a1racer

i was snow wheeling two weeks ago when a guy was stuck on the road leading to the trail another 4 wheeler stopped with his blazer sporting a winch we hooked it up pulled him back and before he could unhook the winch the guy started driving luckily it was attached to his hitch so he did not loose any body panels or anything but we sat there and laughed at him for a while as he tried to leave.

Long Island XJ

Well I'm at home looking out my window at 16 inches of snow and yearning for summer. I've never pulled any one from snow, but have helped a few people out on the beach. "Democrat Point" My very favorite Fishing grounds. Its on the south shore of Long Island forming the the Fire Island Inlet. One night after striped bass fishing we were heading home. Up a head all we could see was the beams of head lights pointing right up in the sky. As we approached we came up to a WJ and four guys drunk with its rear end completely buried. So my friend and I got out and try talking to them. First I checked their air pressure, 35Lbs. I run 31s and depending on the weather can go down to 10Lbs. Second no permit, that was enough for me not to help them right there. Keith shouts over to me you look at this, they didnt even have the Jeep in 4wheel drive. So we left them. Only one tow company on long Island has a contract with New York to operate on park land. They charge $250 just to show up and asses the problem.
I know this thread was about snow, but I needed something warm to think about. Hope it got all in the mood for summer.

fivendime

I would have left them too after finding out that much info as well. People like that give our whole group that dreaded bad name....whatever it may be.

jeep_guy3

anytime i pull someone out in the snow, i ALWAYS hand them the end to hook up to there car, I will double check to make sure that it is going to stay and not come off, if they want to hook it to a bumper i say let them! I had a guy insist that it was ok, i kept telling him that it was a bad idea and to find a spot on the frame or a hook and he insisted that nothing was gonna go wrong and he had done it before... sure enough i started pulling out and looked back and the bumper was about to come all the way off so i stopped and told him to find someone else and drove away. i figure if i have them hook up there end i am no longer held liable

Oregon

That is hilarious...
Went ice fishing last weekend and my dad got his Polaris stuck. The snow was nice and frozen on the way in, but getting soft by the time we left. There was about 3 feet of snow on the roads, but great fishing. Anyways we were able to finally get him out with my winch a ****** block and a couple cables/chains.

I was stuck after that, but we used a shovel and the winch on the Ranger to get me back on top of the snow.

If any one is going to play in the snow at-least take a shovel and a winch or come-along.

Starbuck75

Ive pulled two people out this winter. I pulled my buddies Chevy Sonnoma out twice And a car out of the ditch in 30 seconds. Ive got kick *** winter tire with huge amounts of grip on slick roads. My friend plowed his Sonnoma into the ditch a couple miles from his house, It wasn't in really bad though the snow was up to the box haha, i pulled him out in 10 seconds with all four spinning haha, he doesnt doubt my cherokee anymore haha

b4d93r

My story:
Back in 97 when Denver got hit by the blizzard I was headed to work in my old Subaru 1600 (God I loved that car!) I got passed 3 times by this guy in a little Celica. He was from California (by his license plate) I pulled him out the first 2 times and told him to take it easy, you can't drive like that in this stuff. He laughed the second time and said "I know what I'm doing!". Needless to say the third time he was stuck I pulled up and said "Yep, you sure know how to get stuck!" and drove off. I saw him try to hit me with a snowball as I headed off.

jcherokee94

i know it sounds dumb but, make a little contract ordeal saying if you damage anything on their vehicle they cant take it to court or anything and make them sign it.

b4d93r

It's not dumb but a good precaution.

I'm not a lawyer but I know in most states they observe the "Good Samaritan" law. Which protects regular citizens from this kind of stuff. It's designed for things like CPR and first aid among other things. In this case I can only guess it would be viewed as "You and the stuck party made a verbal agreement for you to tow them out. As long as all safety precautions were taken (In other words you followed all saftey practices and didn't do anything that would be malicious) and damage resulting to the other party's vehicle happened due to circumstances beyond your control then you are not reliable for said damages.

Last I checked a "verbal agreement" is stronger than a written one. Why I don't know and never understood that. Something that would negate the Good Samaritan law would be if you charged for the tow. At that point you become a business in the eyes of the court and you must adhere to basic business practices. Unless you are a bank, which we all know they don't have to adhere to those.

drummerwookie

during the winter, ill drive around in my YJ looking for people that need help, since thats the jeep that has the winch..but i cant charge them for it....and even if they offer it to me, unless it was a LOT of work, or my winch or strap breaks or something like that happens, i wont even take what they offer me

drummerwookie

one time, i offered to pull a fellow in a ford taurus out of some deep snow

first of all, this road wasnt plowed and had about 14 inches of snow on it yet...he didnt live on the road, and had no reason to be on the road, so he shoulda used his better judgement when he could clearly see that there was to much snow for his domestic front wheel drive sedan to get thru, considering it was 14 inchs for the whole length of the street..just just in spots where he could plow thru, but the whole thing

second of all, once he got stuck, he kept the the gas to the floor trying to get out, and he blew his engine...

so, i offer to pull him out, but i knew that there was a big chance, since there wasnt anything sturdy on his car to hook to, and since i was just going to be pulling dead weight equal to 3800 pounds thru snow higher then his front bumper, that i may break or bend something...so i told him that something was probably going to break, and if that happens, that he needed to agree with me he was not going to come after me and sue me....and i told him, if he doesnt agree, thats fine, but he was going to have to get some one else to pull him out

so he agreed....and sure enough, the toughest piece of metal on that car to hook to was a suspension arm...not sure exactly what it was called, but it was a fairly solid piece of steel....

but the time i got him out, it was bent all outa shape...and he never did try to make me pay it...so the agreement musta stuck...i felt bad, but at the same time, he had no business taking that car down a road like that....when the road he was on before, was perfectly plowed

justin

i love snow

XJ?2010

nice at least you did your best.. I was probally the LCA that you hooked too

peicherokee

heres one, I live in PEI way on the east, and me and my brother came across a poor sole half in a ditch once and we stopped to try to help get im out tried pushing no dice, grabbed the tow strapped hooked it up to our tow hook and threw the fella the other end and u will never guess what he did......popped his trunk and tried to attach it to his trunk latch,my brother in his truck me on the other end pushing didn't notice what the hell he did started tuggin luckily it came out and the latch staid and we seen what he did and pretty well roled on the road laughing.......shook our head told him to neeeever do that again and left...still funny to this day.....