i will contribute to this thread, considering i got my rig pretty damn stuck not too long ago...

after one rainy day at school me and my friends decided to go off road up around my friends cabin near york, mt. after cruising down a trail that crossed this river several times, i was determined to cross it a 4th time and took a very bad angle at my approach and well, the rest is history...

yes, that is me climbing out of my sunroof. i am looking down in it to see how fast the passenger side was filling up with water. it was filling up rather rapidly.

I read through the links and the update has arrived.

Operation Snow White Rescue (Red Cone) - Rising Sun Member Forums

haha we gave him a bunch of crap about that.

A few of mine



Poor lil truck. Burried his 36's in this sneaky lil hole

Buddies POS jeep

Another guy buys a jeep and immediately thinks he can wheel! Not so much!

Jon- Nice pictures but one of them conerns me. The one of the lil truck burried his 36's. Looks like you had a strap hooked up from your front bumper and were going to give him a yank in reverse. That is never a good idea, sometimes unavoidable but still never a good idea. Anyways keep up the wheeling and keep up with the pics.

Not a bad stuck, was able to dig my self out. I was just trying to see how far I could get into the field. On stock size snows with 4.56. I didnt make it very far. Haha.

Really got stuck this weekend. Was driving down the road and hit a puddle, which pulled me far enough to catch the edge of the road. That then pulled me onto what I thought was the shoulder... ended up being a four foot ditch full of water with grass growing through it. Needless to say, I was watching water flow in through my passenger side door and the floor board. In fact, the water damage totaled out the vehicle. I'm keeping her though... pulled all the carpet and dried it out. Just need to figure out why the airbag light is on...

The police officers that showed up to help out were fun to joke around with. Had them cuff me for the pic.

From October 4, 2011

You own the best worst stuck story ever Labrum777..ROFL!!!!!!!

Good luck reviving the truck. though.

@blcktpgsr thanks! Wish I didn't though! Insurance came through which is awesome... I have new headlights on the way, new carpet from stockinterior, weathertech digitalfit floor mats, and a recovery shackle that should be coming in the mail here pretty soon. The whole thing is turning out to be a blessing in disguise!

What's the story here? Looks like someone thought they had a amphibous 4runner?

Nice flip flops... totally prepared for wheeling... lmfao

Thats just crazy!


"The story first hand:

I live in Denver and frequently drive up to Vail for work, which was the case early in October. It was a nice warm day and a friend was visiting from Chicago. I decided to drive up 285 to give him a taste of Colorado (he was considering moving here at the time). Having a difficult time saying no to any mountain adventure, I decided to see what condition the trail up through Webster pass was in. Once there I couldn’t resist checking to see if the Red Con gate was open. Having done Red Cone 3 or 4 times prior I assumed the gate would be closed this time of year but was pleasantly surprised to see it wasn't. Had a full tank and thought why not.

Once we got to the summit I asked my friend to scope out the three descents that drop down to the top of Webster. Mistake #1

(As you've all deducted by the handicap plates I can't move around all that great. Spinal cord injury 10 years ago left me with paralysis and I manage my transportation with wheelchair, crutches, my beloved cruiser and anything else I can strap myself on to for fun)

My friend returns from his recon mission and reported a bit of snow on the trail but nothing the cruiser couldn't easily manage. I take his word for it. Mistake #2

First decent: Dry, no problem.

Second decent: Snow, sliding with little control of speed, only direction (no brakes, low, 1st gear)

I manage to stop 20ft prior to the narrowest section (where death is certain if you slide off to the left) only to find there was a snowdrift 3-4ft high. At this point I realize the magnitude of our problem. As I assume most if not all of you have done this trail you know I have no way of getting back up the hill at this point.

Worth noting that as this whole trip was off the cuff all my recovery gear was left at home (novice mistake for which I'll never forgive myself) and I never checked the various websites for trail conditions.

I tried going slightly off the right side of the trail and immediately started side-sliding down. The rock is so loose that traction is impossible. I realize all is lost. Parked the car where you see it now and fell asleep for the night. Around 1am a buddy shows up to rescue us. The hike down to his car 50 yards below Webster (south side) was a two hour adventure in itself but we managed to get back home around 6am (all three wives pleasantly pissed off).

Woke up a few hours later to try and organize a recovery mission. Rocky Mountain Rescue and the Forrest Service gave me a few names of people that constantly rescue idiots like myself. Everyone turned me down until the following day, which brought with it a massive snowstorm. From that point on nobody was willing to help me out.
Four months later (last night 11:30) the police showed up at my mom’s house asking for me. Half hour later they call my house in Denver to inquire about my truck which apparently made it’s way on to a few websites over the weekend and someone called it in. Being a fan of Rising Sun and i8mud I immediately checked and discovered the fate to date of my beloved cruiser.

From the beginning I should have hit you guys up for help. Mistake #3

Worth noting that I’ve been an avid 4x4 enthusiast for most my life. Growing up in the mountains I dreamed of one day getting my hands on an FZJ80. After a few Toyotas I finally found her in the fall of 09’ with 73,000mi (1993) and pulled the trigger. I was saving up to get her more equipped over this winter and have plenty of adventures in the years to come.

It was painful to see these pictures and now I’m not so sure of what I’m in for when I get her down. I’m committed and will do everything in my power to get her back in form.

So there you have it, first hand. I should of reached out to the Toyota tribe prior, and it f…. kills me to read that there was support to get her out before the conditions got to bad. I reach out to you now and hope some of you are in for a recovery mission as soon as the mother nature permits.

Thanks for the concern and sarcasm.

PS. My buddy from Chicago is now a proud resident of Colorado."

Yanked my buddy out of this puddle last weekend:



Note the floating piece of broken bumper from a previous stuck that obviously didn't turn out as well...

Annual trip to Montana, went mudding a little and hit an air pocket, because the place I was at was near the water, the ground is very soft underneath, even if its as hard as a rock and dry on top. Caused my front passenger tire to fall all 33" of my tire plus more up to my bumper in thick mud, after trying to tow me out from behind with my dad's 2WD Tundra (which failed), shoving wood underneath and at the ends of the tires, digging and digging out thick mud, I finally had the idea to just winch out to my left to a tree instead of going out behind, where I was thinking the whole time I should go. Made it out pretty safe, here are some pictures.

went out to the lake heading back to my favorite spot and you have to cross a little bit of the lake to get there and i have never seen it more then a foot deep so i walk out a few feet to make sure it didnt drop off....guess i didnt walk out far enough. motor shut off cab filled with water horn started going off and my lights turned on. took 2 trucks to pull me out once we got it out had to pull all the plugs and crank the motor over to get all that water out of the cylinders, then we just left my runner there for the next 3 hours while we continued to our spot then came back put the plugs in and drove it home started up fine ran a little sluggish while it steam cleaned the motor about 3 miles down the road went back to driving normal. changed all fluids no water in the oil i was surprised and she runs fine now. "knock on wood"