Frank B Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 This thing has bothered me since I moved here, and after the last rain storm I decided to dig it out. I think it's a mount for a huge satelite dish, the ones that were popular back in the 80's. I was only able to dig half way down before the soil was too hard, lovely Virginia clay! I was thinking of renting a small jackhammer to bust it up when I thought of pulling it with the car. I hooked the strap up high because at first I just wanted to pull it enough to work it loose, but I got a bit angry and I felt offended when the clutch started to slip. No problem getting traction with those snow tires, just slipped the clutch a bit. So, not wanting to embarrass the car any, I decided to give it all she had, 4 Lo and floored, and she pulled it up and out of the hole! I moved the strap to try to pull it up the hill thinking the concrete block would just dig in and go nowhere, but it just bounced along untill I got to the gravel. I don't know how heavy it is, but I can barely roll it over. Now, how do I use the car to get it into my pickup?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subeman90 Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 use trees, ropes, and pulleys to get it in the truck. Awesome job with the hatch (I moved the shed in my backyard with my old one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobcob Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Tow strap over the whole truck, front to back, concrete block on one end, Subie on the other. 4Lo and hammer down... Caution, may dent, damage, or otherwise destroy truck... that'll give you an excuse to get a Brat though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDead Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Just roll it into the closet river? j/k Yeah trees and a pully! Hell just drag it someplace with the Soob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted April 16, 2008 Author Share Posted April 16, 2008 If I thought a brat could haul or tow what that old Ford could, I'd have one. I did think of running the strap over the truck, if I had a roll bar or ladder rack to run it over I would do that. I have some good loading ramps, maybe I'll just pull it up them using my come-a-long attached in the bed. I have some good anchors in the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDead Posted April 16, 2008 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Yeah a come-a-long should work. Can ya just bust up the concrete with a BFH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted April 17, 2008 Author Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yeah a come-a-long should work. Can ya just bust up the concrete with a BFH? The biggest I have bounced off! Tryed the backside of my splitting maul, it bounced off! Thought of renting a Hilti but I'll see if I can get it in the truck like it is first. I have to get the spruce tree out of the bed first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woundedbrat Posted April 17, 2008 Share Posted April 17, 2008 cut the pipe off close to the concrete, insert dynamite, light fuse and run like hell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDead Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Or cut the pipe off, and dig a deep hole, and bury it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaru_noob Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 cut the pipe off close to the concrete, insert dynamite, light fuse and run like hell. by far the best suggestion yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
True2Blue Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 by far the best suggestion yet +1 then show us pics:grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobcob Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 Or cut the pipe off, and dig a deep hole, and bury it. Didn't it just come out of a hole though?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 can you spell s-p-u-d g-u-n ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaru_noob Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 can you spells-p-u-d g-u-n ?? that's more like spud-artillery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
del Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 +1 then show us pics:grin:Video would be better. del:grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank B Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 can you spells-p-u-d g-u-n ?? I wish I thought of that before I hauled it to the landfill!!!! It was just the right size to launch tennis balls or old beer cans full of ice, that's fun. But I did manage to get it up into my truck. I used a come-a-long, the tow strap that I used to yank it out, two 2x6 ramps and a couple pieces of plywood to help it slide. I nearly yanked out my anchor points in the bed, tore my tow strap and shredded the plywood. It took three county convicts to drag it out of my truck at the dump! I enjoy seeing those boys work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rxbubaru Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Thats a big acheivment for a soob im suprised it actually drug it outta of that hole. and a spudarterily would of be halrious:clap: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I once used my hatch to tow a broke down Mitsubishi Eclipse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rxbubaru Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Lol that would of been a sight to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatchsub Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Well talking about heavy things pulled, i pulled a Dodge Ram 2500 Diesel off of some ice with my suby. Smoked the clutch a tad though :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDead Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I tried to pull a thunderturd out of the snow with the RX... No beuno, that pig was stuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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