Pulled a guy out of the ditch this morning. Made sure the strap was nice and safe, and went easy on his car. Pulled the guy out onto the pavement slow, and he kept coming and backed right into me. Luckily, most of the damage was to his caddy, but still, learned my lesson about being Mr. Nice guy.... next time just keep driving.....
that sux, well dont let that discourge u, good job on helpin a fellow in the ditch. ==roxx
sometimes you have to give people instructions. assume they have no Idea what to do.
I pulled somone out of a ditch Teusday afternoon. no problems. They were very thankful
a=f learned my lesson about being Mr. Nice guy.... next time just keep driving..... ==roxx a=f
if I pull someone out of the ditch its a friend or I dont do it
there has been more than one time that I just called a wrecker for someone in my ditch, they go in so deep I can't budge them with any of my rigs. People need to slow down.
No good deed goes unpunished.
i live on corner so anyone get stuck in my ditch i just sit back and watch them figure out how to get out and i usually wait for them to beg me for help after seeing my sami or other toy sitting on the driveway and i usually depend on the driver... if it just a 18 yrs old kid i say 20 bucks dawg....for driving recklessly ya know and if it older couple i usually waive that 20 bucks... so
I used to do recovery also, had the same issue w/cops. then, after 20+ yrs of truck driving and the roads packed with foolish 4 wheelers (reads: any vehicle with 4 tires) I came to the relization that, if they're in the ditch they probably put themselves there... they're no longer on the road and a hazard to my undercarriage/paint/chrome/drivers license/insurance co. etc...
If i was out in the middle of nowhere and i seen somone stuck i would help them out. Othere than that depends on the cirumstances
Quote from: hammerlane on January 24, 2007, 05:21:06 PM
I used to do recovery also, had the same issue w/cops. then, after 20+ yrs of truck driving and the roads packed with foolish 4 wheelers (reads: any vehicle with 4 tires) I came to the relization that, if they're in the ditch they probably put themselves there... they're no longer on the road and a hazard to my undercarriage/paint/chrome/drivers license/insurance co. etc...
I should ammend this statement -
Any body with children in the vehicle, I'm stoppin
and yes, it does depend on the area I'm in - in remote areas I will still stop and assist.
yea for sure if there are kids OOOORRRR maybe a good looking gal ==ha
Quote from: blaska on January 25, 2007, 08:42:09 PM
yea for sure if there are kids OOOORRRR maybe a good looking gal ==ha
Man Whore! I respect that!
loll i'll only pull out friends or people whom i know, if i dont like them, MAYBE ill hook up the strap around the bumper(or other easily torn off equipment, such as a tierod, tire, cv shaft, or something else of that matter) and "accidentally" tug on it a bit hard ==roll
==jk im not THAT NICE!
pulled some kids out a few years ago in the burb. they had that sheezy plastic rope and some ski rope tied around the bumpe of an exploder. the exploder couldnt get em out so i handed the car owner the clevis and told him to hook it to what he thought was strongest, i didnt want to rip something off so i gave him a good point to hook it to. got him out in 2wd after draggin him 30 yards through the ditch till thecar could get over the embankment. it was fun and it feels good helping others. i asked a cop about that last weekend when i help remove a tree that fell across the road, he said he never heard of such a thing as tampering with a accident scene or what not but said some cops can be jerks.
Quote from: mike on January 28, 2007, 02:21:38 AM
pulled some kids out a few years ago in the burb. they had that sheezy plastic rope and some ski rope tied around the bumpe of an exploder. the exploder couldnt get em out so i handed the car owner the clevis and told him to hook it to what he thought was strongest, i didnt want to rip something off so i gave him a good point to hook it to. got him out in 2wd after draggin him 30 yards through the ditch till thecar could get over the embankment. it was fun and it feels good helping others. i asked a cop about that last weekend when i help remove a tree that fell across the road, he said he never heard of such a thing as tampering with a accident scene or what not but said some cops can be jerks.
I believe the law states that if there is no property damage or personal injury you can extract them. On the other side of the coin I've seen cops get pissed because a person left the scene of an accident because they were extracted by a kind soul. Back in my tow truck days I would call all recoveries in to the authorities just to cover my butt. Most of the time when a cop comes out the driver is going to receive a ticket for failure to control their vehicle. I have worked some snow storms where the authorities wanted me to remove the vechicle even without a cop present because there were just too many calls for the police to respond too.
im always willing to help out..... cause i know someday for some reason that could be me.... my luck everybody i passed up, would be around that day. Might have something to do with that karma stuff!
somehting like this happened to me at the mounds. there was a cherokee on 44 boggers. and all of his friends around him and i was the only one that pulled him out and after i got him out i was backing down i a hole right next to him to turn around and he left me. after i got stuck and my driveshaft broke and went threw the trans pan. i was pissed. not saying i wont pull no one out jus not him and i know ho he is if he ever shows up gain
always help out, if i can , and never leave , anybody behind . not all feel that way . but it would be nice if they did .
I've pulled a few cars out of snow and ditches, never had a bad experiece.
