$200 if you wanna pull somone out in baton rouge

[2000xj4x4]

a friend of mine got his jeep stuck in baton rouge LA if anyone is willing to pull him out he said he would pay 200.

[BlueCuda]

Its bad karma to charge someone for an extraction. If anything I generally ask for them to follow me to the car wash and pay for me to wash my junk. The few times I have been called for a recovery it seems to be within hours of a full detail lol.

Hope your friend finds someone.

[suthernoutlaw]

you cant get him out?

[Muddy89XJ]

Johnathan you Jeep is weak...you cant do it lol.

[coastie124]

For 299 he could go to harbor freight and get an 8000lb winch. Shouldn't be wheeling without something to get yourself out. Could always block and tackle.

[fubar XJ]

No-one you know has a winch? Can't just line-pull him back out the way he went in?

Worst-case scenario, go buy a come-along and strap him out with that. Use a tree or your tow hooks as an anchor. Takes a fair bit of manual labor, and after you're done, you'll be motivated to buy a winch.

[little red cheroke]

No-one you know has a winch? Can't just line-pull him back out the way he went in?

Worst-case scenario, go buy a come-along and strap him out with that. Use a tree or your tow hooks as an anchor. Takes a fair bit of manual labor, and after you're done, you'll be motivated to buy a winch.


come a long would be a lot cheaper than $200 ive used one to recover my jeep a few times b/c i cant afford a winch

[85cherokeechief]

Too bad I don't have my jeep in town. I would go up there and do it just for fun. I just live in Mandeville. I might know someone that would pull him out though. How bad is the trail up to where he is stuck? Would a stock truck be able to make it? A buddy of mine has a dodge one ton and a f250 and he would probably do it if he could make it to the jeep.

[goodburbon]

la4x4 forum would have been a better place to ask for help. I could help if he's still out there, but that was 12 hours ago and I don't have my cell on me. PM me with a number if he still needs help and I will call back as soon as I am near a phone.

[Begster]

No-one you know has a winch? Can't just line-pull him back out the way he went in?

Worst-case scenario, go buy a come-along and strap him out with that. Use a tree or your tow hooks as an anchor. Takes a fair bit of manual labor, and after you're done, you'll be motivated to buy a winch.

You know whats a lot better and faster. Take about 2 straps, and a come along (not needed but usefull to get rid of slack). Attach the two straps together, then one side to a tree.(If trees are around) The other side to the come along and then to the Jeep. Get about 3 or 4 guys, have them get in the middle of the straps, and push as hard as they can perpendicular to the straps while someone is in the Jeep giving it some gas. It really works, my professor went over it in Physics.

One thing I found useful when wheeling at my friend's place in VT over one weekend, its always useful to have a car load of Engineers with you if you can't get back up a muddy hill at night. I also learned there are no such things as "quick ride out in the woods" and could mean getting back at 3:30am.

[coastie124]

You know whats a lot better and faster. Take about 2 straps, and a come along (not needed but usefull to get rid of slack). Attach the two straps together, then one side to a tree.(If trees are around) The other side to the come along and then to the Jeep. Get about 3 or 4 guys, have them get in the middle of the straps, and push as hard as they can perpendicular to the straps while someone is in the Jeep giving it some gas. It really works, my professor went over it in Physics.

One thing I found useful when wheeling at my friend's place in VT over one weekend, its always useful to have a car load of Engineers with you if you can't get back up a muddy hill at night. I also learned there are no such things as "quick ride out in the woods" and could mean getting back at 3:30am.

Yeah that's great but a freaking winch is even easier. And if I had 200 to offer someone to pull me out, then I'd have 300 I'd be willing to put toward a winch. For now I'll stick with the come along. It doesn't require a few buddies to push in the middle or someone to be on the gas. Just a strong arm.

[Begster]

Yeah that's great but a freaking winch is even easier. And if I had 200 to offer someone to pull me out, then I'd have 300 I'd be willing to put toward a winch. For now I'll stick with the come along. It doesn't require a few buddies to push in the middle or someone to be on the gas. Just a strong arm.
Well ya, but for someone who doesn't have a "freaking winch" and there were suggestions for a comealong, I was giving some advice to what might work better. Thats nice, you'd have 300 for a winch, but what about the bumper that the winch needs to mount to?

I'm sure he could get a few friends to help him out, and I was suggesting something that works a lot better than a comealong. Its a foot or so at a time with the comealong, and a slow coming, vs. a method that goes faster and yeilds a greater distance gain per each pull. If he's stuck in some deep mud, a come along won't always pull him anywhere, even if you have a strong arm. Where as what I said has more advantage and would work better than a single come along. We abandoned the comealong because we weren't getting anywhere with it.

[coastie124]

Maybe I should explain myself better. I'm not saying your wrong. I just think people should think things through better. I won't go wheeling in a place that I think I might not be able to make it out of. Some people go wheeling in places at times they shouldn't. Don't get me wrong. If a buddy in my club gets stuck somewhere's I'll go pull him out. If he was being stupid I'd expect a beer out of it. But you should be prepared for problems. A winch (ahead of time) or block and tackle if your a broke joke like me. As for the whole winch plate thing. I've actually tied a winch to a tree and winched from there before to get a knucklehead out of a river. This was one of those guys who just wasn't thinking and ruined the whole day of wheeling. That was a few hours of winching to get him to a place we could get another truck to. And yes he got us all a beer. Didn't mean to offend you. Was not my intention. As a strong user of physics (use it everyday :)) I agree that in a pinch you could use this technique. Though just remember what goes up must come down. So if you get that cherokee half way up out of a nice little rut or hill and it slams back down it's going to at least throw your buddies on the ground if not hurt them. Then if that line or cable snaps then you have to watch out for the potential energy of the cable under tension. Snap back can be a pain. So to save you having to call your buddies and buy a beer, and to save them from having to lose a limb in a accident just use a winch or comealong and be safe about it. :cheers:
Seriously though. I've witnessed snap back first hand on a Coast Guard Cutter and it's not something to play around with. I know your cherokee won't have the same effect a 12strand line being pulled on by a cutter. But the end result could be just as bad.

P.S. as an aircraft mechanic I hate engineers. j/k