We got stuck. A skoolie pulled us out. The end:
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That is what happens when you park a 40,000 plus or minus vehicle on grass that may be wet. It gets stuck. Good thing you did not bury it to the chassis then the heavy duty wrecker comes into play.
Well the wheels stayed clean.
Scott, you should carry 2-3x5 carpet runners to use under the drive axle when it necessitates parking on grass, saves you a lot of embarrassment BTDT
Shag or Burber?? ;D How thick of Pad?
Number 2
Quote from: luvrbus on October 25, 2016, 05:53:49 AM
Scott, you should carry 2-3x5 carpet runners to use under the drive axle when it necessitates parking on grass, saves you a lot of embarrassment BTDT
As always, Cliff is right. If nothing else, get some 2X lumber to park on. It makes all the difference in the world.
@Dave. The orange shag is the best. It has the most grip. Never wears out, and there is always plenty to go around.
Quote from: luvrbus on October 25, 2016, 05:53:49 AMScott, you should carry 2-3x5 carpet runners to use under the drive axle when it necessitates parking on grass, saves you a lot of embarrassment BTDT
How muddy can it be and this still works, Clifford? I had no idea -- I'm going to put it on my list for before my first trip.
I got one rear dual about 2 feet off my gravel driveway a couple of years ago, the clay soil just liquefied and it was on the chassis. Other three wheels still on the driveway! It took three hours of digging a hole to put a jack in, jacking up the wheel, blocking it, jacking, blocking, until I got it high enough to put a couple of layers of ten foot long 2 by 10 and drive it out. I must have buried a dozen two foot long pieces of 2 by 10 that I kept putting under the jack, which kept pushing them down into the soil. I widened my driveway after that...
Bruce, the carpet works kinda like the fabric you see used under parking lots in low spongy areas.Year ago before the Geo Fabrics you buy now I watched people lay carpet down then cover it with a base in Houston Texas where it can get wet ::).I have always used the carpet with great results and still carry it
Well, at least you missed the septic tank a few feet back! ;D
Quote from: Oonrahnjay on October 25, 2016, 06:13:35 AM
How muddy can it be and this still works, Clifford? I had no idea -- I'm going to put it on my list for before my first trip.
It more depends on where you are sitting. If it is really muddy, you will sink in as soon as you pull off. However, in a grass covered situation, the carpet is just enough to get the forward momentum started. Then it just takes smart driving to make it work.
when its wet we park on our big rig mud flaps I picked up at a yard sale. Then if still wet when leaving lay the carpet in front of the wheel and walk right out. ;D
One of the advantages to a Crown or Gillig 40ft'r and a big rig conversion with tandem drives.
Yep, my old long gone Crown Supercoach 10 wheeler NEVER never got stuck. Even did donuts in 6" of snow in a dirt grassy field. Much fun but dumb. Also took her right on the beach sand just South of Crescent City CA. I wonder how much a really big big wrecker tow truck would cost? The tide is coming in! Yikes! :)
We weren't parked there. It's an RV site owned by a school and they said we could dump our holding tank at one of the site sewer connections so we rolled in. Big mistake.
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If you were in North Carolina Scott,getting stuck is the last thing you would have to worry about !! It is so dang dry here the fish are growing legs!!!!lol
Scott just thinking out loud here, but didn't you back yer bus into a septic tank almost as soon as you got it?
And then you got it stuck trying to dump your tanks?
Hmmmm, maybe it wasn't aliens that caused you to break down in Roswell.
It might just be the bus letting you know it doesn't appreciate the crappy situations you've been putting it in! ;)
;D BK ;D
Quote from: bigred on October 26, 2016, 05:56:14 AM
If you were in North Carolina Scott,getting stuck is the last thing you would have to worry about !! It is so dang dry here the fish are growing legs!!!!lol
See, evolution works even there.
John
Quote from: B_K on October 28, 2016, 10:34:40 AM
Scott just thinking out loud here, but didn't you back yer bus into a septic tank almost as soon as you got it?
And then you got it stuck trying to dump your tanks?
Hmmmm, maybe it wasn't aliens that caused you to break down in Roswell.
It might just be the bus letting you know it doesn't appreciate the crappy situations you've been putting it in! ;)
;D BK ;D
The previous bus was the one that was testing the septic tank cover. You can be assured that Scott will tell us about whatever happens to him as soon as possible. He is without doubt a very sharing person, and he has provided a lot of bus conversion entertainment, and kept a lot of old minds constantly thinking about how to get him out of the latest dilemma.
OH Ok Walter I thought it was the new one before he painted it.
But I don't spend as much time on any of the boards these days as I used too! (I have to work too much now days)
;D BK ;D
Lol. I'm telling my
Wife on all of you! Hahah! Better run and hide. The septic tank bus was the old mci 9 now sold. The new bus is the one we got stuck while trying to pull up to the dump station. Lol. Walter is right, misery loves company so I have to post when I am in misery.
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Quote from: Scott & Heather on October 29, 2016, 08:30:13 PM
Lol. I'm telling my
Wife on all of you! Hahah! Better run and hide. The septic tank bus was the old mci 9 now sold. The new bus is the one we got stuck while trying to pull up to the dump station. Lol. Walter is right, misery loves company so I have to post when I am in misery.
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I guess both buses were trying to tell you to stay off green grass. Green grass needs moist topsoil, MCI's do not! ;D In your defense, you also post when things are going well. ;)
Hell of a way to drive your post count up ... ;)