dont ask me how i got into this. this is bolivar peninsula (crystal beach) Tx



and my mexican friend about to hook up the chains...


about 4 hours later my truck was 3 inches under water while the tow trucks were pulling it. spent 15 dollars at the car wash using quarters and 150 at the ford dealership for a new bumper because mine got pulled off.

 

Ouch, yeah not the best place for a stock 2wd to go.. even a stock 4x4 looks like it would of gotten stuck. Soft sand like that is meant for lifted trucks with meaty tires.. sorry bout your luck.

 

That sucks you were in there pretty good.

 

straps > chains

 

yeah but my 10k pro-comp strap broke because the tide came up on it and got it bad. but yeah i know yall have gotten stuck worse i was just showin some pics

 

That sucks but glad the chains didn't break.

 

Straps break too, and they stretch so they contain energy like a spring. Steel links do not stretch nearly as well, and if they do they pretty much stay that way, plus they do not get cut or frayed. Put a blanket or a coat in the middle of a chain and the worst it will do if it breaks is go under your truck.

No matter what you use you have to be careful, because either will hurt you if you don't use them right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFlnwZHb334

 

what the heck was your 2wd doing on a beach? Thats asking for trouble. atleast you got out before the tide came in.

 

looks like fun
but yea like others said it looks like even a stock 4x4 woulda gotten stuck

 

haha looks like what i did wish i could have gotten some pics me and a few buddys were going threw a puddle of mud and they had 4wd so they could go threw slow but i had to go like 40 and bomb threw it but i hit one of the ruts were a 4wd jeep almost got stuck *back tires were floating* front tires were on dry dirt if i had 4X4 i woulda been fine but still some good times thoe.

 

some other things to think about since it was in some sandy/salty water:
1. repack front wheel bearings.
2. Change rear end gear oil.
I had an old buddy who went wheeling one rainy night in a potato field down south. nothing but sand and water......... ended up replacing hubs/bearings on the front. that thing looked like your truck on the beach, but i bet you did'nt have an angry farmer chasing you down sayin " oh i'll get it out for you" with a big a$$ tractor!

 

hahahaha nice my buddy got stuck behide a school we were suprised the cops didnt get called because people up there are really nosiy and quick to call the cops. but that was about 3-4 hours of funn and about a 60 foot tow strap haha. his truck was even ment to mudd 6inch lift and 4x4 but his 4x4 is messed up because of the angle of the front drive shaft.

 

The beaches there in crystal are extremely hard packed. Infact I have even seen motorcycles riding down it without a problem.


I go out there quite a bit, did ya find that hole on the far side of the beach away from the ferry? WE were playing there last year and stuck a 3/4 chevy so bad it took 1 Rubicon and 1 Wrangler on 33"s to get him out. They wouldnt let me strap the Ford up because he would not allow a Ford to pull him out. The best way out of that is to dig the area infront of each tire out them pull

 

wow that must have really sucked!

 

yeah the tow truck service brought a jacked up f450 and a jacked up f250 chained together and had to winch me through about 100 yards of that mud because the tide came up behind me.

after that my truck squeaks like no other. had to replace shocks and its still bad lol