Bus majorly stuck

Dave5Cs · April 27, 2016, 05:57:08 PM

If it is not raining and you can dig under tires or jack something up to get the axle high enough to raise the bottom of the coach so nothing is still buried other than the tires or just touching the ground. dump a few bags of dry concrete under them it soaks up any moisture in the ground under the tires. Dig a trench in front of the tires to where it slops out and put some more gravel or dry concrete there. If you can start it it might just walk out but if it has 4 feet of empty space under the tires and or axle then I agree with Bob a 45 foot crane with counterweights is about it.
Dave5Cs

buswarrior · April 27, 2016, 06:00:02 PM

From the angle of the drive axle in the off side picture....

I suspect the wheels are hanging in the air over that tank, and lots of stuff is resting on the ground.

This is a sticky job, to be sure!

happy coaching!
buswarrior

luvrbus · April 27, 2016, 06:23:53 PM

Pull it back out the way you went in is the standard practice in the trucking and heavy equipment business any good tow truck driver will know that or should.Don't look that bad to me after sinking mine on both sides on the Gulf of Mexico

They dug the sand away from the drivers then put carpet down and told me to put the bus in reverse at idle and pulled it out with a 1 ton wrecker

Lin · April 27, 2016, 06:40:08 PM

It looks like a the ground could be cleared enough for a construction forklift to get under the wheels. You might have to lay plywood or something on the ground for it to drive close.

Scott & Heather · April 27, 2016, 06:41:29 PM

Lol. Your responses all made me smile. Yes we are back home in Michigan. Septic is over 35 years old and doesn't stink. Coach is pulled out. It was actually easy. They brought a small tow truck with a mighty winch. He strapped himself to a tree in front of him and walked it right out nice and easy from the front. Took a handful of minutes. Amazing because the entire dual was in midair. It could only go out from the front because the rear was up against a fence. We are filling in the septic tank this weekend lol. Insurance did pay for it. Win for State Farm roadside for our coach.

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Dave5Cs · April 27, 2016, 06:47:10 PM

Yeahhhhhhhh. Well that was easy.

Dave5Cs

DoubleEagle · April 27, 2016, 06:58:47 PM

Glad to see that the tree I suggested was in the right spot. Winches can do a lot. You really lucked out and got everybody stirred up. Those six Shires (or Clydesdale's) could have done it as well.

HB of CJ · April 27, 2016, 11:09:59 PM

Yahoo! Happy ending. I will not share the time way back in about 1980 when a young man in Bakersfield CA who drove a fire engine for a living for the City was ordered to take a 58,000 pound tanker fire engine across a packed hard dirt vacant lot to get to a house fire quickly in the SE of town.

Yep, very heavy indeed. 1500 gallon water tank. 10 wheeler. He tried. Yep .... old septic tank. CRASH! Oh .... heck! Yep! Took a BIG wrecker with a BIGGER winch with BIGGEST choker cable to pull the aforementioned fire engine out of the .... gunk! It only cost the tax payers a ton of money.

The engine Captain admitted he gave the order. The stupid Engineer admitted he followed the stupid order. Both the Captain and Engineer got reprimands. The Captain for being stupid. The Engineer for also being stupid. The crew had to hand stretch fire lines quite a ways. The house burned.

The non aforementioned Engineer was nicknamed "Ah Shiet" for months. He deserved it.

Scott & Heather · April 28, 2016, 04:36:01 AM

I must say, that fire engine story is my life....and yes, the horses are looking better every minute. My parents yard is a nice lawn, and it's dry and the coach had no issue driving around on the lawn, but when I busted through the lid of that old septic tank...it was over. They have been on city sewer for 35 years so no one had a clue that old tank was there. Will be filled in my next week. Now my focus is on getting 102 converted! Here we go!

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DoubleEagle · April 28, 2016, 06:37:05 AM

You could tell everyone you were experimenting with a new direct holding tank dumping method that needs more refinement.

Seangie · April 28, 2016, 06:55:52 AM

Scott - That ol' bus knows you are sellin her and is doing everything she can to stay. Thats crazy.

Glad to see you got out easy and really glad that both tires didnt sink in. That would have been a bad day.

That would have been a great place to hook up the black tank though!

Give your parents hugs and kisses from all of us.

-Sean