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Big2dabank
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This was probably the worste stuck I have every been. Mix of Clay/Sand/Water almost like wet concrete.
SuperBuickGuy
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that's a beautiful thing, right there
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I wish I had pics... 2003 S10 zr2 on 33s deep into woods, fell through ice into about 18" of water. Had to leave truck and when I came back it was frozen in place (spent hours and hours with hammer and chisel to break ice loose around everything before it could be winched out. My old black 2006 H3 tipped it on the side very gently on a really steep off camber climb. Could not go down or up and thats when I figured out shifter fork was plastic and broken (two wheel drive). Same H3 was on some very tight jeep trails and was working my way between two trees and got stuck on two little 18inch tall rocks...engaged locker and slid on ice sideways into trees to the point where I needed to winched in two directions to get out.
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Here's mine:
I was in college, and as most college students are wont to do I did my wheeling in proportion to my study time (generally a 10 parts wheeling to 1 part studying). I went to school in Walla Walla Washington, and within about 12 miles is some pretty good wheeling. So every Friday after school, we'd load up and head up to the mountains and wheel until the next morning. There were two main routes to the meadows (the place 12 miles away), one, which was across a farmer's field and would be closed in the winter to prevent erosion and the other, which was up past the television towers for the town, then back down and around to the meadows. Once winter fully hit, that last route would close because drifts would blow across the road perpendicularly. That made it wheeling on 5-10 feet of snow, with drifts that were nearly 50 feet tall. Of course, being indomitable youth (read, stupid) we came up with a clever way of getting over the last drift and into the forest - we'd dig a trench and put one tire in the trench to keep from sliding down the 500 or so feet to the valley floor (more of a 500' drop, but I'm sure you'd touch at least twice before you hit the bottom). We were successful and went about our business of wheeling. Once we got done, we picked a stupid spot to turn around (large meadow), and both rigs got stuck. Of course, we weren't planning or equipped to spend the nights in the mountains so we walked to a hunter's cabin (nice places, really), broke in and stayed the night (and left it better than we found it - cleaner and with more wood chopped - at least we have that going for us). Then we walked out. Did I mention my snow shoe of choice was moon boots? (look them up). As this was 1990, there were no cell phones and our CBs certainly couldn't reach out so we walked out to the main road (10ish miles), then hitched a ride to the campus where we convinced another friend to come up and pull us out.
We got back up to our rigs, and saw these neat tracks around our vehicles (damn those jeeps). We pulled one rig out, and the jeeps (who had just arrived) pulled my truck out. Then we proceeded up to the drift (did I mention 50' tall?). I'm honesty glad God watches over fools because had we attempted that drift in the middle of the night, one or both of us would have fallen off the mountain. A soon-to-be friend, but at that time acquaintance (Jim Bean - no really, Jim Bean) had a lincoln locked, 44" equipped MB with a 327 attempted the wall. Aired down to 3 psi he made it maybe 3' from the top before he had to be winched (LOTS of pictures were taken of that). This Jeep, by way of introduction, a couple months later was doing wheelies in a mall parking lot and he flipped it up vertical - it was a pretty Bad Adze Jeep. They winched us up, my poor, non-lifted, open differential, 33" equipped Chevy made it maybe 10' up the snowbank.
Now, I never go out without at least 3 ways of getting out, and at least 3 ways of being able to camp in place if things go wrong..... but we have to start somewhere, and that's where I started.
I was in college, and as most college students are wont to do I did my wheeling in proportion to my study time (generally a 10 parts wheeling to 1 part studying). I went to school in Walla Walla Washington, and within about 12 miles is some pretty good wheeling. So every Friday after school, we'd load up and head up to the mountains and wheel until the next morning. There were two main routes to the meadows (the place 12 miles away), one, which was across a farmer's field and would be closed in the winter to prevent erosion and the other, which was up past the television towers for the town, then back down and around to the meadows. Once winter fully hit, that last route would close because drifts would blow across the road perpendicularly. That made it wheeling on 5-10 feet of snow, with drifts that were nearly 50 feet tall. Of course, being indomitable youth (read, stupid) we came up with a clever way of getting over the last drift and into the forest - we'd dig a trench and put one tire in the trench to keep from sliding down the 500 or so feet to the valley floor (more of a 500' drop, but I'm sure you'd touch at least twice before you hit the bottom). We were successful and went about our business of wheeling. Once we got done, we picked a stupid spot to turn around (large meadow), and both rigs got stuck. Of course, we weren't planning or equipped to spend the nights in the mountains so we walked to a hunter's cabin (nice places, really), broke in and stayed the night (and left it better than we found it - cleaner and with more wood chopped - at least we have that going for us). Then we walked out. Did I mention my snow shoe of choice was moon boots? (look them up). As this was 1990, there were no cell phones and our CBs certainly couldn't reach out so we walked out to the main road (10ish miles), then hitched a ride to the campus where we convinced another friend to come up and pull us out.
