buddy drove off into this little puddle and got stuck so bad it could not even be pulled out with a 4wd Tacoma. come to find out it was a sand bottom and once he broke the surface the 4 wheeler did not stop settling till over the axles on the right side. Took 2 hours to drain and dig it out to the point that we could pull it out.

here is a short video link before we started digging.
YouTube - Stuck Kawasaki 360 4x4 prarie

 

thats a nice stuck! I know how that goes on a 360 prairie myself

 

Nice pic

 

How long was that thing sitting in the puddle? By the looks of the ice it was stuck there for days and it froze in place. Thats why it was so hard to get out. If it would have been pulled out right away it would have been easy.

 

That is a deep hole... Did you know how deep that was or did you just come up on it. Kinda weird looking hole... Looks man made.

 

That's stuck!

 

That is a hole/washout on the spillway of a tank. I went into a similar wash out on the same spillway a few years ago and it was over 2 feet deep, this one was maybe a foot at the deepest before the sand. My buddy said he went throug it not 30 minutes before this attempt and in 2wd. As soon as he got stuck i tried to pull him out with a 450 grizzly but that did no good, then we went to the tried and true 500 sportsman and no luck. So I went and got my truck and as the video shows I still coud not even budge him. I tried from 3 or 4 different angles front and back and never moved it an inch. overall it was stuck no more than 3 hours.

 

The video looks like the ATV wheels where not turning, as long as the atv is in low range and the belt is dry it should turn the wheels or snap axles or cv joints while trying.

 

I don't know if the belt was wet or dry at the time of the video but the guy did say it has significant wear and he will have to replace it again soon. I stuck my 2wd with maxxis mudbugs in a similar way a while back and pulled it out with the same truck. I had hell just breaking the rear tires loose on mine and I don't have a drive belt that can slip. We dug this one out to the point that we could get the tires to turn. Then I was able to pull it out finaly. As the picture without water shows the sand settled in like concrete around the 4 wheeler. I always heard wet sand was the worst kind of mud. This proves it.