Firewood hauling Jeep and boggy backyards

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My Jeep hooked to a trailer full of firewood.

This picture was taken from the back deck of a friend of mine's house.  He was clearing out his back yard and I had offered to help to get the firewood.  You can't really tell from this picture but his backyard is below a big hill.  You can see this better in the next picture.  I had already been down there with a big chipper hooked to the back of the Jeep.  You can see the pile of chips that my son, Stephen, is sitting on behind the Jeep.  This was my third trip into the bottom.  Once with the chipper and this was the second time with the trailer.


 My Jeep stuck while hooked to a trailer full of firewood.As you can see the third time was the charm.  It would not have happened had I not got the trailer tongue caught on a stump.  I gave it some gas to hop over the stump and the Jeep slid sideways.  This put the big stump you see right in front of the trailer between the trailer and the Jeep.  Not good.  As I backed up and pulled up several times trying to get the trailer around the stump I succeeded in burying the back wheel that you see.  I borrowed the guy's power saw and cut the stump off level with the ground.  I then hooked the winch to a big tree and pulled myself out with not problem.  Thanks goodness for a good winch.

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