Never much into buses or into snow stucks, but our school bus began going down into a steep valley somewhere around 1947 which was a very bad Winter. I was only six. Usually I sat over the rear driving wheels because there it didn't sway about so much. The sensation of spinning wheels n=beneath me was overtaken by anxiety that we might not get up the hill. I remember the driver making several attempts at it. Eventually he tipped us all out. The attraction, though, was the driver, Stan. He was a short guy in dark serge jacket and trousers, driver's cap with a shiny peak framing his classic square-jaw face, and a pair of black rubber wellington boots turned down slightly at the tops revealing the pale canvass interiors, trousers stuffed into the tops and blousing out over them. I remember him hanging out of the driver's door watching his wheels spinning whilst he hit the pedals with his wellingtons. I was filled with awe, riveted by the sight, which I rehearsed time and time again when eventually I found out what it was all about.
More snow and mud stuck
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I went at it again today. This time I got some inside shots.
snow then mud – 03:17
— Sir Stuck-a-Lotboots – 01:53
— Sir Stuck-a-LotInside view while stuck – 01:41
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@sd78qsk I'll tell you what I did try. Those cleats that thread through the wheel opening and look like a block across the tread. All they did was to dig a bigger hole. They might work in snow but don't try them for mud.
Anyway, I took them off and started spinning again in the now much larger ruts. With more room to rock, I was able to build up enough momentum after 50 or so cycles that I got free going backwards and ended up further in the yard where I promptly got stuck again. That is where I left it. -
@sirstuck I got a pair of those once. Field trial: back my F250 into a slick rut. Strap one on each rear tire. Put in drive hit throttle spun out no move. Got out, one of em was missing. Put truck in 4 low to pull out. Found one of em with torn nylon strap.
On a Thanksgiving Sunday when l should have just gone to Newark Delaware train station get photos of Amtrak holiday specials. -
Wow inside shots are great love the boots wish i could be a passenger so much
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Sir Stuck...perhaps the master at getting STUCK...spinning the tires...wearing and driving in cowboy boots and pedal shots! Excellent as always! Thanks for all the contributions you've given through the years! You the best, Sir!
