Snow recovery

[rockdawg]

It's that time of year again. I'm sure a lot of us will find people stuck in ditches along the roadside. Being the good samaritan Jeepers that we are most of us will want to help drag people out.

Before you hook somebody up you might want to check out this video-Very funny: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/snowtow.wmv

While I was checking the tj forum on JU I came across this subject. everybody was arguing about whether or not to stop and help for fear of getting sued, shot, robbed...what a bunch of a-holes

[MYGOODNESS]

It's that time of year again. I'm sure a lot of us will find people stuck in ditches along the roadside. Being the good samaritan Jeepers that we are most of us will want to help drag people out.

Before you hook somebody up you might want to check out this video-Very funny: http://media.ebaumsworld.com/snowtow.wmv

While I was checking the tj forum on JU I came across this subject. everybody was arguing about whether or not to stop and help for fear of getting sued, shot, robbed...what a bunch of a-holes

Good point Rockdawg..

It seems by nature most Jeepers are good samaritans.. That's great but we need to use common sense.

IMO On public roads it's best to let a tow truck do the work. They are equiped with warning lights and CAR recovery gear.

[XEON]

I dont know about you... but thats funny... what a bunch of smart people... :hahaha:

Dont use tow ropes with hooks, dont hook to BUMPER thats plastic... haha :wtg:

[rockdawg]

It seems by nature most Jeepers are good samaritans.. That's great but we need to use common sense.
You hit the nail on the head Gene, common sense.

I live in a very rural area and I have helped people out late at night on some dark roads that may not see another car pass by until morning.

I always atleast stop to see if everybody is alright and if they need help. It could be a mother with small children and I would hope that if my wife was stranded on a back road that someone would return the favor.

But if your stuck on rt80 or some other highway where police and emergency crews are readily available I probobly will not risk my life to help you because you were in a snowstorm in the left lane following a big black jeep TJ ;-) at 50mph in your frontwheeldrive ricer on the cellphone,drinking a latte and wound up in the median facing the wrong way.

[ROCKREADYXJ]

he must have had one hell of a time explaining that to mommy and daddy.

[sentinal02]

But if your stuck on rt80 or some other highway where police and emergency crews are readily available I probobly will not risk my life to help you because you were in a snowstorm in the left lane following a big black jeep TJ ;-) at 50mph in your frontwheeldrive ricer on the cellphone,drinking a latte and wound up in the median facing the wrong way.


:lmao: Now that sounds like it comes from someone with experience in that situation, lol.

Yeah, it definitely depends on the road where they're stuck. around here there's plenty of back roads to get stuck on so i usually end up pulling out at least one person a year. my Dad pulled out this kid in a little dodge 2x4 pickup from the sandbanks near by many years ago. this 17 year old kid comes knocking on the door at like 1:30 in the morning BEGGING my dad to use his truck to pull him out of the mud. at the time it was the local party spot and the kid had buried the truck to the chassis (not hard in a sandy/muddy lagoon about 30x50' with water to your calves). anyway, my dad hands the kid the end of the tow chain (1/2" industrial grade stuff) and tells him to hook it around the rear axle and then proceded to hook the other end to his F250. calls back, all set, gives a yank and there's no resistance on the chain. hmmmmmm? turns out the kid just hooked it to the bumper even after being specifically told not to. but the best part is, he'd snuck out and taken the truck without permission from his father. so now not only does he have to explain a completely mud covered truck, but he has to explain why it now has no rear bumper. :hahaha: :hahaha: I would have loved to see his dad's face when he woke up the next morning to see what his son had been up to. :stupid: in the end my Dad buried his truck to the hubs trying to pull him out. Luckily at the time he was the foreman for a pipe manufacturing plant so he was able to run down the the plant (2 miles away) and get a backhoe to yank both trucks out. to his credit the kid did offer my Dad 10 bucks for his troubles but he just told him to take it and use it at the car wash to rinse some of the mud off before his Dad sees it :lmao:

[LoneRanger]

my Dad pulled out this kid in a little dodge 2x4 pickup from the sandbanks near by many years ago. this 17 year old kid comes knocking on the door at like 1:30 in the morning BEGGING my dad to use his truck to pull him out of the mud. at the time it was the local party spot and the kid had buried the truck to the chassis (not hard in a sandy/muddy lagoon about 30x50' with water to your calves). anyway, my dad hands the kid the end of the tow chain (1/2" industrial grade stuff) and tells him to hook it around the rear axle and then proceded to hook the other end to his F250. calls back, all set, gives a yank and there's no resistance on the chain. hmmmmmm? turns out the kid just hooked it to the bumper even after being specifically told not to. but the best part is, he'd snuck out and taken the truck without permission from his father. so now not only does he have to explain a completely mud covered truck, but he has to explain why it now has no rear bumper. :hahaha: :hahaha: I would have loved to see his dad's face when he woke up the next morning to see what his son had been up to. :stupid: in the end my Dad buried his truck to the hubs trying to pull him out. Luckily at the time he was the foreman for a pipe manufacturing plant so he was able to run down the the plant (2 miles away) and get a backhoe to yank both trucks out. to his credit the kid did offer my Dad 10 bucks for his troubles but he just told him to take it and use it at the car wash to rinse some of the mud off before his Dad sees it :lmao:



damn, that sucks! But what a great story! :D



L.R.

[rockdawg]

But if your stuck on rt80 or some other highway where police and emergency crews are readily available I probobly will not risk my life to help you because you were in a snowstorm in the left lane following a big black jeep TJ at 50mph in your frontwheeldrive ricer on the cellphone,drinking a latte and wound up in the median facing the wrong way.

Now that sounds like it comes from someone with experience in that situation, lol.

Yes, Heavy snowstorm rt80 was snow covered and I'm in the leftlane cruisin. The guy behind me is so close I can see him talking up a storm and drinking something. He was trying to stay in my tracks. He veered a little left, the snow grabbed his left side tires and shot him into the median. The kind of grass median that looks like a V. 20 minutes later I'm going the other way and I pass the guy and he's standing next to his car waving his arms in the air yelling at a cop that was pulled over on the shoulder. :doh:

[flippy71]

thats funny, like Forrest Gump sad" stupid is what stupid do'es". man if those guys had 1 more brain cell they would be tomato's

[USAtruck6]

I'm no engineering major but I think anyone would have figured out if he put the strap on the right side of the car instead of the left, he wouldn't have made the car get anymore stuck than it already was. Even though we all know to hook it up to the frame and not the plastic bumper. They stopped and readjusted the strap on the left side again after he just saw it pull to the right. What a HOMER!