When when I'm trail riding, I make sure the guy behind me makes it through, I won't leave someone behind (it's happend to me and it really pissed me off (was not a GOT MUD member))
I had a '85 CJ-7 back in the winter of 87-88 in Memphis...it snowed, just a little, but everybody freaked out, they closed the schools and businesses. I drove around all weekend, pulling people out of ditches for ten bucks...Paid for my gas, eats all weekend and made enough to buy some nerf bars for my Jeep! I had one guy go in the ditch between the roads on a divided highway...I stopped and asked if he needed help...he said yes...I looked at his car, a big old heavy buick electra 225...he didn't look stuck to me, so I asked him if I could try to drive it out...he said, "Sure, but it's stuck good!" I got in, rocked it back and forth 2 or 3 times, then drove it right out and on to the side of the road. He was all happy and excited until I asked for ten dollars for my services...He said,"you didn't even hook up to the car!" I told him,"I can put it back for you..." He gave me the ten bucks...
I will stop and help any time I am able to, can't let a bad experiance stop you from helpin' out! I like to help, gives a good impression of the mud boggers when they see us using our rigs for something other than tearin' up the pits!
i dont mind helping people if there drunk then its eisier to get money from them better then a dui!!!!! but if the cops catch u hmm not good
I like to think what goes around comes around and I try to help when I can, sometimes I got work or other obligations where I can't really help, or I am not equipped to help them out.
im going with blaska haha
man i would do the same and be nice because i wouldn't want someon e to be an ass hole to me
x2 Ive never charged a person a penny for helpin out when there stuck, brokedown or stranded, pay it forward, Ive had alot help me & wouldn't take a penny from me. pay it forward & what goes around comes back around....
Hence "Got Mud Recovery Team " ;)
Quote from: JeepinJohn on May 03, 2007, 10:47:17 PM
always help out, if i can , and never leave , anybody behind . not all feel that way . but it would be nice if they did .
I liked to help out where I could. Especially in the 'Burb with those great big WeGotMud stickers on the back so they know who helped!
i will stop and help anyone on the side of the road... just in the winter. if anyone here been bogging with me i will pull them out if my truck is not over heating. i remember this bog on delany road 2 years ago i pulled a hummer out and he gave me $100 and told me to take the GF out to dinner lol. applaudd then i told him to buy a real truck haha last yeah when we got that snow i pulled 13 people out of driveways/side of the road and i didnt take any money. i told them i was doing it cause i was bored :P
When I was a kid, I used to drive up and down our roads around the farm in our Allis Chalmers 190XT pulling stranded people out. Those were good times. First one I pulled out that winter was my dad! loll Told him he shoulda got 4x4!
I always stop if its a situation where i can help, i was helped the second week i had my licence i was showing off to my friends in my 87 dodge, dropped into 2nd and poped the clutch to fish tail down a dirt road, haha naturally i lost control and went into the swamp on the side of the road, had a rear tire bout 2 foot off the ground and the fronts totally burried in swamp muck. haha found out fast it didnt have a locker! had a guy stop and help me out so im workin on the karma! had a cocky guy in a lowered s-10 bury himself in a ditch right by my house during a snow storm, i stopped, hooked up and pulled, anytime i got i decent pull he would turn his wheel and make me lose all momentum, i did it bout 3-4 times and had to explain to him he was messin it up. gos to show just because you got a custom lil truck dont mean you know what the hell you doing!
help out when ever i can never charged any one but most people at least ofer or ask if they ow you anything most just make you take it cost them less then the tow bill
id help anyone out but i dont hook up their end and always treat them like they dont have a clue(give detailed instructions on what to do and when) broke plenty of stuff while doin so and dont get mad. figure i had a choice to pull or not but i get mad when the guys u pull out leave ya there and go out and play around ya
as long as i have time i allways stop for stuck people or breack downs, i been on the other end a few times and it sucks when you cant find any help
Quote from: Mikey on May 03, 2007, 07:32:56 PM
somehting like this happened to me at the mounds. there was a cherokee on 44 boggers. and all of his friends around him and i was the only one that pulled him out and after i got him out i was backing down i a hole right next to him to turn around and he left me. after i got stuck and my driveshaft broke and went threw the trans pan. i was pissed. not saying i wont pull no one out jus not him and i know ho he is if he ever shows up gain
that is some b.s.!
i always try to help someone... what goes around.... comes back around....
Quote from: Bigdaddy on December 12, 2008, 04:32:14 PM
x2 Ive never charged a person a penny for helpin out when there stuck, brokedown or stranded, pay it forward, Ive had alot help me & wouldn't take a penny from me. pay it forward & what goes around comes back around....
Hence "Got Mud Recovery Team " ;) Quote from: JeepinJohn on May 03, 2007, 10:47:17 PM
always help out, if i can , and never leave , anybody behind . not all feel that way . but it would be nice if they did .
i always try and help if i can. like a couple of you have said i never leave anyone behind. in the trailsespecially. if i got someone behind me i always stop and make sure they make it through. if not they have some one there to help out instead of waiting for someone. just good trail etticate