We got back up to our rigs, and saw these neat tracks around our vehicles (damn those jeeps). We pulled one rig out, and the jeeps (who had just arrived) pulled my truck out. Then we proceeded up to the drift (did I mention 50' tall?). I'm honesty glad God watches over fools because had we attempted that drift in the middle of the night, one or both of us would have fallen off the mountain. A soon-to-be friend, but at that time acquaintance (Jim Bean - no really, Jim Bean) had a lincoln locked, 44" equipped MB with a 327 attempted the wall. Aired down to 3 psi he made it maybe 3' from the top before he had to be winched (LOTS of pictures were taken of that). This Jeep, by way of introduction, a couple months later was doing wheelies in a mall parking lot and he flipped it up vertical - it was a pretty Bad Adze Jeep. They winched us up, my poor, non-lifted, open differential, 33" equipped Chevy made it maybe 10' up the snowbank.
Now, I never go out without at least 3 ways of getting out, and at least 3 ways of being able to camp in place if things go wrong..... but we have to start somewhere, and that's where I started.
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Twice. It wasn't so much as stuck in the mud as described above, but stuck on the edge of some good drops with no way to get out under my own power.
1) Sunflower Mine trail. Tight turn with a washout in the middle. Had been raining so it was slick. I was on a bad line and wasn't going to make it so I backed up. As I backed up my front tires slid off the trail and I was bobbing on the edge, like in the movies and cartoons. It was only about a 30' drop, but I wasn't exactly excited to see if I could withstand it.
You can see my tire tracks below, from after I was strapped back
2) Snow run, Sedona AZ. Just a narrow little mountain road and the H1s ahead of me all had problems and most had to use winches to get across this section. I too slid off a bit but by the time they winched me the snow was hard pack and I slid further over. If it wasn't for the trees and winch line, I would've gone down a long, long way
BTW, I should point out that Bigunit was on both of these runs, so if you're looking for a common cause . . .
1) Sunflower Mine trail. Tight turn with a washout in the middle. Had been raining so it was slick. I was on a bad line and wasn't going to make it so I backed up. As I backed up my front tires slid off the trail and I was bobbing on the edge, like in the movies and cartoons. It was only about a 30' drop, but I wasn't exactly excited to see if I could withstand it.
You can see my tire tracks below, from after I was strapped back
2) Snow run, Sedona AZ. Just a narrow little mountain road and the H1s ahead of me all had problems and most had to use winches to get across this section. I too slid off a bit but by the time they winched me the snow was hard pack and I slid further over. If it wasn't for the trees and winch line, I would've gone down a long, long way
BTW, I should point out that Bigunit was on both of these runs, so if you're looking for a common cause . . .
SuperBuickGuy
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I know those drops... here's where I was yesterday
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OK that kind of stuck, here is my other pretty bad stuck moment. Steep little climb and broke both from half shafts and both front tie rods and leached into the trees with only the tree saving me from falling over.
Nice little dent above rear door to remember it by.
Nice little dent above rear door to remember it by.
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Here's my worst stuck. Gravity and crappy TA/KO tires conspired to put me in the muddy ditch.
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I my way of thinking, if you get yourself out you were not stuck.
Same for being lost. If you know generally where you are, how can you be lost?
Same for being lost. If you know generally where you are, how can you be lost?
Something like that.
Another of mine, last hill climb on 2N17X here in So Cal. Blown rear diff that struggled to go through half the trail. I was more than happy to take a strap here. Then the other five or so miles to the road with it clanking. Couldnt go forward or backwards.
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Wait, so we're now up to three of the worst incidents all involved Bigunit??? :holymoly
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Maybe not the worst in terms of being stuck but by far the most sketchy...
St. Patricks day just before my first trip out to moab in 2012. I wanted to do one last shakedown, at midnight, in the rain. It was raining for a few days and the southern california soil doesnt absorb water well so we get nasty mud. I had a few friends in the H3 and a few friends in my brothers JK. Were going along just fine and sure enough my brother disappears so I stop. I sit there for a few minutes and eventually he catches up so I plan to continue. The second I hit the gas I sunk and slid. The ground gave out, I slid off the trail and the only reason I didnt completely go off into the small river below me was because my rear axle was dug into the ground. I had my tire in the air and I sat there with my foot shaking and my foot slammed on the brake for 2 hours while I waited for another buddy to get out there. We had 2 winches slide me back out but even then my tire was still in the hole so they unhooked me and I had one chance to get out, floored it and luckily got it.
