Tonight I was standing in line to go see Avatar when my friend got a phone call from a friend who said they were stuck in the mud out at Trabuco Canyon. It was roughly 9 PM. I immediately said I'm down to help with the recovery. We got our tickets refunded, jumped in my truck and ran home. Grabbed all my recovery gear (already in boxes), and some plastic bags (read: mud) and we were on the freeway. Found them about half a mile in to the trail. He was burried in some deep mud up to his axles. I first tried a straight pull and I just slid toward him. I then hooked up my snatchblock and again, still slid. At this time I disengaged 4wd and with my truck in 2wd low and rear locker, I dug my rear tires in. It was smooth sailing from here on out. My camera's focus was broken so the video is fuzzy, but all it is is a video of me winching out a jeep, also using a snatch block. If anything you can totally see the Jeep owner almost eat shit in the mud!
Oh and those that have offroaded with me have probably seen my "Jeep Recovery Vehicle" license plate frame... I earned that today!
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