getting stuck

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

sidschev

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 2, 2023
Posts
286
Reaction score
510
Location
Arkansas
First Name
sidney
Truck Year
1984
Truck Model
c1500
Engine Size
350
ok so i get stuck in my yard with my 84 what should i do . right wheel spins very easy all the time. im sick of getting stuck in my dang yard.
now in my 77 i put in a lunch box locker cause that dang thing was always stuck someplace it has no bed but i wore out a few tires pretty quickly.
any body else have this easy tire spinning problem.??????
 

squaredeal91

Full Access Member
Joined
Mar 10, 2023
Posts
2,534
Reaction score
4,579
Location
Cave junction Oregon
First Name
Greg bush
Truck Year
1991 SB
Truck Model
K30
Engine Size
5.9 Cummins 12 valve
I used to get stuck in the yard when I was a kid in my Chevette and c20. Have to jack it up and put boards under it. And both were open pipe, my neighbors loved me lol. Now almost everything is 4 wheel drive and I don't get stuck anymore, Just temporarily delayed.
 

PrairieDrifter

Full Access Member
Joined
Dec 28, 2014
Posts
3,853
Reaction score
5,646
Location
North Dakota
First Name
Mason
Truck Year
84,79,77,76,70,48
Truck Model
Suburban k10, bonanza k10, k30, k20, c10, gmc 1/2ton
Engine Size
350, 350, 350, 350, 350, 350
Tires, throttle input, open diff, wet grass, uneven terrain. All of the issues lol

All terrains or highway tread with a really hard compound suck on wet grass. Even big heavy ass diesel trucks I've seen stuck in grass lol.
 

sidschev

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 2, 2023
Posts
286
Reaction score
510
Location
Arkansas
First Name
sidney
Truck Year
1984
Truck Model
c1500
Engine Size
350
Stay out of the Yard?? Sorry.
haha yup haha i have to venture to the back forty a lot......
Mudd terrains help allot. Question is, why are you in the yard? To Try to Spin doughnuts? That would be me.
hahaha back forty cflearing its clay under dirt once you spin its over your not coming out...
I hate to but i quess ill swipe the locker out of the 77 and put it in the 84. sure hope i dont break axles...
 

Craig Nedrow

NADAR UNDER THE RADAR
Supporting Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2018
Posts
1,036
Reaction score
2,182
Location
Washington State
First Name
Craig
Truck Year
1973 (have two), 1985
Truck Model
K10, K20, C20
Engine Size
350, 454, 6.2 Detroit
Sid, sounds like you need some weight, like a ton of hay in the back, very hard to get stuck, but when you do......
 

Attachments

  • 5f2c9f23561f4a9d-photo.JPG
    5f2c9f23561f4a9d-photo.JPG
    145.6 KB · Views: 60

Craig Nedrow

NADAR UNDER THE RADAR
Supporting Member
Joined
Sep 1, 2018
Posts
1,036
Reaction score
2,182
Location
Washington State
First Name
Craig
Truck Year
1973 (have two), 1985
Truck Model
K10, K20, C20
Engine Size
350, 454, 6.2 Detroit
Should explain, JD tractor slipped into a small pond, wife's truck stuck, got the K20, not stuck, but could not pull her out. Rescued by my son Nick in his FORD!!!. Had to winch out.
 

mibars

Full Access Member
Joined
May 13, 2023
Posts
268
Reaction score
442
Location
Nadarzyn, Poland
First Name
Michal
Truck Year
1990
Truck Model
Suburban V1500
Engine Size
350 TBI
You have no bed? How about adding some ballast, maybe bolt down a piece of concrete? I recall years ago a Nissan Navara where a guy bolted a concrete curb somewhere in the rear to have traction in the winter. Or another Navara guy who carried a layer of pavement concrete tiles in bed
 

sidschev

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 2, 2023
Posts
286
Reaction score
510
Location
Arkansas
First Name
sidney
Truck Year
1984
Truck Model
c1500
Engine Size
350
i have a bed.. my uncle had a dozer blade in his ford that thing never got stuck...
 

TotalyHucked

Full Access Member
Joined
Feb 24, 2020
Posts
3,669
Reaction score
11,853
Location
Auburn, Georgia
First Name
Zach
Truck Year
1985
Truck Model
Sierra 1500
Engine Size
5.3
Yep, weight and mud tires might work without changing the diff but I'd go ahead and start planning for a locker of some kind.
 

sidschev

Full Access Member
Joined
Oct 2, 2023
Posts
286
Reaction score
510
Location
Arkansas
First Name
sidney
Truck Year
1984
Truck Model
c1500
Engine Size
350
im just afraid of busting the axles and i dont wanna buy c clip eliminators but may have to invest some moola into a gear locker and c clip eliminators. i hate breaking axles always happens in a bad spot also chewing up tires is not what i like .....
 

WebMonkey

Full Access Member
Joined
Jan 3, 2020
Posts
717
Reaction score
1,538
Location
Missouri Ozarks
First Name
Chris
Truck Year
1985
Truck Model
K20
Engine Size
350
from ancient driver's ed;

slowly apply the parking brake

this is supposed to simulate traction on the spinner and cause the other wheel to get a little love from the open diff.

if the parking brake is adjusted correctly and evenly, you might get lucky.

so many pontiac grand prix, buick regal, olds cutlass (mid 80s) that i drove in/on muddy driveways.

good luck!
 

Forum statistics

Threads
44,153
Posts
950,489
Members
36,268
Latest member
JUKA
Top