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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 05-05-2012, 11:16 PM

I got my '68 stepside stuck in some sand near the coast in North Carolina, not too long after I got it. A friendly guy stopped me from over-revving it. Said he used to have a truck just like mine. So I let him have the controls, and he pulled on the parking brake lever while in granny gear, with only slight throttle and that truck eases out of the pit. I did have an open diff then. Yeah, the same trick would take some double-clutching on a '71.
But it works.

05-05-2012, 11:16 PM	#4
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,045	Re: using parking brake to get unstuck??? I got my '68 stepside stuck in some sand near the coast in North Carolina, not too long after I got it. A friendly guy stopped me from over-revving it. Said he used to have a truck just like mine. So I let him have the controls, and he pulled on the parking brake lever while in granny gear, with only slight throttle and that truck eases out of the pit. I did have an open diff then. Yeah, the same trick would take some double-clutching on a '71. But it works. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.