Climbing Out of a Mud Hole 



The automobile may use its own engine power to operate a winch 



A worm and gear is first 

 connected with the mo- 

 tor crank-shaft to wind 

 a cable on a drum lo- 

 cated in front of the 

 radiator. Then the free 

 end of the cable is at- 

 tached to a stake or tree 

 and 'the car pulls itself 

 out with little effort 



This device is adapt- 

 able for all makes of 

 automobiles and also 

 for motor-trucks as a 

 hoist in loading. When 

 not in use the worm is 

 taken out and stored in 

 the tool box, leaving 

 the automobile front 

 free and unmarred 



ANY automobile which runs its nose 

 AA into a mud-hole and which has no 

 special means of pulling itself out is 

 in a sorry plight indeed. But the automo- 

 biles equipped with the devices shown in 

 the accompanying illustrations have nothing 

 to fear from the worst of holes. Each of the 

 appliances pro- 

 vides a simple 

 means for getting 

 the automobiles 

 to "grip, "but one 

 of them is for 

 attaching to trees 

 and the like, 

 while the other 

 is for marshy 

 places where 

 there are no trees. 

 In the one case, 

 a worm-gear is 

 fitted between 

 ball-bearings on 

 the crank-shaft. 

 Meshing with 



The ladder is thrust under the rear wheel that 

 is mired, clamping the tire and making a track 



this is another gear which is rigidly attached 

 to a drum-shaft mounted across the front 

 of the automobile. The gears are made in 

 a reducing ratio, so that, when a cable is 

 attached to a tree and wound up on the 

 drum, enough pull is exerted to drag the 

 automobile clear. This method is very 



much like that 

 used in warping 

 ships into a side 

 berth. 



The other ap- 

 pliance uses two 

 iron side-bars 

 jointed at the 

 middle and across 

 which chain- 

 rungs are at- 

 tached. One such 

 "ladder" is forced 

 under each driv- 

 ing-wheel, the 

 power is turned 

 on and the car 

 climbs out. 



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