+piper28 Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 We never dreamed it would get that high, and when it did, the Jetta was trapped in the building, so we lifted it in the air with a forklift and propped it up as so... Could be worse: http://eyelab.msu.edu/people/gary/car.jpg Outside the apartment I had in Farmington Hills, Michigan. (Yes, Michigan, that state known for all the flooding ). (Picture not included in thread since it wasn't while geocaching, but I can sympathize with CW Iams. Picture also taken after the water had gone down a little, so it was probably 3 inches higher at one point. Car located in an area that if you told someone it would flood you'd say they were nuts.) Quote Link to comment
+CW Iams Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Looks as though it got an inch or two above the bottom door seal...any water get inside? Not the safest of jack stand jobs, but I guess any port in a storm as it were..... Fortunately it did not get into the interior- the body of the door on the exterior is about 3 inches lower than the interior part of the car (if that makes any sense ) Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 This is my buddy's 8.1L Chevy that we had to have pulled out by some cowboys tending to their cattle on a ranch nearby. The mud here is absolute gumbo, and when the trailer fishtailed, it pulled the rest of the truck in with it. Despite that big block powerplant and 4LO, it was just too goopy. Yes, the Jeep is being trailered, because we play hard. Much easier to nurse a broken vehicle a few miles than to try and drive it 60 miles home. That water puddle was just a tad too much. I soaked my distributor and barely nursed it out to clean up and get back on my way. Yep, another Jeep stuck. My BFG AT's work wonders on street snow, but with 3' or so below you, they tend to scoop it up and hold on for dear life. This was one of those times I wished I hat the BFG MT's or some Swamper TSLs just for off-road snow driving. We were on our way to some ice caves a few miles further up the mountain, but the snow became impossible to navigate not far beyond this. Notice the old school LandCruiser behind me. During the first stuck digout, these guys showed up and we spent the day playing tow tag. I wish I had thought about taking a pic of my old 4x2 Nissan pickup in one seriously hairy situation. But I was more concerned about figuring out if I could get out of the mess I had gotten myself into. This happened to be the same day I hit a rock covered by a dirt mound and punched my oil pan. It didn't puncture, but started to leak around the gasket. Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 (edited) Oops. Double post. I did think it was worth mentioning that it took $32 in quarters at the car wash with a power washer to get *most* of the mud off the truck/trailer/Jeep. I even scooped 200-300lbs of mud off the trailer too. Yick. Edited June 8, 2005 by Brian - Team A.I. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Where is that? It looks familiar. In Southern Utah, in Johnson Canyon, I encountered mud like that. A friend who got out to walk about 100 yards ended up with so much mud on his boots he could hardly lift his feet. Until then he didn't understand why I wouldn't drive up the road any further. Quote Link to comment
+geobc Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 (edited) Yep, another Jeep stuck. My BFG AT's work wonders on street snow, but with 3' or so below you, they tend to scoop it up and hold on for dear life. This was one of those times I wished I hat the BFG MT's or some Swamper TSLs just for off-road snow driving. There are a group of 'wheelers in the Kelowna area of BC who love snow 'wheeling. They build trucks to run 44" or taller tires for floatation and have huge horsepower to keep the speed up. In fact, one of them took first place in one of the first three Top Truck Challenge that Fourwheeler Magazine puts on every year. He was running front/rear independent axles from a Gamma Goat powered by a huge Cadillac engine. It had air over hydraulic struts so it could adjust its ride height. Here's a pic of my buddy's Blazer (I'm the one standing in the snow). This is probably a bit too heavy for really great snow 'wheeling but it still floated better on its 44" tires than I did on my feet. It runs Unimog portal axles so getting hung up on the diffs is very rare. Due to the low gear reduction at the four gear boxes, he had to build adapters so he could run a transfer case reduction box backwards to use as an overdrive on the highway. I think it was a 205 tcase mated to a backwards 203 reduction box. GeoBC Edited June 8, 2005 by geobc Quote Link to comment
+paintfiction Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Some of y'all may remember this little mishap from GeoWoodstcok 2 last year in Nashville. Strangely the owner and driver of this vehicle is missing from both photos. He was quite upset thinking he had ruined his afternoon. It took me about 5 minutes to round up the required number of people and about 10 seconds for us to lift it off the culvert. One more thing the driver IceCreamMan blamed ME for this mishap since I was navigating..... SHEESH! Quote Link to comment
