pulled out two trucks and a crown vic today

December 15, 2015, 08:18:27 PM

Does noone know how to drive in snow or prepare for it anymore?

I drove my little brother into town to go to work. On the way out, there was a truck that got stuck in a ditch. Slid into it trying to pull out another truck that did the same. Since they were blocking the road and I had my tow rope, I got my tow rope out and started walking up to them. They both laughed at me and refused my help. After sitting for about 20 minutes I backed my car in anyways, told the guy to quit flooring it and straighten this wheels (only one tire in the ditch). This was a newer f-150.

I pulled him out fairly easily. As soon as he got unhooked he just drove off, didn't say anything and left the other guy. Second truck was a 2wd f-350 gas motor and he had two wheels in the ditch. I didn't think I'd get anywhere as the road was icy and I have an open diff. I wasn't gonna tear my car up either. He wanted me to take off and jerk him out hard. Instead, I pulled up the slack and pulled him until he got the rear tire out of the ditch, he then tried to floor it and started digging in again.

I told him to just hold his wheels straight and put it in reverse and not touch the gas and pulled him out pretty easily after. In the mean time, all these big trucks just drove by, didn't even offer to help. Lots of people yelled stuff at us and called us stupid as they drove by, mostly high school kids. We did get him out. He offered me compensation, but I let him go on his way.

Two blocks further down the road I saw one of my brothers co-workers stuck in a unplowed driveway. I stopped, again.... He's driven my brother home from work a few times, so I didn't mind helping.

This was a p71 crown vic with a locking rear axle. He had a buddy in the car flooring it while he tried to rock it. After I convinced them NOT to hook the rope to his trunk latch and hook it to the bumper, I had to pull into the street, blocking traffic to pull him out. One lady in a big jacked up f-350 did stop and offer help right as I got hooked up. I pulled acrossed the street into another drive way. Crown vic guy of course floored it and cranked the wheel, so I was dragging him sideways instead of straight on. This tow was much quicker and easier though as I was on relatively dry pavement and he was stuck high center on about a foot of snow. I'm glad I have the all season 275/60's out back, but even stock sized snow tires or a traction lock would have been most helpful today.

When I ran acrossed the street and unhooked him to let traffic by again, he took off. Didn't even say thanks or wave.

Some people. Learn to drive, or at least pack a small foldable shovel.

pulled out two trucks and a crown vic today

Reply #1 – December 15, 2015, 09:36:57 PM

I hate the "floor it" people. Ohio is full of them too.

I was hard-headed as a teen, and I learned my lesson flooring a stuck car; I sheared the output shaft off my AOD! Some people have to learn the hard way