Watch: How to Get Your Vehicle Unstuck

So, you have a nice off-road vehicle but you can’t go anywhere. Things are just too slick! What do you do?

You improvise.

This is one way to do so. It’s an old trick, but one that works. In this example, a hunk of lumber has been attached to a drive wheel using a ratchet strap. The driver is able to slowly back up, using the board as a sort of crutch to limp along.

The thing to remember is to take it slowly. Spinning your wheels too fast might cause the board to fly free, tearing up your truck or a bystander.

Sorry for the crummy camera work here… but it’s the method that matters.

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.