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Got stuck on the trail for 9 hours saturday!

BenS and I went wheeling at rockaway on sunday, couple of inches of snow on the ground and fairly easy trails. We're going on this one trail that's pretty easy and we're coming to the end, round a right turn and i start to head down a hill, I didn't realize how steep and slippery it was. I slid down into a tree hitting the door and part of the body. Get down to the bottom and get out and see Ben slid into the same tree head on taking out his bumper, headlight, corner lens and fender. I break out the come a long winch him back from the tree and he slides down and gets his truck up on a rock and takes out his rocker. this is around 12:30 or so, I try to continue down the trail and side into a tree taking out my drivers side mirror and fender. We go and check out the rest of the trail and decide against trying to finish it since it was real steep and slick. Meanwhile i had been in touch with a friend of mine who was with 3 other people on quads and i was supposed to meet up with them. Ben pulls my truck backwards with his and we ended up using the come a long to get my truck back far enough to where i could move. This of course not after i managed to get 2 saplings caught between the tire and the fender and the force of me getting pulled back messed up the fender enough that i cant even open the passenger side door now. around this time my friend and his friends show up on thier quads and give us a hand. we get ben turned around and he makes an attempt on the hill we had come down and he makes it up about half way after a couple of attempts. this is around 3pm i believe after about an hour of winching him up 5ft at a time the come a long breaks! fortunantly i have a 60" highlift and we used that to get ben to the top of the hill. by this time it's starting to get dark and we havent even gotten my truck back up the hill yet. I make an attempt on the hill, slide sideways and wack my bumper on a rock bending it and damaging the head light. I try again and make it up a little bit farther. We start winching my truck up the hill and of course the locker starts making funny noises at one point but eventually went away and my alternator was acting up. It was getting to the point where i could only keep the heat on when i was on the gas while being winched up the hill. we finally get me to the top and with a little struggling make it to the top and out off the trail around 10pm. and of course the pics...
 

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Originally posted by Doug
lol, im glad to see there are so many people looking to my place after i leave, i feel so loved. :p Ben you should bring the chebbie to RC next weekend and you can womp on that real good. :)

The Blazer is not a offroad truck and I rather beat up on only one truck not both of them..
 



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*Posting from Doug's radioshack because she lives to annoy him :D *

Eh, I still don't have internet access, so if anyone needs to get ahold of me the cell is (410) 808-4880. Ben, you prank call me, you're getting a beer spilled over your head Saturday!!!!!!!!!!
 






Originally posted by Spas
*Posting from Doug's radioshack because she lives to annoy him :D *

Eh, I still don't have internet access, so if anyone needs to get ahold of me the cell is (410) 808-4880. Ben, you prank call me, you're getting a beer spilled over your head Saturday!!!!!!!!!!

I wouldn't do that Lindsy.. You should know better than that.. Actually I'm pulling my hair out of my head cause either the relay that Bulldog sent along with my remote start isn't working or I'm just forgetting something.
 






Hahah, digging up an old post but just saying I had a similar wheeling experience this past weekend; dents, missing passenger mirror, just to a little lesser extent.
 






if there soft dints (thin Metal) try on of those walmart special suctioncups or the dingking it has worked well for me.
 






Premier said:
Damn... I cant belive you killed your truck like that :eek: :(

What kind of tires are you using? I will never buy them hahaha

LMAO!! And im running them now! hahaha
 






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