Stuck Tacomas! Pics and Stories

Those look like polaris brand. It's a wonder you got out without having to work on one.

 

Nice Throwback!

 

Thank you

 

Bout 3 feet of water and 2 feet of mud. After it drip dried for about 4 hours, drove it home. Currently going through and cleaning all electrical plugs.

 

Duuuuude

 

Yeah PCM fried, I have another one coming all should be well.

 

I'm guessing it was deceptively deep. Small puddle.

 

Nah I tip toed it, it was up on bumper....then I gave it the welly and sunk like a rock.

 

Mud sucks, literally...IH8MUD

 

It's still covered in mud. I gotta wait til new PCM gets here, and then spend a day in swim trunks under it, washing it all out.

 

I definitely recommend a sprinkler on the end of a hose to try and get the brunt of it out

 

And just let it squirtbfir a while and soften it all up?

 

Yeah a sprinkler under there for a while will help get a lot out. I've never tried it myself but a few people on here have with good results.

 

After muddy trips I run a sprinkler similar to this https://www.lowes.com/pd/Orbit-3-600-sq-ft-Oscillating-Sled-Lawn-Sprinkler/1000168187 I'll let it run for 10 or so minutes and move it to another area. Mud will fall all over it so make sure the part that turns near where the hose connects isnt fully exposed or it will get mud/rocks in it and jam it causing it to fail. Its worked pretty well for me so far.

 

I know how that is.

 

Holy crap that escalated quickly

 

This was my first real stuck with my first Taco (Baja Sur salt flat still not sure why my 19 year old self was thinking haha). A couple hours of digging and airing down and she walked right out...

1929209_636687096855_610463_n by Matt Sawyer, on Flickr

Not a Tacoma stuck but I sunk my old F350 with cabover camper in a serious salt flat in the middle of nowhere. I now avoid salt flats like the plague and will drive an hour out of my way not to cross one.

Stuck in the big rig by Matt Sawyer, on Flickr

This was three days of digging and some good luck!

 

Salt flats are no joke. We avoid them like the plague down under.

Except for the townies....http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-23/broome-mates-bog-ute-in-croc-infested-waters/9183354

 

@Bell214b hahah gnarly. I can't even imagine throwing crocs into the mix...

 

I always thought you know "meh crocs...stay away from them, they stay away from you". Then I started working down there.....holy crap...whole different story. They are pretty much 1500 lb underwater missiles that will make a b-line to anything that splashes....it's wild.