Pulled a huge chevy with 35's out of the mud!

JayRolla

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Man I wish I had pics, but it was a fun day. I went to a local fishing spot I have not been in years. I was in my T4R with my wife and 4 year old daughter.

When pulling in I see a huge mid 80's Chevy Truck. Had 35's with tons of lift, chrome all over, the entire package. I get to the lake and there is a huge spot where people mud and you can tell it was thick and deep, something I was not going to venture into.

After a minute I notice the Chevy trying to go through. I tell my wife with his A/T tires there was not way he was going to make it. She didnt believe me and like I said they got stuck. So I take my little 4runner over and ask if they need help. They say "NO" and kind of laugh like I was too small to pull him out. They said they had a buddy coming.

So I leave and do some fishing and family time, I get back and about 2 hours later they are still stuck, have tons of wood and rocks under it and are covered in mud. I ask again, "need some help". They say "OK". Next thing you know I have them pulled out in about 15 minutes with a little bit of low gear action with no trouble and they where completly amazed. I love these little beasts.
 
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Same stuff happened to me, they said "you aint got enough weight son"

So I just let their as5's sit in the mud.. 45 mins later, another t4r pulled them out -_- weight my a5s!
 
Yea I didnt bring my camera with us and I have a crappy phone since my Atrix 4g died. I could have used my wifes old 3g iphone but I was having too much fun pulling them out.
 
I love it when small capable rigs pull this kind of stuff off. I don't have any good 4Runner stories yet, but I just got the truck. I had an old 55 Willys CJ5 that was pretty stock and I'd laugh when some EXTREME full sized rig was all hung up and I'd motor up and offer to winch them free. :D. Saw a Sammi pull a big fullsize Chevy out of the sand once (idiots in their giant 4x4 didn't bother to air down or lock the hubs)
 
lol, i bet they're scouring craigslist fer one'nim tiy-yoders (assuming their rednecks, they would be in my area...)

Ohh they where the full package, cloths, talk, walk and truck. It was the best time I ever had with my truck. I bet they would have got mad if I tried to take pics. LOL
 
Man I love stories like that it's perfect when u get to show up to those who think that our little yotas can't do anything, no story yet with the 4runner but when I had my 02 double cab trd with 35's I pulled out a mid 80's Chevy 2500 with 44's and a bed full of people out of a frame deep mud hole with ease their jaws just dropped and I laughed. I love toyota
 
I've pulled a dually out of some thick mud in the center median of a highway he was trying to turn around because the traffic was stopped. I had my cb in and all the truck drivers were talking there is no way he will pull that out. Sure enough I pulled him out and I was $40 richer haha.
 
You prob snatched him pretty good huh? You're at a huge weight disadvantage with the 4Runner compared to a full size truck. Whenever I got my 2500HD stuck it usually took multiple trucks in a daisy chain to pull me out.
 
It's all about the low range. Our 4Runners weigh just enough that the low side of the transfer case really will do the trick. I pulled a Ford F-150 WITH a trailer 75 yards up over hill in a blizzard once with my old '99. I had siped M/T's on it, so that helped too.
 
I did however get pulled out by an older taco once with my 2500 but I was barely stuck. But I was glad he was there because I had water quickly flooding in the cab
 
Couple weeks ago I helped this guy in a Grand Cherokee out of some mud. Never touched the gas pedal, I just idled him out of the mud, lol. As soon as I popped it into drive and let off the brake he was out. Afterwards he asked me if I used my locking rear diff. When I told him mine didn't have the locker, he actually said "are you sure?"
I ROFLed...
 
So basicly, we need a rear glass sticker reading ...
OFFICIAL RESCUE VEHICLE FOR[SIZE="2"[SIZE="2"][/SIZE]]INSERT YOUR MAKE HERE[/SIZE]
 
My wife's side of the family is all big Ford truck guys and they tease here and their but they always acknowledge my truck's capabilities and off road prowess in stock trim.
 

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