Sometimes the little guy comes through. Had to run parts to a buddy when his hose broke off the heater core. Went down a steep *** hill that was all clay, and back up it TWICE to help him get the parts. He's sitting on a 7inch lift and 35" duratracks. I'm on a 2.5" lift and 235s

 

I was at 3in and 235s. But I was locked front and rear. They're really capable stock

 

Yeah the guy didn't even think I'd make it down to him, but it was a walk in the park... Sorta!

 

Jeeps rescuing pickup trucks in the mud, what else is new? :P

 

How is that stuck? Lol

 

The problem with the gm ifs trucks no one makes a front locker for them so they suck off road lol.

 

so basically that's the same as a Prius "owning" a Bugatti Veyron that ran out of gas by giving him a ride to the gas station.

 

And the whole ifs is kinda weak also.The own ifs worth a damn is the ford ttb that you can run a locker and has upgrade for it.

 

I didn't pull him out, just picked him up and brought him to the parts store and back to fix it. heater core hose blew off.

 

Coolant is overated anyway

 

I've pulled duramaxes and a 4 door Cummins out before and made it back to where built play toys couldn't make it. Our Cherokees can pull almost anything out of anywhere!

 

Yep. There used to be a few lockers available for the half-ton IFS chunk, but they were all discontinued due to the aluminum housing literally spitting in half due to the extra stress. Not to mention the recurring CV shaft breakage.

You can still buy ARB's and an E-locker for the 3/4 and 1-ton 9.25" ring gear IFS. They are VERY expensive though.

GM trucks are also stuck with the rear G80 "gov-bomb" locker that breaks just as often as it works lol.

 

I thought it was funny that my little jeep was going better than his big ole truck haha

 

Back almost 40 years ago, I rescued a Land Rover pulling a little 2-wheel trailer of firewood, with my Chevy K-20. We had gone back up a cat trail on a power line in Alaska to salvage piles of birch logs cut when the line was constructed.


I had a huge *** load on my Chevy pickup with logs sticking out over the top of the cab - probably more than two tons. There was a steep muddy rutted hill going back out; I made it up fine but the LR/trailer just barely started up the hill before getting stuck.


I didn't have enough cable to reach from the top so I had to back down again about halfway just to get hooked up. That old 73 Chevy hauled the whole works to the top of the hill without any drama at all




It was all good fun at the time and between the two rigs we probably had 7 or 8 people which is how we managed to get such a big load on my pickup in the first place. Amazing what you do when you're young ...

 

I've pulled quite a few people out, and most of the time I'm the only one who doesn't get stuck when I go with people.