Thanks for all the replys and suggestions! Its about midnight but, she is free! I first tried using hog panels but they really didnt help much, maybe a knobby tread like a MT tire would have hooked up but, these AT just gummed up and spun. So I gave it a rest and moved on to getting the toyota out and fortunately the snow was crunchy enough at this point I was able to break free and build enough momentum to get the truck out of the valley, having MT tires really did help. I backed the toyota about a come-along length from the rover and then strapped the toyota to an up hill tree because it kept sliding, then strapped the come-along from the other side of the truck down to the rover, you can do this with a homemade flat bed. At this point I realized I was going to need another set of hands so, this required me calling in my younger brother. So, he cranked and I just put it in low range and kept a steady throttle input and slowly it inched back up onto the farm lane, no doubt taking years of enjoyable life out of the diffs. At this point the truck needed to be moved but, there was no more trees big enough to strap to and the path was still off camber, slick, and up hill and cranking on the come-along just pulled the truck down the hill. I debated on tow straping it to the truck and making a run for it but, the truck could hardly get up the path on its own much less be of any use to the rover. As a bit of a hail mary I decided to hook a 4wd atv to the land rover, as it was the only vehicle that was not having any issue getting around. Sure enough it worked, it was just enough of a tug to keep the land rover from sliding sideways off the trail and certainly the mud was beginning to freeze and it was just a straight shot up the hill to the gravel drive for our house. One thing that seemed odd is the TC kept the power shifted around and I had both front tires and the passenger back tire spinning, the driver side rear almost never spun. The only thing that I can think caused this was I never replaced the pads on the passenger side wheel when I had that hub fail, leaking gear oil all over the pads. They were new ceramic pads at the time so I just scrubbed them with brake cleaner thinking that would take care of it but, Im wondering now if they are too slick and the TC cant get them biting enough to send power to the other back wheel? No doubt a cdl would have minimized the amount of brake wear and would have helped but, based on how poorly the mud tire equipped toyota did Im not sure it would have been a silver bullet on pulling out of this slick goo. What would have been very nice would have been a set of maxtracks, I think they would have been perfect for this application.
Once again thanks for the suggestions!

 

Glad you got it out. Time to ditch the terra grapplers if you plan on more outings like this

 

I am a huge advocate for maxtrax, they are IMO the best ladder out there.

 

They would have been perfect for this kind of situation, as there was no grip available for any tire.

 

Time to invest in a winch and pull-pal?

 

The winch is now a much easier sell to the wife, and for that it was worth getting stuck.

 

Glad I don't have to worry about a wife, $303.99 next day air to VT from Amazon for my winch! Though my girlfriend is pretty cool with my Disco/S60R spending habits.

 

What kind of winch did you get? The wife isn't bad at all, I had already been married 4 years by the time I was your age.

 

That is totally amazing you got out of there.
When you are in a bog and off camber, there is nothing worse.

I once took a 1995 Discovery I off road in Idaho up in the mountains in 6" to a few feet of powder snow.

It had the OEM tires on it as it was a demo rover from the dealership and never got stuck.

I was lucky and it was probably well below freezing up on Bogus Basin mountain.

Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area ski, snowboard, nordic, tubing hill

 

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