Wheely interesting recovery

I thought this was interesting. I went playing again to where I went the other day. I wanted to see just how much wheel travel the Rodeo has so I attempted to drive a rutted section of track. I saw a stock looking 80 series have difficulty with this one so I thought it would be a good test.

I drove til I heard a thud and felt the rear right corner pop into the air as the gearbox crossmember hit the ground. I thought this was as good a time as any to get some suspension travel photos LOL.

After taking some pics I got back and and tried to reverse out. Uh oh. My Hi-Lift jack would have been handy but it was at home :-( So I got out and tried to put some wood under the front left wheel but that didn't help. Then I thought of all the stuff I had been reading lately about LSDs and diff locks and thought that if I could stop the rear right wheel from spinning then I could reverse out with the rear left wheel. So I put a piece of wood under the rear right wheel and then reversed out first go. Now there was no weight on this wheel as you could still rock the car easily but I assume that with this wheel no longer spinning enough power could be transferred to the other wheel to reverse out. Pic 3 shows the Rodeo after I reversed out but originally the tyre was barely touching the wood.

I could be wrong with my theory on why this worked but it did work and when your stuck thats what counts!

Pic 1 shows a Rodeos rear wheel travel
Pic 2 shows the Rodeo in its predicament
Pic 3 shows my stick idea

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