Talk about being stuck
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There was a vid not to long ago I saw someone trying to tow their triple axle 42’ toy hauler with a full-size F350 on street tires into the sand of Utah or California. Yup they got stuck.
OP
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why would you even try to drag that behemoth down that narrow trail in the first place.
ejay
TJ Addict
Growing up the road that went buy our house came to a T intersection a 1/4 mile south of the place. Cars would come flying by and night and we'd all look over to see if they noticed the stop ahead warning sign, stop sign, and the large dead end sign across the road next to the small ditch crossing we used to get to the fields with a tractor.
It's was surprising how many people didn't see all the signs and ended up 100 ft in the soft muddy ground. They'd tear around a while trying to get out. Then come walking down the road, knocking, and looking for us to tow them out of our field, they tore up, with our Tractor.
It was still nothing like getting a combine or a tractor stuck. Then you had to call the construction guy in the area and he'd bring over the dozer and excavator. Our neighbor buried his large combine and it took an excavator, dozer, and a large 4wd tractor to pull him out after the ground dried enough to get a wagon over to unload the grain.
It's was surprising how many people didn't see all the signs and ended up 100 ft in the soft muddy ground. They'd tear around a while trying to get out. Then come walking down the road, knocking, and looking for us to tow them out of our field, they tore up, with our Tractor.
It was still nothing like getting a combine or a tractor stuck. Then you had to call the construction guy in the area and he'd bring over the dozer and excavator. Our neighbor buried his large combine and it took an excavator, dozer, and a large 4wd tractor to pull him out after the ground dried enough to get a wagon over to unload the grain.
What the hell!? Why would you even attempt to drive that trailer down there in the first place?!
Talk about a hell of a recovery.
Talk about a hell of a recovery.
ejay
TJ Addict
I'm not so sure I would have operated that winch under those circumstance without a line dampener....or while sitting in the driver seat. Still, good job. Makes me miss my XJs.
Halfstock
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Airjunky
TJ Enthusiast
Here's another good one. He tows a wrecked UTV on a trailer through some pretty rough rock climbing. Even takes 2 Jeeps a couple times.
Some of his rescues are super easy. Others are brutal!
Some of his rescues are super easy. Others are brutal!
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I think almost all of them make you question what the stuck driver was thinking in the first place. The only one I've felt kinda bad for is the 4 runner stuck on the log with a busted arm and his kid with him.
Airjunky
TJ Enthusiast
Usually people are going in in much better weather conditions than when the rescue is going down. He mentions this occasionally.
The other thing he mentions is for every one rescue he does, there is probably 99 others that happen too. We've done quite a few trailer and RV rescues at the local ski areas.
Anyone hear of the Canadian who drove out onto a playa in NV and got stuck? He was about 4 hours drive time away from any help. Pretty interesting read. All recent too, happened during Christmas.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/31632...-a-stuck-toyota-4runner-unfolding-on-facebook
https://www.thedrive.com/news/31632...-a-stuck-toyota-4runner-unfolding-on-facebook