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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 01:07 PM
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I am always inadvertently driving my company's semi-trucks into local ditches, but have never found my 2006 XKR terribly good at pulling them out.

Does anyone know of another vehicle that might tempt me away from my Jag?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 03:21 PM
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what about one of these
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:08 PM
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what about one of these
I got caught in a freak ice storm today. Does this come in a conversion kit?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:36 PM
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I'm sure a 2012 dodge 3500 would do the trick.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 04:42 PM
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i REALLY hope you're not trying to use ur XKR to pull it out
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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It must be getting to the time for one of these.

 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 11:31 PM
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I see what you did there.

I hear nothing beats a Chevy with the Allison transmission...
 
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 04:18 AM
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We had one of these when I was in the UK - a Unimog 404


I got it stuck over the axles in a bog once - the fix was to lash telegraph poles to the front wheels and it vaulted itself out like one of those cotton reel tanks we used to make!
 
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 11:36 AM
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I dunno, semis are pretty big

But for fun, maybe this.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Frog
I am always inadvertently driving my company's semi-trucks into local ditches, but have never found my 2006 XKR terribly good at pulling them out.

Does anyone know of another vehicle that might tempt me away from my Jag?
Apparently you need a $50K+ pickup as nothing less will work. I'm sure glad I didn't know this back in the early 80s when I owned a $5K Romanian-built 4x4 ARO 243 with it's blazing 65HP to essentially do the same thing. A fully loaded semi had gotten stuck on ice and was blocking the loading ramp at work. A bit of revs in ultra low granny gear and away we went.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 06:34 PM
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Hi Frog, I was assuming you were pulling our leg over the sponsored Ford add
 
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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Frog, there are a lot of options up there. Please select one and give me your Jag.

Thanks.

Jared
 
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