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I almost ended up stuck here overnight.

Nothing to winch on in front or on the sides. Would've needed ~200ft for the nearest tree in front.

Originally i was not against these logs. But the soft ground kept inching me closer & closer.

Tried digging a bit, tried building up the wheels, tried to reverse winch under the truck & that snapped the winch line quickly. - Not something i will try again.

One of the logs started digging into a tire & i'm glad i stopped when i did. I was surprised the sidewall held up as well as it did.

Spent a little over an hour trying to get myself out.

Used GPS/coordinates to give my location to a couple buds. Took them ~2 hours to find me. 1600ft+ in heavy fog @ night.

Had the winch line re-tied & used it heavily two more times. It took a bit of winching to get out.

The back end of my friends truck fell into a hole while trying to winch me out. - Which gave me a functional anchor

I was stuck for around 6 hours & got unstuck @ 2am

For the most part i remained calm. Once the sun started diving i stepped up preparing to stay. I had a friend with me the whole time but honestly he was f*ing useless.

I had everything i needed to walk out, somewhat exp'd with hiking/navigation, had multiple gps handhelds w/custom +/-topo maps of the area, extra batteries, food/water/backpack/etc. I don't think it'd taken me over 4 hours to walk out.

There's some things i didn't have though. I had a headlamp but it is not a (forgot my) real flashlight. Didn't have a shovel!! Didn't have any beer or guns! Phone battery was fine but did not have a charger.

BTW if you're heading out to rescue some one bring YOUR charger too

Hmm i know there's more i was missing but drawing a blank at the moment.

 

Thats a shame, in Georgia we'd call that Georgia pin stripeing

 

honestly it does not look that bad, It really gives it character.

 

Damn, that's a little more than a dent in my book. From the pics it looks like it could've been worse though.

 

From were i am sitting that is not a dent haha!

 

damn that tree was pissed eh? It looks fine bud...its like a right of passage. Plus it shows you really wheel your truck and its a cool story ya know?

 

OP- how far are you from the Tillamook State forest in NW oregon?

 

Looks good.

 

YEAH, that's bad. I'd be crying over that. Sorry man. I guess some things are worth it for the memories. I hope this is one of them.

 

About 170 miles.

 

dude sorry about that but if u ride around with the truck dirty and that "dent" you would look like a total badass

 

aw, thats not too bad. We had a meet out there this weekend, you coulda come. There'll be more in the future though im sure.

 

eh iv seen worse but...

damn! you have alot of down travel for IFS in that flex picture

what suspension setup are you running?

 

appears he has a drop bracket lift, so it just looks like a lot of droop.

 

oooo i see that now. thanks for pointing that out. i didnt look close enough... fail.

oh well. DB lift is better than a BL lift i suppose...

 

The truck came with the lift it appears to be a tuff country 54900 4-5"

 

that black lab doesnt seem to be bothered by it

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isPqJ5f-ino

 

Yeah, he seems to be enjoying himself... But he looks more like a Rottie than a lab.... Big head, short muzzle...