What's your worst stuck ever?

All I did was roll my CJ over in the snow and had to walk about 4 miles in 2 ft. of the white fluffy stuf to get to my tow rig.

Unless you concider ripping the steering box off of the frame of my rock crawler and welding it back on so that I could get out of where I was.  Now this rig has full hydraulic steering.

well i havent been stuck yet but its probally cause i've only been able to drive for 2 months but i have broke a few things. like all 10 ring gear bolts in my rear end. i have a locker in the rear and true track in the front. my truck is a 95' F150 with a 302 and 5spd tranny. now i have a few problems that will probably get me stuck some time.
1. im 16 years old and go wheelin' with my friends.ya lets just say we like to push the trucks limits.
2. the 5.0 has pretty good power especially when most of my friends drive hondas with 4-banggers.
3. the 5.0 with the ability to dump the clutch and the locker in the rear makes it very easy to get those 33" tires spinning and the ass end loose.
so i dumped the clutch one time and heard a loud pop in my rear end and a jolt and i knew i broke something. so i went to my friends house in 4wheel drive and took off my diff cover. and there lay all 10 of my ring gear bolts in the bottom of the housing. so in auto shop i took apart my whole rear end and 7 out of the 10 bolts were sheered off in the ring gear ao i had to weld a piece of allthread with some jamb nuts and un srecwed what was left of the bolts. my auto shop teacher was amazed that i knew how to pull axles and pull a diff. mabey cause im only in auto tech 1.
so i fixed my rear end and it workes fine still. now last weak me and my friend went wheelin' after school for his birthday. and we were climbing this hill. it was pretty steep but we pulled it fine so i rounded the top and started down the other side. the i heard a pop and grinding from my front end. but i couldnt find out what it was so i had my friend get out and listen to find out where the sound was comming from. he said he heard it on the passenger side so we got to looking and found the u joint where my axle shaft goes into the spindle i saw my u joint with 2 caps missing and my axle shaft  yoke where the u-joint sits were ripped apart. so i had to drive home in 2 wheel-drive and i lucklly didnt get stuck on the way back. so this weekend i have to tear apart the front end and replace my shaft and u- joint. wish me luck. but im shure ill get stuck soon so ill let u know when i do.  

I bet you were very cold and wet by the time you got home to get your recovery vehicle.

What year of CJ do you have and what kind of mods. have you done to it?

I actually have 3 trail rigs:

#1) 1957 CJ 5. I have installed a 1978 fully boxed frame, longer front fenders, spring over lift, full roll cage, summit seats and 4 point harnes's at both, the front diff is a late model Dana 30 with disc brakes,Waren axels, lockright and has been moved forward about 4 inches, the rear diff is a Dana 44 full floater, lockright and has been moved back to make a 94 inch wheel base, Chevy 305, Chevy TH350 trans, Dana 18 transfer case, The axels are geared to 4.88.  All work done in my shop by me. My wife drives this one when I take #2 out on the rocks. This started as a bone stock 57 CJ 5. 

#2) Scout boxed frame, 97 TJ tub, grill and hood, full width Dana 44 front with waren axels, locker and 5.38 gears, Dana 60 full width full floater rear axel, locker and 5.38 gears, custom roll cage, summit seats with full race harnes's, 327 Chevy with Edelbrock multi point fuel injection. Ford T18 trans with 6.38 granny low, Dana 20 transfer case with Tarra-Low 3.15 gears, Jeep Charokee front coils in the rear with 4 link, Ford Bronco front coil springs with 4 link, full hydraulic steering out of a forklift. The skid plate is 1/4 inch steel and coveres the trans and transfer case and has a lot of scratches on it. 37x13x16 boggers. This one is used in the rocks and has been driven hard and put away broken many times. this rig started as a $350.00 Scout and has been built by me. None of the work on this rig was done by others.

#3) 2004 Jeep Rubicon with a 3-1/2 inch lift, This is for the splash and giggle trips. IE: Sight seeing and what we call miled rock crawling. No dents or broken parts yet!!!----- Well scratched fender flares.

I live about 13 miles east of Bend, Oregon and there are plenty of places to play in the rocks and explore within 10 miles of my home.

