So I was bored today and went to go take my waverunner out decided to go to the back side of the lake and shore launch. Ground looked just fine so i a little closer to the water to turn and line up to back into the water...i didnt get very far into the turn. Luckily there was a guy fishing 100 yrds to the side of me and he was able to come and yank me out real quick. Needless to say i just went to the boat launch and paid the 10 bucks and to top it all off the stupid ski wouldnt start...oh well just one of those days when nothing goes right. Im sure if i had some more aggressive tires i would have been much better off.

 

i've had that happen before
one second you're on solid ground...the next, you are completely stuck
the fun part was trying to convince the farmer who owned the field to pull me out

 

Reminds me of what happened when my buddy thought his F350 was mud machine! Stuck to the framerails with water on one side and slop on the other!! It took another super duty and lots of redneck engineering to get it out..

Even with mud tires you'd still have been in a world of hurt!

 

Mud terrains may have gotten you a little further, but it looks like you are to the frame rail on the passenger side, so you were SOL from the get go. I've been there, it sucks.

 

What lake was that?
I got stuck @ Isabella once. I could back into the water, but got stuck trying to get out.

Paul

 

Yea now that i look at it i was one the frame and i think your right even with muds i wasnt going anywhere fast. Oh well I just kept thinking what i would have done if no one was there to help out. Im just glad ive been on this site and am somewhat prepared for when something like this happens.

Its grant lake on the June Lake loop.

 

Lockers might have made a better difference.

 

I think you are right. trac was doing a little but not really very much. I didnt even try to back out but thinking back at it i might have been able to.

 

I was in a friends 05 rubicon, offroad machine my donkey! We took it into a mudhole we drove fine in my t100 in and a really powerless lifted ford ranger just a day ago.

Drove it in, gets stuck, flip on lockers, get stuck up to the frame rails. Then since its the only truck we took, had to call my brother to come and get us at the trailhead and drive us to get another truck, then get some chains cause thats all we had. In the process of walking out I got incredibly muddy.

Yea jeep is awesome offroad, a locked rubicon with mud terrains couldnt get out of a stinking mud hole?

 

But looking at your tires, you could use some aggressive meats. Nice rig either way.

 

yep, got stuck one time in some stuff just like that. it looks hard and dry cause its all crack, but when my 3700 pounds hit it i was a cooked goose

 

Submit that as a stuck of the month on TTORA!

 

jump out and drop tire pressure to 8 lbs you'll be able to get out

 

Looks like he might had some fun getting to the valve stems!

Fink

 

Haha!

Yep, been there myself. In the middle of Baja, dropped off a good foot or so into some soft, wet sand. Spent the entire day digging. Lesson learned

 

Been pulled out of the mud next to a lake myself once or twice. Thanks for refreshing my memory with those pictures.

 

It was definatly a fun experience, as for the tire pressure, the air port is COVERED in caked on mud haha.

 

The only thing you could really try would be to take off the trailer and rock the truck back and forth (forward and reverse) to try to work your way out. I've gotten out of stuff similar to that without lockers or Muds. It just took a damn long time and a lot of gas.

 

Not to mention a lot of wear and tear on your transmission. If you're that stuck, it's probably best to get someone to pull you out.

I got stuck years ago with a friend in his brand spankin' new Jeep Wrangler X. He spent a good two hours trying to rock back and forth to get it out, and eventually he did. But it cost him a new clutch and who knows what kind of long term tranny damage. It ended up catching on fire in the parking lot a couple years later and insurance covered it. Now that's a quality vehicle!!

 

haha yeah i didnt really try to get out, i *think* i might have been able to back out but who knows. i was only stuck for 5-10 mins so it a big deal. Plus with gas at 5.14 up here in mammoth ill pass on wasting it. thats a funny story about the jeep.