Is this stuck 2020 4runner anyone on the forum?

[03_4x4Runner]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_6UAIIes8Q&t=380s&ab_channel=Matt%27sOffRoadRecovery

It looks like when I copy and pasted to link I was part way through the video. you may have to start it from the beginning.

 

[Blue 4ever Runner]

I don't know if it is or not but he probably could have gotten out of that himself by having his buddy stand on the back bumper and get that rear tire back on the ground then backing up. It might not have been that easy but it looked like it to me.

 

[ryguytheman]

I don't know if it is or not but he probably could have gotten out of that himself by having his buddy stand on the back bumper and get that rear tire back on the ground then backing up. It might not have been that easy but it looked like it to me.

I thought the same thing. Sure, he's stuck, but it looks manageable with a little effort. Pretty clear that they had no idea what they were doing though, the next guy that happened upon them could have done the same thing for free.

 

[mo_mo]

Clearly needs to add some ditch lights.

 

[Tuco Ramirez]

I came here to post the same video. I too think they coulda got out if they did a little juju, but can’t hate on them for being cautious about their new ride and calling Matty. Also, they are out there doing stuff so props to them.

 

[EddieV4runnin]

It’s mine

 

[jrandom]

Not sure what he was trying to do in the first place, turn around?

 

[Drobs]

I think he was worried about rolling it. Nose down at an angle down hill.

 

[NotaTRD]

With all the room it looked like he had to turn around on that part of the trail, it’s hard to imagine the driver would choose the worst spot to do it in.

 

[doc1303]

It also looked like he could have freed himself. That angle did look tip-worthy and also the passenger side underbody might have caught on some roots/rocks underneath.

 

[delloro]

I came here to post the same video. I too think they coulda got out if they did a little juju, but can’t hate on them for being cautious about their new ride and calling Matty. Also, they are out there doing stuff so props to them.

This is a bit dramatic, but "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

 

[Drobs]

This is a bit dramatic, but "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt is who you meant to reference on that quote.
And I agree with you and Tuco.

I had my 4Runner off road with in the 1st week of owning it. Only way to learn off roading is by doing. Getting stuck and getting unstuck is 1/2 the fun.

 

[03_4x4Runner]

I think what happened is the guy was turning off the main trail onto a smaller trail. This is common in the western states. What the guy did not realize is that the smaller trail was washed out from a rain storm in the past and he fell into the rut. It is fairly common in the desert for a normal trail to get washed out like this after a big rain. Even the main trail leading to where he was stuck is rutted and washed out in places.

 

[jrandom]

In the olden days we learned how to 4x in an old beater, which was expected to dent, break, tweak and get stuck... just saying. I guess this is just part of the whole prosumer era. Can’t say that I wouldn’t have loved to be out beating a
$50+k rig in my 20’s.

 

[delloro]

Theodore Roosevelt is who you meant to reference on that quote.

Ah yes, thanks. I have memorized that quote verbatim, but forgot who the author was. :wink2:

 

[JsinLegacy]

I think what happened is the guy was turning off the main trail onto a smaller trail. This is common in the western states. What the guy did not realize is that the smaller trail was washed out from a rain storm in the past and he fell into the rut. It is fairly common in the desert for a normal trail to get washed out like this after a big rain. Even the main trail leading to where he was stuck is rutted and washed out in places.

This is truth. See it a lot here in AZ.