Stuck in the mud
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 07:36PM So Sunday we had bit more rain, a couple more inches on top of our already pretty saturated yard. Shawn noticed it was ponding up around where he parks the truck (ok, I know you can see where I'm going with this). There were a couple of mentions about perhaps needing to move the truck, but no action ensued. 
This is what it looked like Monday evening in Shawn's parking spot. That's not just surface mud. That's suck-you-down-to-China mud.
So Monday, he tries to back up. No dice. So he hits upon the idea to just go forward, around the carport, to the old driveway in the backyard. I know this is what he was going for, but sadly he never made it. At 7:20 am, Monday morning, Shawn got the truck stuck in the backyard. Thankfully, he stopped before he dug to China. No big deal as we work in the same building, so carpooling was a no brainer. Monday night we scurried home, trying to beat sunset so we weren't trying to de-suck the truck in the dark. Since he was on flat ground and not dug in too far, I was really hoping that we (along with his Dad) would be able to push it out. If that didn't work, there was a very real possibility we would have to call in a tow truck due to 1) the truck was perpendicular to the old driveway, 2) neither of our Dads have 4 wheel drive which would have limited their range to the old driveway, and 3) the old driveway was about 15 feet from the truck. I didn't want to even contemplate our neighbors laughing their butts off at us having to have a tow truck get our vehicle out of the backyard.
Thankfully, pushing worked.
This was the extent of the damage.
Not too bad.
We were in such a hurry to start pushing so we could move on to plan B in the daylight, I didn't get a picture. These are a bit anti-climatic.
Shawn immediately headed to the car wash to dispense with the offending dirt particles.
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Reader Comments (3)
It must just be that time of year... My husband called me on Sunday morning to come tow him out of a ditch with my Defender. He'd veered off the road trying to dodge a bunny. Apparently the road was not quite as wide as it appeared under all the snow.
Unfortunately all the ice on the road kept me from pulling him out so we had to get a game warden with a hand winch to slowly hoist his FR2 out. Thankfully the only damage at the end of the 4 hour ordeal was to his ego. ;-)
Saving a bunny is at least a noble reason to hit the ditch!
When did Shawn get a new truck??