881stGenRunner

Well my buddy who has a 95 4x4 4Runner was out goofing off with some friends today while i was at work and got MAJOR stuck. He was down in a swampy area and it just rained yesterday so it was nasty. The first ten feet of woods is hard ground then all of a sudden it is a sink hole. His front left tire was burried under 3 feet of nasty, mucky, GA red clay and his right rear was in the air. Very off camber. I dont get off work until 5 and he calls me at 4 telling me he was pretty badly stuck. So 5 rolls around and I go back there to check it out. The people he was with were a 92 Jeep with 33s and an 04 ranger with 35s (2wd). The guy with the jeep has a body lift and whenever he puts it in 4wd the lever comes off the transfer case and "im the only that can fix it" supposedly even tho i have showed him what to do numerous times. So neither of them could get him unstuck. I come down there and have to yank him out pretty hard. It takes about 6-7 good hard jerks to get it all the way out. When i get out of the runner to check everything out, this is what i see (pics were taken at my house afterward);





I forgot to bring the camera out to the trail to take pics. We had a huge chain wrapped around it.

Tofer

damn! thats nuts

runnerfreak88

i pull my friends out all the time with my hitch and have never had that happen i even pulled out my fiances sisters bronco and with my hitch

4banginRunner

wow...thats crazy!

Kyle95sr5

holy crap.....how hard were you pulling?

881stGenRunner

had it in 4Lo and first L on the shifter. prolly MAX at 5mph, i only had about 10ft of slack.

drguitarum2005

wow! ive never seen that, how old was that hitch and what was it rated for?

881stGenRunner

i imagine it was the stock hitch, but im not sure b/c all the toyotas i see have a name brand hitch (im having a huge brainfart right now and cant think of the name) and it could be a cheepo. It is still pretty heavy so idk. Im not sure as to how much it was rated for.

TFJ-4runner

Dang Brandon you did a job on that hitch.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Hitches are made to tow...not yank.

Probably older than Methusala and look how it tweaked the frame. That hitch wasn't made to tow much more than a utility trailer anyway...considering the towing capacity of a 2nd gen 4Runner.

I'd reinforce the frame if you put one back on.

881stGenRunner

It didnt tweak the frame, those are the brackets for the hitch. the frame appears to still be straight. Im going to have a rear bumper built that will be really strong and reinforced.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

I dunno...you'd better make sure on that one..."appearing" and reality are not always the same.

Good luck.

CJM

You used a chain! It has no give!!!! Tow straps!!

881stGenRunner

well the only strap i have is a crappy one from advance with a 6000lb. cap. Trust me, a new ProComp 3"x30' strap is in the near future for me.

95RunnerSR5

the chain is prolly why it broke...i used to use chains but they are too jerky for me so i switched to 2" braided nylon marine rope. It gives quite a bit so when you pull it stretches and then pulls on the stuck truck like a bungee cord.

CJM

Just saying thats why that happened.. was he trying to reverse it while oyu were pulling?

881stGenRunner

o ya, TFJ-4Runner may have a pic of how stuck he was. If not lets just say the whole frontleft area was in a suction cup of red clay.

95RunnerSR5

wet red clay is always fun huh? if its not like driving on ice, its sucking you in with no possible way to get traction

TFJ-4runner

Heres the picture, where were they at Brandon?

Stomis

See theres your problem!