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    Is that the 4 borzoi size!!!
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    hmmmm...kind of like this michelle????





    I dont care about the stupid plow truck, but it is blocking my darn Driveway!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by critter crazy
    hmmmm...kind of like this michelle????





    I dont care about the stupid plow truck, but it is blocking my darn Driveway!!
    ROFLMBO!!! I mean his truck would have been fine- or pulling in but backing in.. I am realllllllllly steamed!

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    If his truck has 4 wheel drive, why dont' you use that to pull it out?
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    Quote Originally Posted by pitc9
    If his truck has 4 wheel drive, why dont' you use that to pull it out?
    Its behind it and no where to go- also the edge of the driveway on that side is a gulch that is iced in- I do not even see how he can get by me in the morning..
    We put on calcium something or other, woodstove ashes, - going to let it sit- but I doubt its going to move- but then newspaper- and- MY VAN IS DIRTY WITH ROCK SALT.. ( mutter mutter...)

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    Quote Originally Posted by borzoimom
    Its behind it and no where to go- also the edge of the driveway on that side is a gulch that is iced in- I do not even see how he can get by me in the morning..
    We put on calcium something or other, woodstove ashes, - going to let it sit- but I doubt its going to move- but then newspaper- and- MY VAN IS DIRTY WITH ROCK SALT.. ( mutter mutter...)
    By the looks of the picture, the truck is between the van and the house... right? Then I'd hook the truck to the back of the van and pull towards the house just enough to get it back on the driveway.

    (My hubby gets my blazer stuck all the time, I'm a pro at this by now!! )
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    Quote Originally Posted by pitc9
    By the looks of the picture, the truck is between the van and the house... right? Then I'd hook the truck to the back of the van and pull towards the house just enough to get it back on the driveway.

    (My hubby gets my blazer stuck all the time, I'm a pro at this by now!! )
    Wait a minute- now what??? ( I want my van out!)...

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    1) take 2 2x6 boards, wedge them under the tires of the van

    2) Straighten out the wheels on the van

    3) place van in reverse and GENTLY press the accellerator (once the tires are spinning you've lost traction and it won't work)

    4) repeat until van is un-stuck

    OR

    pull the truck around the van (4x4 low works wonders) and use a tow strap to "Pop" the van out. You just need enough traction assist from the truck to start the van moving. The weight of the van doesn't really matter, I've used my truck to un-stick a 20,000 lb dump truck. It's all in how you apply the assistance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human
    1) take 2 2x6 boards, wedge them under the tires of the van

    2) Straighten out the wheels on the van

    3) place van in reverse and GENTLY press the accellerator (once the tires are spinning you've lost traction and it won't work)

    4) repeat until van is un-stuck

    OR

    pull the truck around the van (4x4 low works wonders) and use a tow strap to "Pop" the van out. You just need enough traction assist from the truck to start the van moving. The weight of the van doesn't really matter, I've used my truck to un-stick a 20,000 lb dump truck. It's all in how you apply the assistance.
    The position the van is in now we cant get his truck around the van- but we will try the boards tomorrow- thank you so much!! Stupid ice- this huge van barely left tire marks in it! Tonight is done- its pitch black and I dont want to meet a bear. Now its cocked sideways in the driveway.. I am so mad- ...

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    Another assist would be to put some weight in the back of the van to the rear of the rear axle.

    (Have your husband sit on the rear bumper while you're trying to move it...... . The slush flying from the wheels should remind him not to get it stuck again!)

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    Quote Originally Posted by GreyhoundGirl
    It's that the 4 borzoi size!!!
    6 actually lol...

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