Stump hump
It sure was easy to back up
over this stump, but now it's causing some problems when we try to get
back over it.
We thought waiting for
the ground to freeze
might make things solid enough for an escape, but it still just spins
in place.
The next attempt will involve
trying to use a hand winch to get over the hump, which sounds
like a good title for a country
western song if I could just think of something catchy that rhymed
with winch.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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Wedging a piece of plywood between the wheel and the stump might help.
But I'm thinking that a pickup truck might not be the ideal vehicle for your farm?
An old-style "series" Landrover (or maybe a Toyota Landcruiser) might serve better. With the 4x4 drive, low/high gearing and optional high air intake, a series landrover would have little trouble with your creek, even if the water was up to the bonnet. The older models with a Diesel engine with a mechanical Bosch fuel pump will even run on straight vegetable oil. Also, the Landrover has a light aluminium body that doesn't rust.
Of course all these old 4x4s are about as aerodynamic as a brick, but for use on and around the farm that won't matter much.
You've got firewood and kindling. Just pack some pieces in front and back of the tires to give more traction. You may have to do it more than once but it should come right out. You might have to dig just a bit to lay the pieces across the tread.
Some stone from the creek might help instead but the sharper the better, none slick and smooth, nor very large.