+IceCreamMan Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 One more thing the driver IceCreamMan blamed ME for this mishap since I was navigating.... Well, you WERE navigating, weren't you? Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted June 9, 2005 Share Posted June 9, 2005 Whoopieee I finally got a picture to post here. For the first time in 20 years I got stuck! And it was on a geocaching trip. As you can see when I get stuck, I get stuck. We had crossed a few place like this during the day with no problems. What I didn't know was that somebody had cut some pretty deep ruts through this patch with a very high clearance rig. The ruts filled back in with soupy mud. Mid way through the mud patch I slid off the high spots into the ruts. In the picture my truck is sitting completely on the frame, the wheels are suspended in liquid dirt. Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 (edited) Deer/car accident......very minor and not stuck but I wanted a reason to BUMP this thread (best thread around!) This should be a "accident/stuck while caching" thread anyway! Happened at this cache Note the deer hair on the hood! Deer and cachers were fine, with minimal damage to the car. Edit: to add link Edited June 17, 2005 by Two Geeks and a GPS Quote Link to comment
+AppaYipYip Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Stuck? whats that? My Cache-mobile is fairly well equiped (I'm a Jeep Jamboree Trail-Guide) No, it's not stuck here, just posing for a picture Dual ARB's,( air locking differentials ) 4.56 Gears 36" SuperSwamper tires 7" Lift / 23" ground clearance 9500lb Warn Winch full skid plates Hi-Lift Jack Shovel JerryCans Extra Parts and Tools (and My GPS of course) ...and if I'm in real trouble, CB and Ham Radio It's not often I let a little rock in the road slow me down More action photo's Here: http://community.webshots.com/user/bjotf Hard to tell from this angle, but this is a fairly steep Hill climb, with a large rutt right up the middle... This one is my favorites, I drove out of a real pickle with 3 tires in the air, just needed a little nudge from my buddy to get me back on all fours Better pics of the whole climb Here: http://community.webshots.com/album/42307295PJnCRt More info on my Jeep here: http://members.shaw.ca/ecojeeper/indexpage.html Other than my Liberty Renegade, that is the most badazz Jeep I've ever seen!!!! Gorgeous!!! Quote Link to comment
+Melrose Plant Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 This picture is captioned, "Uh-oh, I think I made a BIG mistake. Where's my liquid paper? WHERE'S my liquid paper?" I didn't get stuck, but I sure thought I was going to. At the top of that little driveway is a busy road. I, in my 2WD Chevy S-10 pickup, had to get a running start from where I couldn't see if anybody was coming. It took me about 20 tries before I got out of there when the road was clear to turn on to. Here is the log that goes with the picture. At least I was FTF! Quote Link to comment
+Sue Gremlin Posted July 9, 2005 Share Posted July 9, 2005 I know this is a really old thread, but we're new! We didn't get stuck, of course, we have a Jeep! But a couple of weeks ago, we were on our way back from this cache, and found a these two guys stuck up to their axles in the sand. The Jeep came to the rescue, as we happen to have some rope with us, and, well, a Jeep. The Jeep rocks. Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 BUMP!!!!!! I love this thread, and it is winter.......come on people where are your "stuck/accident" pics! By the way, I saw a new thread about "your favorite thread." Since this is my favorite thread, I just had to bump it! So you have them to blame! Also, we are in here twice! Quote Link to comment
+Big Sky Explorers Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 I told my wife to take a picture of us stuck!! She said no way..... We drove in a road in 2 wheel drive and when I hit the first snow bank I popped it into 4 wheel and noticed that my front wheels dropped into the crusted over snow.........it was 2 feet deep. I quickly stopped but it was too late. Right up to the frame in the front!!!! Had to get a tow truck, he winched us out easily since I didn't go in very far.......should've walked!!! Quote Link to comment
+Coastiegirl04 Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 this was my experience about two weekends ago, worst part of it is i didn't find the cache but heres the log, also no pictures sorry!! Blueberry Forest Cache GCK8R1 February 26 by Coastiegirl04 (167 found) So, i didn't find it, but i still had an interesting experience with this cache, i must say... Well i parked on the side of the road, and i didn't know there wasn't much of a shoulder due to the snow... my whole passenger side of my car went off the ledge... i got myself stuck, my car couldn't get back up because of the snow! it just kept slipping off, so i was good and truly stuck there... so i was out of the car trying to decide should i try to flag someone down and get help moving it out or wait and get the cache, and then flag someone down.. so being a cacher, i decide i'm already stuck am probly going to be there for a while, i'll go for the cache, and then work on getting my car out, so i pludge into the woods in search of the cache, i looked and i looked couldn't find it.. darn it.. i go back to the car and start working on getting the car out, (now i have a Ford Escape with 4wd) you would think i could get it out no problem right? yea no... so i keep trying i get it a little worse then it already was, i moved my car up and on to ice, so all four wheels are turning, but no movement either way! so am good and stuck now, finally a van goes by a nice guy gets out and ask if i need help i told him i do, i need to get my car out, So the guys ask me while we are looking and seeing how we are going to do this, "what was i doing that