Wisconsin Tacomas and bad financial advice

Spent some time under the truck today. Amazing how dry the u-joints were... I guess being underwater for a week can do that! The Uniballs were screaming out on trail so I can only imagine.

 

Ya. The rain didn't make it anymore fun. My coworker got his Superduty stuck and had to get his son out there.
Took a little (4hr) effort but we got it.
https://youtu.be/D7AWrsO0jfY?si=gIrCdkE8l1HD9LxB
https://youtube.com/shorts/7oJUbTGmVAw?si=4SAjpiNIVbDeiav2

Check out the tires rotating with that MTS-Mud/Sand mode

 

Glad those straps didn't break!

 

Before his son showed up, the come-a-long rock method proved itself incapable.

 

well you got to enhance your recovery skills today , looks wet ! Glad your trucks out. Oh just wanted to add something. Just because it's a full size truck doesn't mean it will make it where your Tacoma is ! Weight , sometimes has to be added into the equation. Just putting it out there.

 

Guess it’s time for a winch and 40s!

 

The difference here is that the 4wd selector is a real thing that actually exists.

Running uni-balls in the world of salt and snow requires mega balls.

 

Was that all just regular tow straps being used?

 

Hey guys,

I just thought I would post a link here since you guys are mostly close(ish) to me. I am trying to get my truck back to stock and looking for someone who is interested in skinny 33s mud terrain to swap wheels/tires with!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/trade-wheels-tires.829623/

 

The straps were a mix of kinetic rope, snatch straps and recovery.

 

Have you seen the fairly recent recoveries gone wrong tugging? One was fatal and the other just bloody and expensive.

edit: both had straps come back through their windshields.

 

OK. I couldn't tell from the video.

I was just going to mention that taking a running start with regular recovery straps was extremely dangerous. But if you had a kinetic rope involved, that's a different story.

I'm not sure if it's recommended to do a kinetic recovery with different types of straps hooked together, though.

 

Your come a long didn't work properly because it was you against the truck ! What you needed was a truck winch or Rachet winch preferably a 3 ton or bigger. They work way better then normal come a long and cheaper then a truck winch

 

I'm not sure either so I asked the Googles and 1st that popped up was from 4runners.co/m

 

This doesn't say anything about using a static strap in conjunction with a kinetic rope or strap. It recommends having both for use in different circumstances.

At the very least, I'd make sure that the static strap had a higher breaking strength than the kinetic strap involved.

 

Before I entered T.W.
I didn't carry much more than the factory tool kit.
It was a good learning experience, for sure.
Although shoveling requires physical labor. Just keep digging.

 

You lost me at conjunction.

 

The screenshot you posted says it's good to have both types of straps, for different situations. It doesn't say to use them together at the same time.

 

When doing kinetic recoveries, never use static straps, or two straps.

Ever.