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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 04-05-2003 10:56 PM
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BeWare Prowler Junkie Posts: 18511 |
posted 04-05-2003 11:03 PM
Hope everyone is OK. Man that's what I call being stuck. |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 04-05-2003 11:05 PM
I wasn't in the car at the time......I was down the road a bit taking pictures. I'll let Bob explain how he earned the "Dumba$$ of the Day" award. Stuck is an understatement! |
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skuter Prowler Junkie Posts: 238 |
posted 04-06-2003 06:47 AM
WOW! That`s really stuck in the mud. ------------------ |
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WildCat Prowler Junkie Posts: 6862 |
posted 04-06-2003 08:50 AM
quote: Come on Bob, we got to know back when I was in high school I was driving my sisters `67 Formula "S" barracuda to school and it had snowed and there was too much snow on the road and the field was anmost clear so I drove out into the field (yes on purpose) and one thing I didn't count on is it being muddy under it. Well it was stuck with the body sitting on the mud, I still have not lived that one down....LOL I really like the way everything looks after an Ice Storm but it is the winter storm that cause the most damage. Snow can be pushed or shoveled, but ice has to melt. |
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Bcoffman Gray Ghost Prowler Junkie Posts: 2418 |
posted 04-06-2003 09:13 AM
CJ, At least it was close to the pavement. I've never been that close to help when I buried them like that. Try that about 5 miles away from the nearest sold ground or pavement. Then, you will realize how lucky you all were. A couple times we had to let the ground dry out enough to get help back into the area. We were talking weeks here. It could have been worse. Actually if that's all the farther that you get off-road, why have an SUV? LOL |
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 |
posted 04-06-2003 09:49 AM
CJ - I would guess there is no need for AC's cube of Diet Pepsi to work as a chock at this point? Did you lay your purse under the rear wheel for traction to get out?  Bob - could you pass along the VIN # of your Durango? Want to make sure that I don't bid on it when it gets turned back in from service. I won't ask how this happened,,,,,but I can visualize the steam coming from the top of your head. Sorry buddy. |
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Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 |
posted 04-06-2003 12:10 PM
CJ - are you sure Bob is happy with you sharing your "off road" adventure with all of us? |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 04-06-2003 02:33 PM
Marty........he's the one that encouraged me to put the pics up. I wasn't going to at first, didn't want to embarass him, but he said it should have had the caption, "Don't try this at home"! LOL! That's all I'm going to say.....the rest is his story! |
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BeWare Prowler Junkie Posts: 18511 |
posted 04-06-2003 02:51 PM
It takes a big man to not only admit, but publicize when he has done something not to smart. That thing looks like it might have tipped had it not been for all the mud piled up on the outside of the wheels. |
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Marty Usher Prowler Junkie Posts: 13833 |
posted 04-06-2003 04:12 PM
CJ/Bob - who do the people that others always turn to for help when they break down or need a tow turn to when they needs assistance? There are a number of us that wish we could have been there to help! I hope you weren't on your way to Fed Ex to send my parts when you got stuck! |
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 |
posted 04-06-2003 05:11 PM
Did Bob call: 1-800-DC.GET.ME,,the hell out of here I think he was practicing for an upcoming DC advertising campaign,,,,,and got in a little too deep, lol. Celine Deon shows up and sings: "My Durango Will Go On"
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Bcoffman Gray Ghost Prowler Junkie Posts: 2418 |
posted 04-06-2003 05:43 PM
CJ, It might be a good idea to put him in a nice little Neon. He wouldn't be tempted to pull out in the mud with one of those. And even if he did, he would be able to get it stuck without burying both front and rear wheels like that. Much easier to get it out later. LOL |
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RPL Prowler Junkie Posts: 3448 |
posted 04-06-2003 06:15 PM
Okay, first check the tire marks. This one went in sideways at zero miles and hour. We stopped so that CJ could get some pictures of the ice storm. I was slowly backing up to pick her up when it went into the ditch sideways, very, very slowly. I'm pretty good off-road but there was no bottom to this sand-gravel mix. It was like pudding. I got out when I thought it might go over. The wrecker tied on to the left rear axle and winched it out. The nose actually went in deeper and the left rear wheel came off the ground. If it wasn't cabled to the wrecker it would have rolled on its side. This was like one of those slow motion movies. I was sitting there slowly sliding sideways onto my side. All the tires did was dig deeper. An $8.00 trip to the quarter car wash and changing the flat tire (after the fact) on the right front and the car is good as new. When it warms up, I'll take it back to the car wash an wash off the little that I missed. After changing the tire, We used a come-along and the Durango with a snatch strap to stand a big cedar back up in front of the garage that the ice storm toppled. It was one of a matched pair in front of the garage so was worth trying to save. Maybe we'll have a little better luck with the tree. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. All kidding aside, the tire marks tell the story. The police officer never questioned a thing. The tow truck driver said that many of the ditches are like this. This was new road construction just before the winter. |
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jkburns Prowler Junkie Posts: 1370 |
posted 04-06-2003 07:27 PM
There's a lesson here for all of us: Never let CJ take photos of bad weather! (lol) Glad everything is okay. Kevin ------------------ |
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ALLEY CAT Prowler Junkie Posts: 36093 |
posted 04-06-2003 07:30 PM
RPL - OK, we will buy that story. Zero mph? Must have been a very windy day in Michigan BTW - I'd say CJ got some good photos of the ice storm she was shooting. Glad your both alright! |
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CJ Prowler Junkie Posts: 18860 |
posted 04-06-2003 09:28 PM
Oh sure, Kevin...........blame it on me. Just like a guy.. if he had stayed put like I told him it wouldn't have happened in the first place...........  |
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Todd Cameron unregistered Posts: 18860 |
posted 04-06-2003 10:59 PM
Once I pulled over in Wyoming because my GF at the time thought a bike had come loose. I figured best play it safe and check. There was 10' or so of mud over hard dirt with a slant on the road side. 4 wheel drive and 20 thousand pounds on attached trailer and I still slid down the side of the ditch. Luckily, a big rig stopped and dragged the truck out with a heavy tow chain. Nothing I could of done about it, so I can relate to this totally. |
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ed monahan Prowler Junkie Posts: 33595 |
posted 04-07-2003 01:10 AM
Well at least there was not a lot of damage. Glad it worked out okay and I think it is pretty big of Bob to accept the blame eventhough CJ was really driving. lol. Just kidding, CJ. It could have been a whole lot worse, no one got injured. |
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fixumm Prowler Junkie Posts: 3056 |
posted 04-07-2003 08:46 AM
See if you would of had a Hummer that would of never happend.. we do stuff like that for FUN.. glad every thing is ok... |
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DR PROWLER Prowler Junkie Posts: 4079 |
posted 04-07-2003 10:43 AM
C.J. Glad Bob is O.K. I have seen literally dozens of accidents in the last week on the roads in T.O. Must keep the insurance companies hopping. |
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