Is it okay to pull a smaller Corolla outta a snow bank?

I’ve pulled another Tacoma out of a snow ditch with a climbing rope around the hitch ball it worked fine. Obviously it was an old clinking rope I don’t climb on anymore

 

I hope you did this on your way out



Many cars with no obvious tow point will have a little plastic panel that you can pop off with a screw driver, behind that is a place to thread in a 5/8" or 3/4" eye bolt that you can hook up to.

 

Full send

 

Screw the tow point into his bumper and attach a D ring to it with a snatch strap and pull him out. Not much to attach to on newer cars other than the factory spots.

 

My niece got stuck in my yard. She couldn’t find her factory tow bolt. So I run a strap through her rear tire and pulled her out sideways.

No damage done

 

I come ski country and got my license in 75 . We all had rear wheel drive cars and a lot of us had recap tires . Pulling people out was normal . Every car and truck had jumpers and every truck had a chain .

 

^^^^^^^^^
If anyone thinks that using a tow ball is fine, you should take some time to educate yourself on safe vehicle recovery practices.

 

Hey- get a Pull-Pal - sounds like your rig needs one too .

And another good thing to carry - The one time I really could have used one I did not have one, so now I also carry an AED, especially since I see so many accidents and older retired types on the backroads out here.

 

yep. I still carry both at minimum, I switched to strap years ago, but my plow truck has a chain. Just have to make sure its a good spot to put the chain or strap. and not just hit the pedal.

 

What kind of AED do you carry? I’ve considered one for camping trips. But, I’ve probably only shocked one dude on the side of the road during my career.

 

I have a Phillips Heartstart. They’re not cheap and the pads have a shelf life of two years. I bought it as I volunteer summers at my kid’s camp as their medic so they let us stay there for a couple weeks including free (private) room and board - definitely a good deal as you should see the camp!

 

Oh jeeze- and in Oregon, it’s illegal to pump your own gas! Go figure!

 

I thought this is how you are supposed to pull someone out:

https://youtu.be/dw1xZxUssfs

 

I can now see why it is illegal to pull stuck people out in some states after that video .

 

I've idled by great multitudes of cars stuck on the beach in my Jeep. People would ask me to help them out, I'd tell them...no tow strap.

Never bought one for fear of messing someones car up.

 

You really need more than a single strap.

 

At least the truck got unstuck...

 

Mess this up... wouldn’t you have at least tried???

 

That's way beyond a Jeep with a tow strap.