CanAmMick
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We decided to take a trip up through Crazy Woman Canyon today. It was a beautiful drive. Temperatures in the mid to high 50’s. Part of the trail still had quite a bit of snow! Made it through it with no problems at all.
After driving through the canyon we decided to take one of the trails south to an outcrop of rocks to have a picnic. We got to this open area and came upon a snow drift that was probably about a hundred feet long. Didn’t think it was too deep to plow through it. I could have went around it, but decided to go ahead and drive through it at about 40 mph. Big mistake!
Made it about 70 feet when the Jeep busted through the upper crust of the snow. It wouldn’t budge at all. Of all the places to get stuck this one had no trees so we couldn’t use our winch. I put it in reverse, and without giving it any gas the front and rears wheels would spin at idle.
Luckily I did have my aluminum shovel with us. After about a hour and a half of digging I was able to dig out all the snow that the Jeep was resting on. The Harbor Freight blanket worked great for laying on in the snow! If only we would have made it another 5 feet or so we would have been able to drive all the way through it.
Even tho we got stuck, it still turned out to be a great day.
After driving through the canyon we decided to take one of the trails south to an outcrop of rocks to have a picnic. We got to this open area and came upon a snow drift that was probably about a hundred feet long. Didn’t think it was too deep to plow through it. I could have went around it, but decided to go ahead and drive through it at about 40 mph. Big mistake!
Made it about 70 feet when the Jeep busted through the upper crust of the snow. It wouldn’t budge at all. Of all the places to get stuck this one had no trees so we couldn’t use our winch. I put it in reverse, and without giving it any gas the front and rears wheels would spin at idle.
Luckily I did have my aluminum shovel with us. After about a hour and a half of digging I was able to dig out all the snow that the Jeep was resting on. The Harbor Freight blanket worked great for laying on in the snow! If only we would have made it another 5 feet or so we would have been able to drive all the way through it.
Even tho we got stuck, it still turned out to be a great day.
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