my flashlights save the night

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jayhackett03

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started out the night with my MagLED 2D, Surefire G2, and Microfire M4.

the guys in my fraternity decided to go mudding tonight, late. well, it started raining and we ended up in a muddy strip pit out in the middle of nowhere. i decided to go across it in my toyota pickup. i got stuck. my friends dodge dakota backs out to me in this "pit" and gets stuck as soon as he stops. so now we've got 2 of our 5 trucks stuck. so, the big Superduty Ford starts to back out to our trucks. he gets stuck. so our 4th truck, the Silverado, tries to pull him out. now is where i start to use my flashlights. its now pouring down rain, we're cold, it sucks. we use my flashlights, in the rain, mud, etc, to get all the tow equipment out and hooked up.

ok, so we realize that the 2 initial trucks aren't going to come out without a winch. we go home, regroup, warm up, dry off. i go to wal-mart and buy water proof boots, shovels, protien bar, etc.

i grab my Mag 4D, Mag 6D, and Mag 3D.

when i get back out there we have about 12 people now. it has been raining for about 3 hours at this point, and if you aren't careful where you step, you'll be up to your knees in mud. to finish off the story, i handed out all of my flashlights to my buddies to hook up tow equipment, dig behind the tires, walk around, etc.

now all of my flashlights are muddy as hell, but i'm glad i finally got to use them, and i'm glad i finally got my truck back. i knew if i wouldn't have had all those flashlights, i'd still be out there right now working on getting our trucks out. we ended up towing a total of 8 trucks because once we got out of the pit, people still got stuck in random places on there way out.

on a side note, i can't wait until my L1P and L2P get here this week.

thanks for reading,
jay
 
A G2 sounds like the perfect light out there in the mud and rain, with it's poly coating. Makes for an easy cleanup.
 
my toyota

jay_stuck_5.jpg


the dakota. these were the first 2 to get stuck.
jay_stuck_6.jpg
 
A bright, long running headlamp like the PT EOS woulda come in handy... or handless?!? :)
john
 
You beat me to it! If I only carried one light in my truck, it would be the EOS headlamp!!!!!!
 
fishx65 said:
You beat me to it! If I only carried one light in my truck, it would be the EOS headlamp!!!!!!

naw, the PT Apex. much nicer:)

i didn't realize how crappy my 2D MagLED was until last night. horrible.
 
It took some guts to post that picture. We've all done it but you really shouldn't be hooking up to that ball. Get something mounted under there that's not going to come off so you don't hurt yourself next time.

Recovery equipment seems to always be the most overlooked aspect of wheeling.
 
Mikeg23 said:
It took some guts to post that picture. We've all done it but you really shouldn't be hooking up to that ball. Get something mounted under there that's not going to come off so you don't hurt yourself next time.

Recovery equipment seems to always be the most overlooked aspect of wheeling.

when the truck was seriously stuck, it was attached to the frame. at that point it was pretty much out, so i just used the ball hitch.
 
Looks like you need some mud tires. Or, the ones you have aren't shedding mud very well...

Good flashlight story. Enjoy the L2P. ;)
 
NutSAK said:
Looks like you need some mud tires. Or, the ones you have aren't shedding mud very well...

Good flashlight story. Enjoy the L2P. ;)
1 year old BFG Mud terrains. but that mud stuck to everything, so the tires couldn't clean themselves.
 
If the mud was -sticking- to the BFG-Mudders, you weren't spinning the tires fast enough. :lolsign:
 
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