Stuck in ocotillo

Here we have Shane and I on the way out to the middle of no where to find me @hoarder23




No recovery mission is fun without “tagging” a rock and running on a flat for a mile+ haha

(at this point we had picked up Shay on the side of the highway)



Got the handy-dandy pro-eagle...errr... sketch hi-lift out and the flat was changed quickly and painlessly back on the road to Shay’s truck.



We carried on and came to what I thought was a dead end. NOPE! @desertjunkie760 and @hoarder23 get out and Shay says “I tried to go around” which meant he drove through what appeared to be a dead end. We walk up and over this narrow path to find Shay, sunk AF in the mud



^ El-Fucked-O



Ran my line, almost reached, so we added a couple tow straps to the mix. No good. Added more tow straps and a snatch block to double the load and we’re making progress now!



^ he was next to the bush before.
But this is when we realized we might have wanted to pull from the drivers side, not the passenger side.



^ Another view. Time to regroup.



Regrouping meant pulling him forward and aiming for a dry patch so we could get him turned around.



The handy rock we used to winch him became a problem when it got hung on the axle.
You can really see the quality of the mud, thick clay/sand soup glue. Crazy stuff.



We got him turned around, re-positioned the winch, @whatstcp hooked on to me for an anchor since this stuff was SOFT and loose. Felt like I’d get pulled down into the ditch.
Shane continued to run point on watching Shay and myself since I couldn’t see him from the drivers seat winching.
this time we made real progress.



We got him out of the soup, and up onto the sketch AF little “pass” he had driven through.

Towards the end he was as high up the wall he could go and his rear was starting to slide over the edge. Inches from sliding into the ditch and creating a whole new realm of “fun”.



Thankfully he made it!




Drove out the trail and to the main road.

Long night. Just woke up from a 3 hour nap if some of this is jumbled.

 

HOLY CRAP! That's some serious shit. That's awesome that you guys threw caution to the wind and gave it a real team effort. Thanks for posting the pics.

 

Now shane has to finish cutting for the 35s, hes running out of tires lol

good thing you guys got out when you did. It started raining at 6 at the coast and has been nonstop

 

Epic

 

Fkn solid middle of the night recovery.

 

I guess I’m buying a used tire today to hold me over. Need an alignment too. That rock did damage and the steering wheel is at 2 o’clock.

It started raining when I hit the 52 grade just before I got home. Right around 5:30-6 AM.

 

Nice work guys!!

 

Shay tried to drive to the right of the bush. It didnt work. He ended up landing just to the left buried to the frame.

 

It probably sheared the spring center bolt. That would make the steering wheel crooked.

 

That was the area I figured he was stuck in, it loves to accumulate water there. Ive definitely driven through that muck

 

That was a helluva tire gash! These threads are so awesome, good job on all involved!

 

There was a rock slide just before the mud puddle. Made navigation much more complicated. Was that there last time you went through?

 

Outstanding work guys! Very nice to see a midnight effort to unstick a TW member! Kudos!

@whatstcp @desertjunkie760 @eccracer104 @hoarder23

(I hope I didn't leave anybody out...)

 

He wasn't there, but @Prayn4surf played a crucial role coordinating and communicating for us

Again, good to meet you Ed! @whatstcp
Shane, @desertjunkie760 who knew those texts would be foreshadowing

Shay, @hoarder23 it was all worth it to see you shining your flash light on the side of a pitch black empty two lane highway in the middle of no where at damn near 1 am miles and miles and miles and miles from your rig! The look on your face was priceless.

 

Good job guys!

 

Very cool @Prayn4surf ! Comm's are a big deal and can't be overlooked! Good job all!

 

Hell yeah, always need a home base! Besides, had his truck not been torn apart he'd be the first one out there lol

 

Yep, and people were driving on the right of the bush, that was about 7 months ago.

 

Shay said he needed my winch i was in the garage looking at it unplugged and on the floor of the garage with no line going...um hahah. Mike you were the first person that came to mind. Good on ya