As some might have seen in The Shoutbox, I got my Jeep stuck in a ditch today. We had a very nice snow; and well, I wanted to try out a dirt path near my house. Big mistake!!
We were going past this one section and my friend told me to watch the right of the road/path as there was a huge ditch there; I was watching it when the ***** happened. We started sliding right into the sucker. Once we started, I tried sweeping back up and out. Didn't work. Eventually, we slid *all* the way into the ditch. This was when I had my "oh *****, my mom is going to kill me if I don't get out of here" moment. We threw the Jeep into 4 Lo to get better traction and keep the wheels from spinning, but still couldn't get up and out of the ditch; we were committed. The entire thing was tilted with the whole right side down in the ditch.
Well, we decided to try backing down and out. Thank God, it worked. Only now we're stuck sitting across the road/trail. At one point we were actually sitting on the frame and were basically just a teeter-totter. My friend was spotting and we just kept manipulating the Jeep whenever we found a position that let it move forward or back. Thankfully, we got turned all the way around and back on the middle of the road. Excellent teamwork. The Jeep is in perfect shape, too.
Here's a shot of the actual road. You see how the tracks stop all of a sudden? That's where we slid in. We were so removed from the tracks we had made that someone could have driven by us just fine. I mean, we were seriously stuck in that f***er. We were sliding down to the right side of our seats!!
This is where we, thank God, managed to get out of the damn thing. Did I mention we also hit a sizable branch? It was dry rotted and cracked in two, so it didn't do any damage. We were just happy to be out of that ditch even though we got stuck...yet again.
This is a shot of how exactly we were stuck once we got out of the ditch. I didn't take a photo of when we were in it because I honestly wasn't thinking about it. I was way too worried about just getting it out. By the time this part came around, I was confident we could get out so we jumped out and assessed the situation/took photos. This is also when my friend started spotting for me.
Here's the Jeep back on the freaking trail and right in the middle. Excellent teamwork, if I do say so myself. A triumph and happy Matthew, to say the least. Lesson learned? Get better tires before every attempting this again. However, I doubt I ever will do this again unless I absolutely have to, but at least I know I can manage now.