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CapLock
06-26-2011, 22:11
Went up to the Henderson mine today because it's not too far from Golden. Took my son and a guy that works for me. First we went on a hike that took us above timberline. Couldn't believe how many people were back there skiing hiking and snowmobiling. Never did bother shooting due to large number of people. After the hike we decide to hit up the Urad Lake to see if we could catch a few trout.
After we settle in my 4 year old catches a small rainbow 5 minutes into fishing. Then after a total of 15 minutes of fishing a couple with their two kids ask it that's my 3/4 ton truck at the top of the hill. Fuck now what. I figured they ran into or something along those lines. Nope they tried to get a 2 wheel drive car all the way to the top and are now stuck with 2 wheels hanging over the edge. We go up the hill and drive down the road to see if we can help. So much for fishing. They have their car with both passanger wheels off the road on a slope you'd have a hard time walking down. Then if they had gone over they would have had about a 100 yard roll down the hill before ending up in the lake. WOW what a moron. You have your Pontiac Grand Prix 5 miles up a dirt road and decided when you saw snow just to keep on going. Squeeze between the snow drift and a near cliff. I bet the wife shit her pants cause her view from the passanger window had to be pretty grim.
This was a one way in and out type of deal. If he didn't move I couldn't leave. DAMN. Someone else had the tow strap. I was really worried that if his car went he could possibly drag my truck with it. I handed my employee my knife and told him that if at anytime he saw the car start to slide to cut the nylon strap. I had my driver door open so I could bail if needed. First try I just spun tires. Had a bucket of sand in the back of the truck and spread that down. Then was able to pull him right back onto the road. Picture doesn't do it justice. That was a STEEP slope. Also wanted to take more pics but I didn't get the camera out till the strap was on and it was time. After all that excitement we were done for the day and just came on home.

CapLock
06-26-2011, 22:16
Dead camera batteries.....

sniper7
06-26-2011, 22:22
glad you helped them. If there was a way to get around them I would not have risked my truck or wasted my gas or transmission. let them pay a tow truck driver to pull them out. I am sorry but pure stupidity like that deserves to learn a lesson.
Im sorry stupid people wasted your day with your son.

sbouslog
06-26-2011, 22:24
Good story! I have been in the same situation they were in but I was in a lifted wrangler. It's a scary feeling when you're on the side of a cliff and one or more tires are hanging off!

Elhuero
06-26-2011, 22:31
you done good.

Byte Stryke
06-26-2011, 22:50
This was a one way in and out type of deal. If we didn't finish pushing it over I couldn't leave.


[ROFL1]

Irving
06-27-2011, 00:43
I nearly got myself into a similar situation once. My truck was stuck in the snow, and the tires were on the very edge of a very steep slope. I wouldn't have had a chance if the truck went over. This was at the TOP of a switch back pass that was above timber line.

sneakerd
06-27-2011, 15:45
Annnd- they paid you how much for your good deed? If someone did that for me- I'd give them every penny I had in my wallet. You saved their proverbial asses.

Mtn.man
06-27-2011, 15:51
We mtn folk often wonder if they shouldn't have a Check Into the Mtns inspection for flatlanders, and a small test...LOL

Mtn.man
06-27-2011, 15:57
Riding the atv's on the divide we came across a group riding in a Caddy Escalade.
They wanted to know if we would take a picture of them petting the Goats...
What a bunch of Marroons.

TFOGGER
06-27-2011, 16:11
Riding the atv's on the divide we came across a group riding in a Caddy Escalade.
They wanted to know if we would take a picture of them petting the Goats...
What a bunch of Marroons.


Video would have been better....with Benny Hill music in the background...
KkxdE4OEYEQ

Ah Pook
07-01-2011, 13:18
We mtn folk often wonder if they shouldn't have a Check Into the Mtns inspection for flatlanders, and a small test...LOL
Just gate off the canyons all together.

Clint45
07-01-2011, 13:41
let them pay a tow truck driver to pull them out.

I don't think any AAA tow companies would drive up there.

Irving
07-01-2011, 13:51
They will, but they will charge you for driving on any distance that is not on a county maintained road.

Ranger
07-01-2011, 14:10
I go wheeling a lot and see idiots like these on the trails and always ask myself "what in God's name convinced you that your station wagon was going to make this?"

BlasterBob
07-01-2011, 14:50
We mtn folk often wonder if they shouldn't have a Check Into the Mtns inspection for flatlanders, and a small test...LOL

Back in the mid 1950's, when someone was driving from the lower 48 to Alaska on the Alcan highway, somewhere along the way, they had to pass an inspection of their vehicle, have a certain amount of cash and have their headlights kinda taped up to prevent them from being broken from all flying gravel when following someone else. Folks would buy a brand new vehicle down here, drive it up to Anchorage or Fairbanks and it would look like a very well worn/used vehicle when and IF it made it to their destination.

Mtn.man
07-01-2011, 14:56
OK today a Mitsubishi crossover towing 2 quads, haulin ass up the hill being passing cutting in being an ass.
Comes thru Pine junction where the road merges back to the right, thinks he's gonna beat a big truck that has about 100 times his HP and torque so he keeps her rolling trying to pass but trucker ain't letting up.
Guy dives into oncoming traffic, luckily no one coming puts her in the rocks and gravel on the opposite side, everyone slows down to give him and his woman the universal finger of love.
Maybe the dick will continue his weekend on a NOT ME FIRST note. ( he's a lucky fuk)

I'm done.

oinco
07-01-2011, 15:06
well, if nothing else- your son got to see his hero (you) do another good deed-kids are smart and they can sense dumb people as well as or better than we can. I think he will log this as a scenario he learned about people from.

sorry about cutting the day short.

CapLock
07-01-2011, 21:47
At one point I had to tell my 4 year old, "Don't Say That" when he tells the guy...."That things going in the water"!.

CapLock
07-01-2011, 22:44
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6026/5892523621_79d510121c_z.jpghttp://www.flickr.com/photos/acm_co/5892523621/

mx'r
07-01-2011, 22:53
He really would have shit his pants if you hit about 40 with the srap still hooked after pulling him out..[ROFL1]

Irving
07-01-2011, 23:31
How did they even get that far up into the snow? Hugging the shoulder?

Byte Stryke
07-01-2011, 23:38
How did they even get that far up into the snow? Hugging the shoulder?

probably riding on the crust

Mtn.man
07-02-2011, 09:13
Alcohol,,, will get ya farther than you want to go.

alxone
07-02-2011, 09:34
Alcohol,,, will get ya farther than you want to go.
homer said it best "ah , beer the greatest cause and solution to most of my problems "[LOL]

Mtn.man
07-02-2011, 09:40
[Beer]



[ROFL1]