We moved out to the country on land about 5 months ago, and we have already gotten stuck once. I was thinking weight in the bed and possibly a winch mounted to a ball mount. Whaddya think? (I predicted that the Duramax would get stuck way before my gas 4.3 did when we bought the land :D) Atleast we were pulled out by an LBZ with 35s!

As long as you have something to hook to, a winch will always get you out. Adding a winch to your current truck is probably the least expensive way to make sure you don't stay stuck.

However - If you drive off-road frequently then it's time to look for a 4wd. Certainly a lot easier to hit a button on the dash and continue through some rough stuff compared to getting out and hooking up a winch cable. Plus with 4wd you get a low range.

I don't off-road with my truck in the sense of driving out on trails (that's what the ATV is for) but between driving in yards or mud and backing a loaded dump trailer I could not do without 4wd and low range. In my case, a winch wouldn't help very much but low range and 4wd is a must-have.

Yeah, we are looking for a 4wd. (Our builder is selling his 06 LBZ w/ 35's.), but we are building a house and want to get through that first. I was just looking for any tips or cheaper ideas that would help us out, besides going down the road to borrow our neighbor's tractor. All I could think of is weight in the bed and a winch.

For cheap, short-term solutions:

1. Extra weight over and in front of rear axle.
2. Winch.
3. Aggressive rear tires or chains
4. Lots of speed.

Do you have an open diff or a locker? Upgrading to a locker might be your cheapest solution.

The two best things you can do is mud tires and a locker if you have an open diff.
Your down fall is having so much weight on the front, your just pushing thefront tires which want to sink, while the back tires want to float from a lack of weight and have no traction.

Do your best to not stop in bad spots.

If you get stuck again let me know and i will come pull you out.

Try staying on the road that will help a ton....

Yeah, Ironically it was about 5 feet from the road. I was checking the mail and it looked pretty dry. When I stopped the truck I knew I was stuck. The stock pizza cutter tires didn't help either. Gonna go 285s next time. Also our land doesn't have any driveway or rock road base yet...

If you get a winch, get one big enough to handle what you need to do with it. A 8-9,000lb winch is not big enough to pull your truck out a good portion of the time. You can put a snatch block (pulley) and run it back to the truck to double up on your pull, but they still have a hard time if you are in deep. If you are just getting stuck in wet grass, then tires and a posi/locker in the rear will be a major plus.

Yeah, Ironically it was about 5 feet from the road. I was checking the mail and it looked pretty dry. When I stopped the truck I knew I was stuck. The stock pizza cutter tires didn't help either. Gonna go 285s next time. Also our land doesn't have any driveway or rock road base yet...

The 245s will actually handle the mud a little better than 285s, all else being equal. They may sink initially a little earlier but they'll make up for it by digging in more and cutting through things. The difference is negligible so don't change tires for that reason alone. Now, on the sand the wider the better.

Only if what your driving on has a bottom to it, but I would be looking at a more aggressive tire not so much wider. Well I guess that way I have 255/85s MTs.

At least with a 2wd Dmax you won't have to worry about pump rub or breaking front end parts that are smaller than what other manufacturers use on their 1/2 tons.