Stuck Tacomas! Pics and Stories

Wheel long enough and you will get stuck.

I have managed to get stuck many times in my years of hitting the trails.

Thought I'd share some pics. Maybe some of you can share your pics and stuck stories.

(I searched, but previous similar threads were too old, didn't really want to resurrect)

 

Story 1:
I was in CO and prior to getting stuck, my left CV axle failed, so I was down to 2wheel drive. I was trying to just limp back to town, but had to cross this mud hole....



As you can see, I probably could have driven around it, but at that high Altitude you don't want to damage the plants... they take years to come back.

To get out, I hooked up the winch to the rear receiver hitch to the largest tree I could find to make a straight line. Got out no problem.

 

where you abe to winch straight out?

 

Wow. You almost had to put your snorkel to use!

 

This one is not one of my proudest moments....

Again in CO, again trying to stay strictly on the trail....

 

Do not by inferior winch if you plan on needing it:


.... and after 3 hours of digging snow, we finally saw another vehicle.

 

Something about the fact that this picture comes up next on the slideshow after the above always makes me laugh.

 

That looks like a pond more than it does a rut. People around here have ruined one of my local spots due to rutting. Basically a bunch 3/4 ton trucks with huge lifts and mud tires.

 

Exactly. Always, always, always, stay the trail

Glad you made it out!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS-398G83cs

We can't make fun of him too badly because now @cjrodriguez31 is an active member hahaha

 

to make it fair here's @Bruce988jl almost getting stuck, @mach1man001 getting stuck, and me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu3ZIOdtxVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcxE-RAcIsQ

 

Never listen to @mach1man001 man when it comes to water crossings.....

 

or giant mounds of dirt

 

That last pic is hilarious!

 

Trail in LBL. we had come through here by day moving the other direction. There is a tree down and three ruts. I should have got to the right sooner but wound up across all three ruts. @allmotorrex got stuck exactly the same after making fun over the radio "Boooo!!"

https://youtu.be/1Wq1tiyudRI


https://youtu.be/1_RV0RvlmNI

 

Wimps!

 

Bump for more stuckage.

 

I'll give it one more bump. Surely there are more stuck pics out there.

 

Helping a Ford Ranger get out of a mud rut down by the Salton Sea. Nothing too exciting but it's good to be able to help out a couple of hippies roaming around the desert!

 

I wasn't exactly "stuck" but I was in a precarious situation on the side of a giant sand dune in Pismo. Was cruising along the top of the dune and couldn't make out that there was a large drop off to my right (hard to tell in the sand sometimes), started sliding uncontrollably sideways down the slope and when I tried righting myself, it got worse...I just kept sliding sideways and didn't want to risk a rollover down the dune. Figured I'd rather be safe than sorry and @fishfinder came along with his trusty winch to come save my ass, lol. The photo doesn't really do it justice but it was a pretty steep slope on a rather large sand dune. The sand in Pismo is super soft and really deep in parts, it's really easy to get dug in. Learned toward the end of the trip that 8 psi was the magic number for avoiding it for the most part.