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duncanstives Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Zoe, KY
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 3:34 pm Post subject: Lets see your stucks! |
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Stever70 mentioned in his thread about his 4x4 bus project that we should have a "stuck" thread... I said I could not make it because I had not gotten my VW stuck yet...
That changed today
Everyone post some pics of how they got their VW (or other vehicle) stuck!
I'll start:
This is a hill on my property... Photos do not do it justice because it is not really all that steep... My neighbor made it up in a stock 4wd with only a little trouble when it was dry... Problem is that it rained HEAVILY last night... My first couple of runs were just enough to get the adrenalin flowing but by the third run the water flowing down the hill had been mized so thuroughly with the goopy clay that if I had been foolish enough to set one foot on the "road" I would have started sliding and not stopped until I was in the pond at the bottom.
I tried to make it up and lost traction 3/4 of the way up... I managed to roll back so I was sideways and then go forward making a semi controlled descent. The next two tries resulting in an uncontrolled set of 360 degree spins down the hill with only frantic last second throttle, steering and a lot of luck keeping me out of the pond (incidentally I was really happy I had the harness installed!).
This picture was the result of the fourth try.... Rolled back over a log that was on the hill and was stuck... Some dragging the front around and pulling out logs and branches and I was able to go back down eventually making it up at WOT the whole way in the brush beside the road and I had lost so much momentum by the time I reached the top that I probably wasnt going 2mph. Fun times
This next one was just poor driving: Doing a victory lap around another trail I made for my jeep (being a jeep trail it was more narrow and technical.. Not really made for a rail) I struck a trees with the front tire at about 15mph and broke a tie rod and bent a steel rim.
The wheels are not supposed to point at each other!
I went out right away and bought a new tie rod (nice to have a buggy shop like 3 miles from my house... LOL)... I will install it in the morning and I think I can hammer the bent rim back into shap... All and all my morning ride was totally worth it: $25 for all that fun? Hell yes.
Now some stucks from the rest of the fleet (in no particular order):
This one was trying to roller over and play dead!
I can't even say I did not know it was deep
Most stupid thing ever: Trying to remove a rock from under the diff of a jeep on a steep unstable hill. BY HAND
I did avoid an untimely delimbing... Mostly via dumb luck.
Finally: Remember how I said I already knew that hole was deep... It because I had taken a vehicle into it before... This one got out under its own power... Most of it got out anyway:
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Rowdy70 Samba Member
Joined: June 01, 2010 Posts: 91 Location: Wa. State
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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not mine, but i bet this guy aint goin nowhere
lol
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kbwakesk8 Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2005 Posts: 1499 Location: Hacienda Heights CA
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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By kbwakesk8 at 2007-11-27
By kbwakesk8 at 2007-11-27
5 people and wrong tires |
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duncanstives Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Zoe, KY
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! That's stuck... Makes me wanna go get my buggy out of the woods before nature claims it! |
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duncanstives Samba Member
Joined: November 15, 2010 Posts: 65 Location: Zoe, KY
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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kbwakesk8 wrote: |
By kbwakesk8 at 2007-11-27
By kbwakesk8 at 2007-11-27
5 people and wrong tires |
Well at least you got 5 people to help! Hell 5 people could probably pick up and move a Vw!
That said I'd take a 4wd for sand (not that there is any sand around here)... Not because I think it would perform better but more because I would leave it in 2wd until I just started to lose traction (but before it got buried) then hopefully I could put it in 4wd and avoid a serious stuck... That's my theory anyway... Lol |
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KrAzY-BaJa Samba Member
Joined: May 22, 2008 Posts: 1409 Location: Sacramento CA.
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pafree Samba Member
Joined: August 16, 2005 Posts: 2298 Location: dayton, the one in texas
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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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my son and nephew told my brother in law that he could make it through the ditch. they were wrong.
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OutCasted Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2010 Posts: 140 Location: Southgate,Mi
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jeepguy Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2009 Posts: 11 Location: pitman
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:32 am Post subject: |
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probably my worst stuck
i started to come out of it. now that i have a front locker i could probably make it but i am more into rock crawling now |
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jeepguy Samba Member
Joined: November 01, 2009 Posts: 11 Location: pitman
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:35 am Post subject: |
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this one was pretty bad too
my friend stuck in his 4 runner
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sloboatnova Samba Member
Joined: September 20, 2009 Posts: 989 Location: Broken Arrow, Ok
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Heres my latest. This was 2 weeks ago at Disney, ok. Engine case flooded with water and stalled out.
Heres my buddy Travis that same day.
And another mud hole
And then, the roll over. It was a very exciting day.
_________________ Ms Hoover, I glued my head to my shoulder.
3BT Baja build page
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=417564&highlight=3bt+baja |
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nomis Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: cornwall, UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Here are a few from the members of bajaclub.co.uk:
And a quick series on how to get REALLY stuck:
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nomis Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2004 Posts: 390 Location: cornwall, UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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And a quick 2 on 1 baja recovery:
Link
(P.S. check out the wheel hop on the car on the right - reduction box set up)
And finding out how slippery wet timber is:
Link
(a whole lotta flooring got it off in the end ) |
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stever70 Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 302 Location: california
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:19 pm Post subject: |
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I was smiling all the way through this thread...that was DAMN entertaining. I have been pretty stuck in my jeep, unfortunatly, no pics to put up _________________ my build log
http://offroadvwbus.blogspot.com/ |
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thesatelliteguy Samba Member
Joined: January 06, 2007 Posts: 1515 Location: Santa Rosa CA
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stever70 Samba Member
Joined: October 30, 2009 Posts: 302 Location: california
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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WRONG line!!! LOL I hope that I dont see my bus like that, but it could happen _________________ my build log
http://offroadvwbus.blogspot.com/ |
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Paul Wilson Samba Member
Joined: August 30, 2003 Posts: 608
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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Not the worst spot that I have been but one I remember well.
uglyoffroader |
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Adrenaline Junky Samba Member
Joined: April 11, 2006 Posts: 274 Location: Roseville, CA
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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This thread is just good entertainment!!! |
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jbreddawg Samba Member
Joined: August 31, 2006 Posts: 1242 Location: Raleigh NC
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Mines been stuck in the garage for the last three years
Great thread !! Hope I can actually be in it one day _________________ The wheel may be turning but the hamster's dead !
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chubby53 Samba Member
Joined: February 17, 2005 Posts: 2106 Location: Eugene, Oregon
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Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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jbreddawg wrote: |
Mines been stuck in the garage for the last three years
Great thread !! Hope I can actually be in it one day |
feel your pain, mine has also been stuck in the shop. _________________ My build:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=385100 |
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