Mud is sketchy....
This was a pic after some winching...I was worse off before. only pic I have.
St. Patricks day just before my first trip out to moab in 2012. I wanted to do one last shakedown, at midnight, in the rain. It was raining for a few days and the southern california soil doesnt absorb water well so we get nasty mud. I had a few friends in the H3 and a few friends in my brothers JK. Were going along just fine and sure enough my brother disappears so I stop. I sit there for a few minutes and eventually he catches up so I plan to continue. The second I hit the gas I sunk and slid. The ground gave out, I slid off the trail and the only reason I didnt completely go off into the small river below me was because my rear axle was dug into the ground. I had my tire in the air and I sat there with my foot shaking and my foot slammed on the brake for 2 hours while I waited for another buddy to get out there. We had 2 winches slide me back out but even then my tire was still in the hole so they unhooked me and I had one chance to get out, floored it and luckily got it.
Mud is sketchy....
This was a pic after some winching...I was worse off before. only pic I have.
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when you run out of gas
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I'll see if I can find the pic. I was wheeling with mkmcgreg and 4speedfunk.....I got high centered in the dunes in an atv/dirt bike bowl. I was so stuck...all 4 of my tires we're spinning. Both 4speed and mkm were hooked up and couldn't pull me out. Finally s guy with a kinetic recovery strap came along and jerked me out.
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I was 18. Truck was a 1978 GMC Sierra Grande Camper Special. Small block 400, turbo 400, full time 4x4. I was trying to drop off a friend but the road was closed for culvert work. We took a near by skid trail through the woods to bypass. It was all great until we hit the logging road.
First we tried to get his truck in to mine. Didn't work!
Ended up having to get his uncle in this truck. It was 4x4 and had a PTO winch:
We had to winch him in about 100 yards, then there was about 50' of solid ground, and then the hole I was in. He winched me out, then I chained up my fronts, and we chained my truck to his. Then he winched us both back out the 100 yard long mud hole. It took almost 4 hours to get out.
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First we tried to get his truck in to mine. Didn't work!
Ended up having to get his uncle in this truck. It was 4x4 and had a PTO winch:
We had to winch him in about 100 yards, then there was about 50' of solid ground, and then the hole I was in. He winched me out, then I chained up my fronts, and we chained my truck to his. Then he winched us both back out the 100 yard long mud hole. It took almost 4 hours to get out.
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I wish I had a picture of sticking my 81 full size chev (4x4, lift, 35s) in a mud hole made by 44s on a similar truck. You could see the hood. I, confidently, got out, dug out my winch, then attached it to a tree.... I kind of gloated when I pressed the button.... the motor whirred, the cable tightened by the truck didn't move..... the tree did - 18" diameter douglas fir -, it remaining vertical but it pulled the root ball and everything toward me 10 feet..... I ended up chaining 3 trees together to get out....
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This was a Major Lesson Learned for me, Cost me $250 dollars on a deal, to get me out. I went to South Padre Island, Everything was going great on the sand, until I decided to check out the bay side when I got stuck in clay like mud mix with sand. This was when I first got my vehicle couple years back. We called friends and others to try and get us out but everyone saw a stuck hummer and said NO Way! So called a tow company who was charging me $350+ due to it turning night. They told me to call again in the morning when it would be cheaper... so we decided to camp out and measure the tide before it was too late.. . come to find out (which I didn't know).. .on the bay side the water rises from underground, underneath black patches of mud/sand. around 4am the tide never really came near but water started coming from underneath the ground where there was black patches. When we dug to get me out.. water started coming from underneath us.
Needless to say I called at 10am when they opened the towing company. It took 2 tow trucks to get me out with their towing equipment. Never again will I venture to the bayside of the beach. This is when I learned it's important to have a lift and good tires. I had stock bridgestone Dueller A/T at the time, which are now discontinued.
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Needless to say I called at 10am when they opened the towing company. It took 2 tow trucks to get me out with their towing equipment. Never again will I venture to the bayside of the beach. This is when I learned it's important to have a lift and good tires. I had stock bridgestone Dueller A/T at the time, which are now discontinued.
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SuperBuickGuy
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there isn't a piece of equipment that I use that I haven't needed and not had - so this advice comes from experience.....
this
and a hi lift jack would have saved you....
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Only if he had a long rope to ancor and u need 2 people or remote winch. I have one but don't bring it with me anymore. In SoCall where we wheel ground is not soft and u have better chance to strap to a tree or bush.
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