Justinlhc

I feel like a bag of ass.

Went down to my usual area at the beach. Pulled down a trail a bit too far, ended up sliding a bit down one side so I had to pull farther ahead to try to straighten out and ended up in an even worse situation. I was calling people looking for a long enough rope to get me out and my brother came down with a friend in a Blazer. He pulled right down to the iffy spot I was originally sliding down at and was trying to yank me out from there...and then it happened.

Where I was stuck:

Where he ended up:

RMA

Live and Learn I geuss .
Dude was alright though, right?

Justinlhc

Yeah, he was fine. Crawled out of the truck, grabbed a soda and a cigarette and had a few laughs about it. The truck was paid off and he was an insurance agent so luckily he had full coverage. I still can't believe it happened.

Tubbyfatty

So the dude in the blazer fell off that spot behind your truck and rolled?

UKMyers

Wow.. that sucks dude. Hope everyone was alright.

RMA

Is that the cops in the water, did anybody get a ticket for whatever.

Justinlhc

Yeah,he was parked on the spot like ~12 feet behind me and we unhooked him because he was losing his grip trying to pull me. He was trying to straighten out and last thing I heard him say was "It's looking a bit ty on my side" and then he straightened out, gunned it and started sliding and it was all over. I'm still in shock.

Justinlhc

Yeah, cops were all over it, but they left as soon as they realized the tow trucks were already on the way and the truck wasn't leaking anything in the water. They were just watching the show from the water.

Jay351

Holy! That sucks.... Live and learn I suppose glad to hear he was okay. And that it was a stock vehicle!(not much sentemental value?)

Justinlhc

He's had it for years and has used it to pull out tons of vehicles before. He said he was thinking about getting a new one, but was planning on keeping that one. He wants to buy it back from insurance, take a sawzall to it and make it off-road only.

abecedarian

Man... I know the guy was in a Chevy but still doesn't deserve that. All that was really needed was a 10' strap and him to come up on the right of you (turning left in towards you) then back up.
WOW.

Justinlhc

I know the pictures really suck and you can't tell what's going on there, but there really wasn't much room to go either way. The left tire was on the edge and the right tire was on the edge. I told them to bring like 50ft of rope to pull me from where it was safe and so they didn't have to pull from where I was at. He thought he had it and it looked like an easy pull, but.....they were laughing at me when they pulled up because it looked so simple.

I saw a Jeep a while back that had selectable hubs in the rear and I swear if I could have just unlocked my driver rear tire I would have been able to pull out no problem. Everytime the driver side spun I slid farther down the hill. If I didn't have a locker it would have been even worse though.

pepsibluefloat

hahaha

Justinlhc

Meh, most people don't think it's funny when other people roll.

abecedarian

If you look at the first image, if he'd have steered right (not leaving the bare dirt) then left to line up with you, putting the front of his truck behind yours but to the right, a strap on you to his bumper and then he backs up retracing his steps. You'd have had to steer right (since your front end would've slid left a bit) then quickly steer back left so you follow him and it'd all been fine. All he'd have had to do is get behind you (as close to directly behind you as possible) and then back up out of the spot.
Anyone knows that if you're pulling someone up a hill you want to be as far to the other side as possible.
I might make some pics to show what I mean.

Still, sad to see a truck roll, no matter what it is.

Justinlhc

lol I know it's easy to type on the internet, but you really can't tell what was going on by those 3 crappy pictures. The hill had a slant to it and both sides were soft. I know you could have pulled it out blindfolded and bare-footed while talking on the phone, but we can't all be that good.

If he would have "just steered right" he would have been too far to the right and slid down that side instead. There were only a few inches you could go to the left or the right on the path. It wasn't safe to tow from there.

abecedarian

lol. seems what I'm saying isn't making sense.

I've been in the same situation with tractors and never lost one over the edge. But there's no point in arguing. He should've been very close behind you so there's no room for straps to let you go too far. And he should be oriented towards pulling you up. Your front end would've slid to the left as you started to move backwards which is why I said for you to steer right (so the front end would go left) then steer left (so the front end would go right... up the hill) when your front end caught traction.
But it takes two- you should've been in gear and backing up, even if in 4 low, so you can control your vehicle and not rely on him to pull you straight.
And now it seems like I'm an armchair quarterback.

Everyone survived... that's what ultimately matters.

yotawheelin95

I wanna know where you were trying to go? It looks from here that all around it is water like a peninsula?

Justinlhc

Well it was our first time off-road ever in our lives so we were just wingin it. I had the engine off, in gear with the e-brake on, 60psi in the tires, he had his truck in 2hi with 75psi in the tires and we both turned the wheels all the way to the right and went for it. It was obvious a Geo Metro could have pulled me out with a missing sparkplug and 2 flat tires, but we wanted to make it harder than it needed to be.

Justinlhc

There are beach areas all over down there. I always take the dogs down and let them run around the beach.
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