So I was just thinking. We went to a new place today, awesome! Honestly tried to stay away from the mud unless we really had to ford, and one part proved difficult surprisingly. It looked fine half the jeep on solid ground the other half in what appeared to be shallow water. Well when we would go in the shallow would would cause the jeep to slide into deeper water! whatever I backed out and we began to think. We found tons of dead trees/logs and loaded this puddle with them in an attempt to make a bridge. It worked great for me! I got through just fine it's just my buddy went through but the branches didn't hold and he got into a nasty fix. I tried to pull him out and go no where. So I gave the recover strap a little slack then gunned it to jolt him a little. It worked fine. I hated doing that though, and to make matters worse he's flying out of there so I go to move forward but he couldn't make the turn and he slams into a small tree which again jolts my moving jeep back. I just can't imagine the stress i put on the transmission. I don't wanna kill the jeep haha. Anywhoo, would a winch save me the trouble of screwing up the transmission? It would i guess let my engine rest and put the stress on the winch for recover. A much safer route than replacing a transmission no? If I bought one it wouldn't be for another year cause I won't wheel in the winter. But I'm just curious if that's another reason why people might buy a winch. You have a safe recovery option with you but you also have a way to get people out without destroying the jeep. I would imagine gunning it is poor recovery practice but how else to you get a jeep to shove out?
Just another thing to add, my engine coolant was boiling. We let it cool down before continuing. I did notice I need to add more fricken penzoil didn't fill it like they were supposed to!
edit: thought i'd add, to further my dislike for having to gun it the my jeep in 4WD hi sounded beat, dead, UGH! I was going in 1st gear and I thought it was gonna stall because it seemed to be having trouble going. Like a lack of power. I put it in 2WD then back and it still sounded bad. Then we stopped for a while and continued and they drain of power has disappeared. bad? (i'd think so o.0) I'm not opposed to damages but honestly I just wanna do it right and not cause myself huge costs and head aches. Just a noob trying to gain some more experience from the experts
Many thanks,
Techflork
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Originally Posted by ridgerunner97
"Wheel with people who will be able to teach you how, not some guy who saw it done on Extreme 4x4. "
