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(He's out!) !HELP! Stuck in terrible situation off Highway 168 CA

Discussion in 'Recovery' started by bennyboy831, Jan 8, 2020.

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  1. Jan 8, 2020 at 11:59 AM
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    Air down till your tires bulge out a bit, dig out the crest in front of your tires, place a bunch of sticks and things in front of your tires (fern branches, etc). Anything to distribute the weight of your truck over a larger area. Don't spin your tires, take it nice and easy as you try to pull some of those branches under your tires and pull yourself up the hill as much as possible. Repeat this process until you can drive out. Hope this helps! Good luck from So Cal!
     
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  2. Jan 8, 2020 at 11:59 AM
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    Bump for a good samaritan rescue :fingerscrossed:
     
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  3. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:00 PM
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    You want the tires to bulge pretty good, plenty of wheel spin. If you do believe attempting any movement will put you in a worse situation, then don't. Wait for help.
     
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  4. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:02 PM
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    I might be retarded, but cant you just reverse down the trail?
     
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  5. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:03 PM
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    PennSilverTaco Encyclopedia of useless information...

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    I am embarrassed to say that something like this happened to me in my 2WD, on a wet grassy hill!

    I'd been parked in the grass at a car show back in September or October 2013, on a slight incline at the top of a steep hill. My truck is automatic; I released the parking brake, and as soon as I shifted into drive and pulled forward, I lost traction and started sliding down the hill. I slid down the hill extremely fast, and only a last minute evasive jerk of the steering wheel saved my truck from getting the entire right side clobbered on a tree!
     
    PennSilverTaco, Jan 8, 2020
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  6. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:04 PM
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    Add this FB group, I'm sure they have someone that can help
     
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  7. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:06 PM
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  8. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:06 PM
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    uploadadventure It’s all @ColoradoTJ’s fault

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  9. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:07 PM
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  10. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:08 PM
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    Whoops I guess I missed that
     
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  11. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:10 PM
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    Like, so many.
    I know this is probably dumb, but people forget stuff in a high stress situations, do you have traction boards?
     
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  12. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:10 PM
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    Make sure the frame is not bottomed out first. Put any material you dig out behind the wheel in the downward/scary/dangerous direction to keep the truck from sliding farther.
    Try to get to the depth of dryer dirt. Definitely air down.
     
    MSN88longbed, Jan 8, 2020
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  13. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:11 PM
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  14. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:15 PM
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    Some stuff. Not a lot, just some.
    As funny as this looks it does work...

    [​IMG]
     
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  15. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:16 PM
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  16. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:17 PM
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    I can’t make it out there until Saturday at the earliest.
     
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  17. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:20 PM
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    As the crow flies, yes. In reality, no. It's going to have to be a West side rescue. Someone post this in both NorCal wheeling threads. There's one for 2019 and one for 2020.

    I haven't wheeled with any of those guys but a few of them seem to know their shit.
     
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  18. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:23 PM
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    Just gotta rent a helicopter to lift him outta there, NBD.
     
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  19. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:24 PM
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    02hilux What do you mean there’s no road, I’m here

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    Where exactly? Most trail near China peak/huntington lake area are snow covered...
     
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  20. Jan 8, 2020 at 12:25 PM
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