Have you ever got your car stuck in snow, in mud or in sand?

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Have you ever got your car stuck in snow, in mud or in sand? :D

If yes, what happened and then how you get your car out?

What was your car?

:D

DanAG · Accepted Answer

Lots of times. All three, snow, mud and sand.

(by the way, even if you really do get stuck late at night and have to spend the night in the car, the girl with you will never believe you and think you are lying - "Honest, we really are stuck and have to spend the night." - "Yea right, like I'm going to believe that!" :D)

Usually I was able to get out. I remember one bad winter I had to pay for a tow three times. The time mentioned above with the girl, we slept all night in the car. It was in the middle of nowhere. The next morning I found an old guy with a tractor who pulled us out for pretty cheap.

There are all kind of tricks to get out. Just rocking the car is the first to try. Maybe get some friends to stand on the bumper over the drive wheels to add weight and traction.

Try to put something like pieces of carpet, wood or whatever under the tires to give traction and fill in the rut if there is one. Letting some air out of the tires gives better traction. If it's bad, jack up the corner of the car over the wheel that's slipping, then drive off the jack. Sand can be bad. The spinning wheel just digs a hole in the sand real fast until the car is bottomed out. In that case you have no choice, you have to jack it up.

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

I was ran off the road by a big-rig between Akron and Cleveland, Ohio, and into a 3-4' tall snow bank on the shoulder. My truck was stuck temporarily, but it was a 4x4, so I just had to get out and lock my (manual) front hubs, shift into 4 Low, and drive right out.

Normally, it was ME who was pulling other people out of places. I had a couple of tow straps and some shackles in my truck at all times, and had shackle points on the front and back. I pulled several people out of the mud, snow, and/or ditches.

pooper89 · Accepted Answer

Yeah I was hanging with some guys friends. I happened to drive my dad's truck over. Which has 4 wheel drive. So we took it behind the house through the fields with snow. There was a pond. I told him not to take it near the pond. Did he listen? Nope, took it close to the pond and sure enough got it stuck. After hours of trying in vain to pull it out, he had to pay a neighboring farmer $200 to pull it out with a tractor.

lanternhill · Accepted Answer

Lol my car was stuck in like 3 feet of snow and I dug out in front of it so I could drive it out...but I miscalculated and had to back up so I could dig more out...and backed up too far and couldn't open my door. So I was stuck inside and finally had to climb into my (tiny!) backseat to get out. I facebooked the whole thing lol.
1997 Saturn sw2.

MaskofInsanity · Accepted Answer

Sand. All the time. I go camping and 4WDing a lot and it happens. Just dig out the sand, put some sticks as a ramp, and hope to God the car makes it over.

Rocco-K · Answer

Yes, I got it stuck in some deep gravel that was on the side of the road. A good samaritan stopped and he had a long wooden plank in his trunk and some pieces of 4 by 4s so we put that under the wheels, and after about 40 mins we got it out. It was hard work tho, coz we had to dig deep to get the wooden plank under the wheel and it took a couple of tries. The car was a Lexus IS300.

Smoothdaddyyyy · Answer

Yeah haha.
I got my car stuck in my own backyard xD
My girlfriend parked my car on the grass one day (she was using my car bc hers was broken) and overnight, it poured! And so the next day I went to drive out, and I got stuck xD ended up rocking myself out, it was flukey, in fact it was the only time I've ever come unstuck myself. It was a rear wheel drive, 1995 Subaru. It was actually quite funny.

steveguitar · Answer

I am usually pretty good at getting it out.  you just need light pressure on the gas, sometime in second gear and it usually is fine.  I'd say the most important thing is snow tires.  I've seen people without them that can't get up a fairly easy hill that started out flat, just because they had no grip

1-3-2-4 · Answer

Not my car but the UPS truck lol this past Saturday I forgot the ground was still rain soaked and I went to pull over to stop and I pulled over into some mud, the whole right side started to sink in the mud and the truck started to lean.. I was like OH #$%#%!! so I floor it in order not to get stuck.. Lucky for me I had enough forward momentum to get out

Anonymous · Answer

My friends and my girlfriend's friends were going on a roadtrip to the mountains. We took separate cars (two vans) to fit everybody and my girlfriend was riding with me and the guys (she was lucky). Her friends took a detour and got stuck in snow. We managed to drag them out haha It was an insane afternoon

SüßeJäger · Answer

Yep, all of the above lol. Also my ATV, got it stuck in deep snow and I almost didn't have enough cable on my winch to get out lol. After digging and using the winch a little, I got out in about 20 mins.

WhiteSteve · Answer

I live in New England. Getting stuck in snow is a way of life. Just gotta have 4-wheel drive, ideally some snow tires, and some kitty litter for any extra traction needed.

SouthernMan · Answer

Mud, i just rocked it in reverse and back to drive to get it out.

Thatguy321 · Answer

I have in snow haha we were stuck for 15 minutes in my truck.. Overdrive, all the gears and nothing i couldnt get out

MichealW · Answer

Never so far. I do not have my own car, so I do not drive a lot.

PeterPan11 · Answer

ha ha... ha... ha... we don't talk about that day anymore...

Anonymous · Answer

What is with his line? I have had several guys message me asking this

douride2 · Answer

I have been stuck in the snow with every vehicle I owned.

Anonymous · Answer

Definitely mud.  Usually some manipulation can get you free... Occasionally pushing.

wrestlingchick · Answer

this man hahahahahh

kalrodkal · Answer

Quite a few times

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