Best/Most Embarrasing STUCK photo's !

[glen_ep Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close glen_ep]

Im surprised no-one has dobbed Glenn in on this one yet

LMFAO! Good one Glenn!
(but that's not like you??)

[KAKADAZ Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close KAKADAZ]

After a full day in soft sand ,tracks sand dunes etc I got stuck on the last little hill of the day...I got pulled off the hill then drove straight up and over second time with a little more herbs...

[wooley Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close wooley]

great photo, where is it? sand looks amazing.

[KAKADAZ Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close KAKADAZ]

great photo, where is it? sand looks amazing.

Thanks it's at the back of Wedge island in Perth.

[VXWesty Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close VXWesty]

might be time to purchase a set of maxtrax there VX westy? for self recovery. cheers samo

I would have loved to have a set on me just to know what they are capable of doing. Oh well... next time maybe?

[dermie75 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dermie75]

great photo, where is it? sand looks amazing.

I was thinking the same thing. That sky is just amazing.

[adam's prado Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close adam's prado]

Hi all just found these pics from our little trip up to Lancelin a couple of months ago just to show off my lack of sand dune driving skills well as they say learn from your mistakes thats what i did just as well we were with mates who new what they were doing and taught us a few things all in all great day no damage except my pride.

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Forgive me if this has been up before, but it think it fits the description...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQlXwJ7mr4

[MrX Member Find all posts View Profile Close MrX]

Bump - deja vu

Providence Portal, Lake Eucumbene driving around the "dry" lake bed. It doesn't look like much, but was stuck here for several hours and finally got out after dark.

I tried packing whatever I could find (rocks, twigs, etc) under the wheels, but the Prado just kept sinking further into the mud. It was the kind of mud that was even hard to pull your foot out of as you were walking around because it was so sticky... Finally, with the help of a passer by, we used the spare tyre as a ground anchor in a sandy bit and winched out (even that took quite a few goes because the tyre would just keep being pulled out of the sand).

Here another shot of the mess I had to clean up:

I had to bump this thread when I saw this post... This was me on Sunday. A family trip to the snowys, having fun exploring every side trail I could find, when all of a sudden I find myself slipping all over the place.... then stop.

Just last week, I bought a set of Maxtrax, which I almost didn't bring because they didn't fit elegantly on the roof next to the luggage pod and skis. At the last moment I threw them in the back, which as it turns out was a great move.

That mud looks like nothing until you go past the point of no return. I was running stock road tyres at highway pressure so once I stopped, she wasn't going to move. No amount of diff locks, traction control, crawl mode, multi terrain settings, low range, was going to move the Prado.

I got the Maxtrax out and did a bit of digging and placed them under the wheels, but still no go. After two goes at it and the driver's foot-well starting to look like the one in the above post I had one of those forehead slapping moments... tyre pressure! How could I be so dumb... anyway I did some more digging around the back of the front wheels and put the Maxtrax in place, then dropped the pressures down to just under 20PSI, back in the car and just like the advertisements on YouTube, after a little wheel spinning out she popped right out. I basically had no control where I was going, gravity was pretty much controlling my destiny at that point but at least I was moving. Eventually it hit some dry ground and I stopped to assess the situation.

So about 45 minutes after getting stuck and not too much feedback from the passenger seat as how I should listened and not gone that way, I was pretty happy that we were able to get ourselves out of the pickle. The kids in the back didn't even stop watching the DVD. I know it isn't much when it comes to some of the stories here but for a newbie to this game it was still a bit of an air punching moment I pretty much destroyed a pair of shoes and there was no way the Maxtrax were going back in the car now so to hell with elegance, out came the occy straps and on the roof they went.

Where this happened was not Providence Portal as above but on a side track on the road to the Old Adaminaby township, but it looks as though there are springs that bubble up through the ground at certain points because it was high above the lake's waterline and everywhere else around the ground was dry. Unfortunately at the time I did not think to take photos but as I said, the above pictures sum it it up nicely.

Here are some pics of the aftermath





This side little adventure aside though, Lake Eucumbene is the best place explore with a 4wd. It has a bit of everything and is pretty safe if you aren't silly. One section we explored was further west, that was essentially a flood plain that had become part of the lake and was at one point under water but not for ages (probably 80's) and the foliage had all grown back, yet the old roads were still there, sort of, so it made for some great exploring.

Photos of the area - well recomended





Now that they are all dirty, does anyone know where I get some Maxtrak polish from?

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Just last week, I bought a set of Maxtrax, which I almost didn't bring because they didn't fit elegantly on the roof next to the luggage pod and skis. At the last moment I threw them in the back, which as it turns out was a great move.

Now that they are all dirty, does anyone know where I get some Maxtrak polish from?

No polish but I've got a solution on where to store them!

[MrX Member Find all posts View Profile Close MrX]

No polish but I've got a solution on where to store them!

Well that's a shame.... I would hardly want to display them so prominently if I cannot get back that pristine orange luster.

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Here's another embarrasing Moment (thankfully no PP Sticker...) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&type=1&ref=nf

[The Alberto Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Alberto]

Here's another embarrasing Moment (thankfully no PP Sticker...) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...&type=1&ref=nf

WHOOPSEY!!! Thats a bad way to end a camping trip! I wonder who had the giveway sign?

[MrX Member Find all posts View Profile Close MrX]

Since we are playing...





DIY drive-thru

[Tazdevil Moderated member Find all posts View Profile Close Tazdevil]

Its not stuck if you meant to park it there