So what do you do when truck gets stuck

That truck will have a power divider lock, but most road trucks do not - especially with entry-level carriers.

I'm used to having those, as well, and have also run 6x6 units. We're looking at a truck which isn't going to, though.

As for me... if I were a company driver for a mega, I'd call breakdown and have a wrecker sent out. If I were the owner of a megacarrier, that's what I'd want them to do. I would rather eat the cost of a winch out than a driver who doesn't know what they're doing trying to rock back and forth and ending up having to pay to replace drivetrain components. You might be experienced oilfield, construction sitework, logging, etc. drive who've dealt with this things more times than you can count... if I'm going to make a wager, my money would be that the driver of that particular truck is not.

 

Just throw your pull-pin in and grab a chain and pull him out.

 

Companies like Werner do not pay their drivers to think. in fact they do not want them to do anything other than get on the Qualcomm and ask their "fleet manager" what to do. It is all spelled out in chapter xx page yyy of the driver operations manual at HQ. For a company like them it is far cheaper to call a wrecker than to let the driver blow the clutch, power divider, transmission, driveline and worse. That is the business model they follow, minimum pay for the driver, and occasional additional expenses that any owner operator could likely avoid.
Last time I checked they are making plenty of money.

 

Is this truck stop in Nevada Missouri by chance?

 

That would be worth pulling up a chair and enjoying the show.....

 

I bet the power devider is being stupid. I think the trick that did it for me was to keep it in 1st and very lightly rock it until all wheels got wheel spin and then I gunned it out.

 

I wonder if Werner ever got out or did he call his company.

 

I never understood why anyone or any company would order a truck without full lockups. To me the extra cost is worth it because time is money and waiting for a wrecker costs a lot of it. My W9 had only a power divider lock and it will be getting either new axles with full lockups or Detroit lockers put in the current ones. (Decision was made after spending 2 hours stuck in 2 inches of snow on the driveway)

 

Well, since we load all our loads off pavement on farms, I know a little about stuck.

If the power divider and a little GENTLE rocking don't do it, drop the trailer, pull out, and then back under the trailer at an angle. That usually gets you out of the "holes" you've dug with the drives.

You can also back straight under at an offset an move the trailer over with the fifth wheel.

All much cleaner than chains. In mud singles aren't all that great anyway. Three railers or singles inside and out are more effective by far.