The Story of the Truck

[tahmthelame]

We've been very slowly getting involved at our new church -- we've been in the choir a few months now, and just recently joined a Sunday School class studying Pilgrim's Progress.  But otherwise, there hasn't been anything that really jumped out at us to say "This is a ministry you should do."  Until this past Sunday, when they started talking about

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[ladyarkham]

Man, I want to read the story that's supposed to end that way. (Can I read the one that isn't supposed to but currently does?)

Also, totally time to write a kids' book called "The Truck is Stuck."

I am sorry your truck is immovable. I wish I had more advice on how to get it out, but I'm clueless about that sort of thing.

You are obviously meant to join the middle school helpers next week!

[whirlwindmonk]

The standard strategy that I use for ice, and which should work for mud if you're careful, is this (though it requires two people).

With mud, first you'll want to dig out either side of the tire, make the slope it has to go up as shallow as possible. Start the car, roll down the window. One person stands at either the front or the back (preferably the stronger of the two). Then, you time pushing with the person in the driver's seat gently stepping on the gas. You get the car to move until it stops, then release the gas and let it roll back, then hit the gas gently again and push as hard as you can, etc, etc, etc. Just rock the car back and forth until it pops out of where it's stuck. I can't guarantee this will work for mud, but it has worked on every car stuck in ice or loose snow that I've ever tried it with.