i got my car stuck like this?" So i repied "well i was geocaching." "whats that?" i started laughing" its a sport where you go out to the woods and look for a box with your GPS" i swear to god i thought when the guy left to get a tow strap from his cabin. that he wasn't going to be back from the look he gave me... But lucky he did, and with the help of another truck and the van guy's tow strap they got me out in like 5 seconds flat.. Believe, that very day, i went out and bought myself a towing strap, so if i get in that trouble again (for its fact that it probley will happen again) or someone else gets in trouble i can help! Agh, but after that little experience i decide i was done for the day and headed back for Two Rivers, But do believe i will be back! i will get this cache, for the experience it put me through! it will be FIND! Quote Link to comment
+AmishHacker Posted March 31, 2007 Author Share Posted March 31, 2007 Again .... Thanks for keeping this topic alive!! Quote Link to comment
+thedeadpirate Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 We got FTF on this cache, but at a price. It's kind of hard to tell, but the car was completely covered in muddy water after we bottomed out in a huge hole at the entrance to this cache. I thought we were going to have to get a tow, as the actual frame of the car was sitting solidly on the ground. However, after a bit of rocking back and forth and a LOT of mud slinging, I wrestled it from mud trap. I wish I had snapped a picture of the car stuck in the hole, but I was too worried about the situation at that point. Quote Link to comment
+zanadian Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 While geocaching in Cranbrook BC, Canada, we pulled off the road to check a road map and read about the next upcoming cache site. Unfortunately I didn't realize how soft the shoulder was. Quote Link to comment
+Jedi Cacher Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 A little detour from getting stuck. This vehicle has no problem getting stuck while geocaching. It does though have a problem with stormtroopers attacking while geocaching... Stormtroopers!!!!!!! I really hate those guys! Quote Link to comment
+2trax Posted April 2, 2007 Share Posted April 2, 2007 Yeah we do get stuck from time to time but we are self extracting. Quote Link to comment
+Jellyfishman Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 $2.67/ gallon keeps my vehicles stuck... Jelly Quote Link to comment
+Team Mars Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Hmmm! The first Jeep to get stuck! You can read the log here That's not a Jeep in my book....it's a luxury car with 4wd........BIG difference! Luxury my rear. That is a Jeep by my standards, I am biased we have 2 of them. I just wish I could find places like around here that to cache. Quote Link to comment
+GSVNoFixedAbode Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Not mine, but I do know the cachers involved, and it doesn't really surprise me And the cache log of the event. Quote Link to comment
+Team LaLonde Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 OK, we weren't geocaching at the time - the weather was just crappy and Mrs. L put the Buick in a drainage ditch on the way to work. This was just a couple of days ago. It hasn't stopped snowing for five days. Quote Link to comment
+Y2KOTA Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Not stuck yet..... Never piss off a guy with a backhoe. The best one I've seen is here, Wish my camera worked this day Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 $2.67/ gallon keeps my vehicles stuck... Jelly Uh . . . Consider yourself lucky. Gas is $3.29 a gallon here . . . Gas prices have gone up every week for nine weeks now . . . Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Hows this for stuck found on the way to a cache Quote Link to comment
+webjpn&appletini Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 Scoping out an area for a new cache. Not stuck, but trying real hard! On our way back to pavement from doing maintenance on one of our caches. Remember, if you don't get stuck, your not trying hard enough! Quote Link to comment
PIGMAN FROM HELL Posted April 7, 2007 Share Posted April 7, 2007 I just read about these two pics in <A HREF="http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=77360769" TARGET=_blank>This Thread</A>. I would like to know if anyone else had vehicle stuck or something happen to a vehicle while geocaching. Please Post Pics if you have them.<BR><IMG SRC="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/4d0e4c67-6350-4426-8bc1-e294d4444fe6.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/67802_200.jpg"> <BR><BR>.-=Amish_Hacker=-.<BR>==Clippy Clop Clippy Clop Bang Bang Clippy Clop==<BR> '=-Amish Drive By-=' SOCCER MOM CARS ARE NOT OFF ROAD VEHICLES Quote Link to comment
+JavaDuck Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 I haven't got my car stuck yet, but did have my car stolen while geocaching. Only gone about 10 minutes. One reason to always carry a cell phone! Quote Link to comment
+gh patriot Posted April 8, 2007 Share Posted April 8, 2007 You could say this qualifies as stuck. Quote Link to comment
+Two Geeks and a GPS Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 (edited) Our third time in this thread! Got stuck in 2WD, couldn't get the 4WD to engage since you have to move to get it to engage. The quad was able to pull us about 25 feet backwards, 4WD engaged and we were on our way. Look for us on a redneck video show on CMT. Some ATVers took video and said they were going to send it in! Didn't catch their names, but, Thanks Guys! Edit: Forgot to post picture! Edited May 28, 2007 by Two Geeks and a GPS Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Got a new truck, but it hasn't been stuck yet Quote Link to comment
