Tennmogger stuck at tank-trap in soft mud

We encountered a series of 3 tank-traps in a bend in the trail set up by the forest service in NC. There was no notice on the website the day before, no signage, and no room for a safe u-turn.
The 14,000 pound Unimog sank in the soft loamy soil that was saturated from recent rain.
Shame on the forest service.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Unimog
• unstuck
• tank-trap
• winching

[arnbut]

The FS was very quiet about shutting this area down to avoid push-back from the outdoor community. We tried to fight it after learning but we were already too late.

We had no idea at the time that this section of road would be closed.

[squidlyman]

Generally, the FS constructs these on roads where travel is already disallowed. It's mean to prevent illegal use of the road. So the question before shaming the FS is then: was this a closed road, and should you have not been there in the first place? Or was this an open road, and you were legally using it?