I've been stuck plenty in all manner of trucks and cranes. But bar none, my fav, and wish I had a pic of it, back in the mid 90's was on a new 4 lane hwy project in N KY in Cincinnati area. Dead of winter, subgrade of hwy was cold frozen, have been taking "shortcut" across subgrade for days in my '89 Ford F-350 4wd mechanics body truck. Well, it had warmed up over a weekend. Come monday, came in the back road to the drill rig which was a solid road. About mid day, need some diesel fuel. Told helper to "take the truck and fill the diesel tank" in the back of the truck. He asked "which way do you want me to go?" Puzzled by the question, I replied "across the short cut of course". The thing is, he was thinking, and I wasn't. He asked for confirmation, "are you sure?" Nearing irritation, as in why in the hell is he asking me this, "just take the damn truck across the road and get some fuel!" His grinning reply was "Ok". I was totally puzzled at this point, but shook it off and went back to drilling. He walked back down the slope in mear minutes. I asked "what's the problem?". "I'm stuck!". "Whaddya mean your stuck?" I walked up the hill, and then it dawned on me, the warm temps had thawed our shortcut. Marvin, being the devious comedian he was, knew this, hence the previous questions. Once he obtained my blessing to take the short cut, he put that old Ford in gear and stood on the hammer, drove until it sunk to the point that the mechanics body was sitting on the ground and then some. Front bumper and rear step bumper on the ground, wheels all but disappeared. I have never seen a work truck this stuck! But I couldn't be mad, not when I thought back how all this had transpired. I could only envision Marvin let out a Yee Haa as he took off in that truck, and then mashing the pedal when he grabbed second, or third given the distance he plowed through the muck. All I could do was laugh.