Blue_Stone Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 1976 Land Cruiser FJ40,350 GM V8, Turbo 400 Automatic tranny I belive Chevota is the popular term. Nice rig. Iwould like go V8 next year, but I'll hold on the the gear train. I always thought Toylet worked, also Quote Link to comment
vtmtnman Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 (edited) 1976 Land Cruiser FJ40,350 GM V8, Turbo 400 Automatic tranny I belive Chevota is the popular term. Nice rig. Iwould like go V8 next year, but I'll hold on the the gear train. I always thought Toylet worked, also I guess I can't say much though,as I plan to buy a yota when I get back. Stupid opec/gas price gouging/greed Edited May 29, 2007 by vtmtnman Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Yesterday I got my Miata stuck in a country car park. For some reason this foorball-field, shale-covered car park near a sports ground has some 6-inch diameter logs lined up across the halfway mark, but they are covered in weeds and hard to see. On arriving I parked the car up against them. When I went to drive away the car park was empty, so rather than reversing out I drove forward. I had enough momentum to get the front wheels over but then the log got stock under the mud flaps, and I couldn't reverse out because the rear wheels were spinning and digging ruts in the shale/sand - it had been raining non-stop for more than 24 hours. It's the first time I've had the Miata stuck. I did get my FWD minivan stuck in mud about 18 months ago, on a Saturday, too far down a forest trail for a tow-truck to get to me - and this was a quick diversion on the way to a skiing vacation. By an amazing stroke of luck, two guys with a big tractor were chopping wood nearby and dragged us out. Nowadays I stick to tarmac roads and, er, proper car parks. Quote Link to comment
uber_bike_geek Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Got a new truck, but it hasn't been stuck yet Well, what are you waiting for? Happy Caching! -Jeff Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Got a new truck, but it hasn't been stuck yet Well, what are you waiting for? Happy Caching! -Jeff I believe the phrase is "Workin' on it" Quote Link to comment
+AmishHacker Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 NO PICTURES YET THIS MONTH??? This Thread is very close to becoming the #5 most view thread. (gloating -----> #1 and #2 are from AmishHacker....CCC's and Avatar Help) AmishHacker Quote Link to comment
+RenoGem & RenoStar Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Haven't gotten stuck yet, but trying! Here we have what we call Nevada Pinstripes. Those are the long scrapes alongside your doors from narrow trails. Just received ours this weekend and they range from the rocker panels to the roof (95 Yukon with 3" lift). Maybe a Miata would've avoided them! Quote Link to comment
+laughingcat Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Haven't gotten stuck yet, but trying! Here we have what we call Nevada Pinstripes. Those are the long scrapes alongside your doors from narrow trails. Just received ours this weekend and they range from the rocker panels to the roof (95 Yukon with 3" lift). Maybe a Miata would've avoided them! no getting stuck here. have excellent mudding feet Quote Link to comment
+Team_LPD Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Well..........I don't think they made it out!!! Stumbled upon this one while hunting and checking on one of my cache's. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Yeah . . . that happened to this Jeep as well. On the side of the rollbar was a sticker for "Dependable Off-road Equipment." :anitongue: Guess what the cache owner called the cache that was placed there? Quote Link to comment
CacheMonkeez Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 (edited) I was in a stuck vehicle that resulted in this memorial cache. There are more hi-res photos here. There's even a video of the memorial cache . I don't want to embarass the stuckee, but here's his license plate. Edited June 12, 2007 by CacheMonkeez Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 We'll keep an eye out this weekend for an entry for this thread. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Not my vehicle, fortunately. Quote Link to comment
+klipsch49er Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I just read about these two pics in <A HREF="http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=77360769" TARGET=_blank>This Thread</A>. I would like to know if anyone else had vehicle stuck or something happen to a vehicle while geocaching. Please Post Pics if you have them.<BR><IMG SRC="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/log/4d0e4c67-6350-4426-8bc1-e294d4444fe6.jpg"> <IMG SRC="http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/67802_200.jpg"> <BR><BR>.-=Amish_Hacker=-.<BR>==Clippy Clop Clippy Clop Bang Bang Clippy Clop==<BR> '=-Amish Drive By-=' Only one berm of snow on the whole dang mountian, right across the path. Obvioulsy I didn't blaze through fast enough. For more color commentary see my log for cache TTORA-1 <p><IMG SRC="http://img.geocaching.com/cache/log/86b93b46-a8c7-4953-ad36-3b0906d279f4.jpg"></p> Quote Link to comment
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