt and coaches don't go together. At least he wasn't on a beach with the tide coming in.

P

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Reply #7 – March 28, 2019, 09:11:54 pm

Where's the "Foretravel Off Road Club" ?

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Reply #8 – March 28, 2019, 10:03:27 pm

Looks like an area where there might not be a lot of 200 to 400 hp tractors. Very fortunate to have the help he had there to get him out. Might have been a timber area from the looks of the terrain, could have been a log skidder around. That's the best pulling machine I've ever seen. He got lucky.... I think.

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Reply #9 – March 28, 2019, 10:13:48 pm

If that is a unihome (unibody frame) I would think that pulling with a tractor and backhoe hooked to the front axle would have put a lot of stress on the front box frame and bulkhead.  Glad it wasn't my coach..............

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Reply #10 – March 28, 2019, 10:49:38 pm

Lots of bolts going across both front and back bulkheads. Any one of which should be able to lift the coach off the ground before failing. I hooked a chain to one of the front hitch points and pulled a 30 foot RV back up a bank while I was in reverse. I would sell the coach in a second if I worried about a bulkhead failure while either pulling someone or being pulled.

Pierce

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