Ways of solving this issue exist.

Which is why I had, at the end, "one that works in the area you are wheeling in"

 

This is one of our usual spots. Sequatchie/Bryants Cove.. Miles and miles of nothing but mountain ridge.. You dont even have service at the top, much less during all the hours of the actual ride..

 

Again, there are ways around it. But I'm not trying to start an internet fight.

I'm just saying, many of us have mentioned how bad things have happened. Straps break, things get rolled, other foolish wheelers stick their arms outside the truck, whatever. People have claimed to have lost entire jaws when pulling someone out goes south.

If something turns bad, and you are out in the bush, its nice to have a way to communicate with the proper "help" if only to notify them you are on your way...

 

I dont know where you're getting im trying to start a fight so chill out dude, i know what you said, and i was clearly just saying in Tennessee, where we ride, there is no hope for it. Simple as that.

 

Very few of the areas I wheel in have any cell service. My favorite wheeling is mountain trails so cell service can be spotty.
My list for Wheeling is:
1. Tools=screw drivers, pliers, socket sets, open boxed end wrenches,hammers, hack saw and bow saw.
2. 2 3 inch 30 foot recovery straps 1 3 inch 12 foot tree strap
3. First aid kit ( a good one ) fire extinguisher, shovel and axe. required on USFS lands.
4. Flash light, and head strap mounted light
5. High lift jack, and 4 way lug wrench, 2 jack stands
6. My most used item on wheeling trips, My Winch!! I carry a 50 ft extension
7. Tire repair kit and CO2 tanks.

 

Nah, not saying you were trying, its just that we were starting to go back and forth like we were arguing, and I don't wanna come across like a dick. Inflection and tone don't come across via text, so I just wanted to make clear my intentions.

Have you looked into satallite phones? They work anywhere in the world.

 

They do work most places in the world, but not all. I did carry a satellite phone for awhile and while they did work just about everywhere, I did find a couple of deep canyons in the Rocky Mountains that the canyon walls were just to steep to line up with the satellite. Besides, I don't have my company paying for it now, and I could not afford one if I had to cover the cost myself.

 

Would it have been difficult to move to a spot where you could've gotten reception?

I'm not saying its manditory, I'm just saying its not a bad idea at all.

 

It wouldn't have been hard in one place, much easier to take care of the problem myself though. The other canyon would have been hard unless you broke at the very beginning.
Like I said though, I do not have the money to cover the cost of a sat phone so it is something that is not going to happen, and I would be willing to bet most of the guys on this forum do not have the cash to pay for sat service.

 

Yeah, good point. I've been told most of the users here are high schoolers.

 

wow this guy completely copy and pasted my post and others posts....

and if you want to spend the extra dough get a cb radio

 

someones whipped
for me its is there anything going on tomorrow? (her) nope i dont think so (me)-well were gonna go wheelin on such and such trail. (her) i want to go



I have about 50 water bottles in my jeep to put out fires, to drink, or to refill the radiator when something happens to it. iv used them for all 3.
I have a tow strap i take with me along with a few d rings that live in the jeep, if it breaks my buddy has a winch. my hi lift jack, a pile of sweat shirts cuz u never know what might happen, co2 tank, plug kit, first aid kit, an ice chest packed with food and drinks, extra money (if i have any), the tool bag, and misc stuff like wires fuses, bolts ect.

 

Careful, water can be a bad thing to use to put some fires out.

 

iv heard that. the only fires iv put out with them are ones that people leave burning when they go home
i should add trash bags to the list to cuz i end up picking up their beer cans too

 

Well, I live in WA and as you probably know we get a bit of rain here. I have used my tarp several times where I was not in deep mud, but the ground was sloppy enough that I did not want to lay on it.