Got stuck, really funny story(with pic)

90yjwrangler

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Okay, so we get home from work tonight and I'm like we should go play in the jeep. We head down the usual trail and go through the mudholes and down around the trail and play a little bit. I stopped in the mudholes that were about as high as my tires and pull straight out no problem. I'm like, this is too easy, we need something challenging....bad idea...lol. Theres this really deep ditch I always go around when we go down the trail, so I was like, I wonder if it will go through that.........NO...lol. After about 15 minutes of going back and forth trying to get it out, I'm like okay, we're stuck. So we get out of the jeep, walk the 1/4 mile or so back to the house to get some boards and a shovel. Walk the 1/4 mile back and the battery is dead.....DAMNIT..... So now, we're off to wal-mart to get a battery. Go to wal-mart, get the battery, carry the battery back down the 1/4 mile of trail to where the jeep is at, put the battery in it, and wa-laaa, she's alive. Stick the boards under the front tires so I can try to back out of it, after about 3 or 4 tries, out she comes finally...lol. We went back on the trail at 11:15 or so and when we got back home and done and saved the jeep, it was about 2:30am...lol. I'll sleep easy tonight though knowing that my jeep isn't sitting in a hole in the woods with a dead battery...lol. You can't tell really good by the picture, but the hole was a lot bigger than I thought it was. I'm still a noob, so that's my excuse and I'm sticking with it. In all fairness, I did get it out without anyone having to pull me out. I don't have a winch either. Guess I should invest in one. Heres the picture of my poor jeep stuck in the hole. The picture makes the hole look a whole lot smaller than it actually is too. My front bumper was running into the other side of the hole, that's why I had to try and back it out. It's hard to tell in the picture, but the body, under the door, was about an inch off the ground...lol. :driver: Hope you enjoyed my story. I thought it was pretty funny.
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Yeah, I liked the story :) Winch wouldn't have done much good in that situation though. It would have been stuck in the bank :)
 
Keep it up and that will be one of mayber hundreds of Ooops, all of which are part of the fun. Congrats on un-sticking on your own and not breaking.
 
Get a multimount winch so you could use it on the rear as well. Also try to go through a ditch like that on an angle. Going through straight cuases more problems. Keep trying though that is the best way to learn and gain experience.
 
gmcjimmy88 said:
Get a multimount winch so you could use it on the rear as well. Also try to go through a ditch like that on an angle. Going through straight cuases more problems. Keep trying though that is the best way to learn and gain experience.
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Multi mount winches are a great idea on paper, but in real life, they seem to always have issues. Either you leave them mounted and that kills the approach angle/departure...OR when you need them the most you cannot get them in there!

The angle though is a great comment, although you may have tried that and it "straightened" up on you as the front end hit/got stuck. But in theory your right front tire should be climbing OUT of the ditch as your left front goes in it...
 
You need to get rid of those donut tires and get some beef! Not bad for a stock YJ though, at least you got out!
 
If you do get stuck ill come pull ya out. Ill let you know next time we get out to our mudholes. I think you'll find these holes a little more challenging than that ditch. We plowed the big hole about 3 months ago. It was getting some pretty bad ruts. But its ready to go now. No ruts at all. You should have one good chance to get through it before its rutted out again.
 
90yjwrangler said:
Yeah, I was a little worried about leaving it in the woods overnight, but it all worked out and we had a good time anyway. I WILL beat that hole....lol.
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What were you afraid someone was going to steal it with a dead battery and stuck in a huge friggin ditch.:driver: That would just be way too much trouble. Hint: Always ride with at least one other vehicle especially at night. Glad you got out though!
 
if you want to pm me i can give you my number and you can call me next time. if you dont mind me asking but where did you go.
 
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