Okay, this one happened about a week before Christmas. A couple of my friends invited me to go a cut down a few Christmas trees for their families (an excuse to play in the snow). The lineup was a stock '86 Cherokee, (the know it all), a '94 Toy w/4" lift and 33" Thornbirds, a '76 Chevy shortbox w/13" lift and 40" boggers...and me and mine. We followed the Jeep down a trail near Old Station when the Chevy veered off the road. The snow wasn't packed and there was about 5 1/2 feet of powder...he went so far down that he was spitting out gravel from both passenger side tires, trying to get himself out. It didn't work, we hooked a tow strap and a chain to the back of his Chevy and the front of my Dodge. It didn't take much to pull him out, I didn't slide at all. What a confidence boost to pull out a stuck truck bigger that your own. Anyway, the Jeep in the lead down the little one lane trail, came across a stuck Explorer. It looked like a 2000 or so and it had about 2 1/2 feet of snow on the roof. He tried to drive around it, but went off the road to far. We had the Toyota pull him out. When he did though, he slid into the rut on the side of the road. With the Chevy next in line, after much digging in the snow (and dragging the Toy about fifty yards) he pulled the Toy out. We then decided the best thing to do was to back out the way we came (3 1/2 miles). Well my back spasmed and I jerked the wheel about 2 miles down the trail. Hey at least I wasn't the first one to get stuck! I also brought my Hi-lift, we ended up just jacking the back of my truck up and throwing it back on the road. It worked pretty well to. The Jeep ended up getting stuck again, he slid sideways off the road (street tires suck in snow). So the tally goes up: Stucks- Jeep: 2 Toy: 1 Chevy: 1 and Dodge: 1. What a fun and interesting experience. We did find a nice spot after a while though. Found the trees that they wanted and enjoyed the snow as well.
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My project, '98 Ram 1500 Q-Cab 4x4
360/auto. K&N Filtercharger, Flowmasters, 3" Pro-Comp Stage 1 lift, 315/75/16 Big-O XTs American Eagle 16x8 rims, Optima Red Top, a nice little stereo...and the project continues.