And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I did that once and then I bought a Pull-Pal (a plow that takes the place of the buried spare). You live, you learn. This (pictured) is much fancier than the way I did it, but it works all the same.
I was buried to the axles in the mountains one time without a cable or a chain long enough to reach the nearest tree. I had a 25' chain and a good come-a-long but no where I could reach to hook on. I cut down a skinny, dead tree about 20' foot long and used it between the chain and the come-a-long. That gave me the length I needed to reach a tree that was strong enough. I then used a log and another tree to make a fulcrum to lift my truck out of the muck while my buddy put limbs and bark under the tires. It took nearly 4 hours but we got out.
I love my handi-man jack!
ReplyDeleteI wondered about it when you posted one a few months ago. Now I know.
ReplyDeleteI did that once and then I bought a Pull-Pal (a plow that takes the place of the buried spare). You live, you learn. This (pictured) is much fancier than the way I did it, but it works all the same.
ReplyDeleteThat is a "standard recovery" method taught by the US military called a "dead man" belay if my 40 year out of date memory serves.--Ray
ReplyDeletegets a bit dicey when you are under fire at the time!
ReplyDeleteDoesn't work quite as well in the winter with frozen ground
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever idea.
ReplyDeleteI was buried to the axles in the mountains one time without a cable or a chain long enough to reach the nearest tree. I had a 25' chain and a good come-a-long but no where I could reach to hook on. I cut down a skinny, dead tree about 20' foot long and used it between the chain and the come-a-long. That gave me the length I needed to reach a tree that was strong enough.
I then used a log and another tree to make a fulcrum to lift my truck out of the muck while my buddy put limbs and bark under the tires. It took nearly 4 hours but we got out.