Bet you didn't think that you were going to get my life story.

hmmwvs are ok, if you know how to drive them.  I have had to recover too many inexperienced drivers that get stuck in the mud.. they feel uneasy and let off the gas.. Its funny though,  i usually end up going through the same hole they got stuck in.  Sometimes we use 2 hmmwvs if its really stuck and have used 2 hmmwvs to recover a stuck duece and a half.. nobody believed me and the motor sgt when we said we could do it... I tend to use hmmwvs more for recovery in the field, if it rains 34lb wrecker will get stuck within feet of where it is parked.    
hmmwvs arent the best for a mud vehicle as they are diesel powered and lack the highend HP that you need to keep those tires spinning.  They do have the low end torque but lack RPMs..  I myself have never gotten stuck in a hmmwv..

As far as the HEMTT wreckers they are pretty darn cool, so are the m88 tank retrievers.. but i like the versatility of the crane on my wrecker.. plus the front and rear winch...
here is a link to a pic of my wrecker..

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/attachment.php?attachmentid=82500&d=1085756559

 My worst stuck has been in 12-15" of snow with my parents front wheel drive Grand Caravan with all-season tires.

I had to park in the backyard of the house my sister in college had rented a room. Reason is they ticket anyone for overnight parking and they had a driveway that only accepted 1 or 2 cars, and usually 3 or more ppl needed to park. Being typical college students no one could be bothered to shovel any snow, so they just drove on top of it to compress it. Unfortunately it was a long and narrow backyard. To get into and out of it I had to make a turn that was a maximum of 22 feet in radius between a row of trees in the middle of the yard and a fence at the back. (At the lock our Caravan can only turn a 19.5 foot radius) All the other cars were compact cars about 2-3 feet shorter than our van and had no problems.

The yard was also too narrow to turn the minivan around once I got in which meant if I drove in forwards, I'd have to go backwards the whole way through her backyard in a foot or more of snow. Not surpising while backing out I couldn't see so well so I might have wobbled the steering wheel to try to aim it while trying to maintain momentum and it'd veer off the packed snow, into the loose stuff and the tire in the loose stuff would drop 6-8" lower than the rest of the car, burying the underbody and beaching this beast. (lol)

I jacked up the car 4 different times, adding more material under the lower side until it sat level and was still stuck. This time, it was because the it was front wheel drive with a VERY open differential (for smooth turning) and while the stuck tire hadn't budged, the other tire spun fast enough to cause the snow under it to turn to ice, in a cup shape that exactly matched the tire.

I only got out by melting down through 6" of hard packed snow and ice under that one tire. We did it by bringing hot tap water out in jugs and kitchen pots and pouring it around the tire. After 30 min and probably 10 gallons of hot tap water I'd made it to solid ground and was able to continue backing out of the driveway.

This taught me how crappy all-season tires are in any soft and slick condition, so it really seemed funny since that so many 4x4's in Canada, bought to keep the owners from getting stuck in snow use all-season tires year-round.

The very next fall I bought some good snow tires for it and have never been stuck since...

I think that you sent this to the wrong person. I have jeeps. I have never been stuck in the mud. Where I wheel here in Eastern Oregon the mud is only about a foot deep at its best. This area is covered with lava rock. When we put in our well they drilled 780 feet through the stuff to get water.  

There's a lot of miles between us and I'm sure the terrain we're used to is very differnet but mud is still mud aint it ? 

When you get your K5 we could pull each other outa the really deep mud holes, but if we both have K5's there won't be anyone gettin stuck dude!  We'll have to bring someone with a ferd to laugh at!  Nah! getting stuck when ya get in over your head is half the fun!

The not so fun part is having to walk through mosquito infested swamps when your buddy with the ferd gets stuck and no one brought a cell-phone with them! It doesn't help when your buddy brings his lab along and sthe stupid dog goes running off into the trees and comes running out yelping with a visible black cloud of mosquitos right on his tail! That was just no fun at all! We had to walk more than 5 miles (after we stopped running) till we ran into a guy who let us borrow his cellphone to get some help. Some days are diamonds, and others are just a lump of coal!

Moral of this story: Somebody better bring a damn call-phone!

Cool wrecker dude!!   Ya can't beat those Rockwell axles!  I saw an old '73  K5 at a local truck show with Rockwell axles front and rear. What a monster! Made my beast look like a lap dog by comparison.

Those hmmwv probably have a lot of excess weight on 'em from all the armor plating. It'd be fun to strip one down to bare bones and let it fly. You have any of the specs on those as far as engine, t-case, axles, gears, lockers, etc..? Diesel don't have the take-off power of a gasoline engine. Except maybe for some of the modern street diesel trucks. I've seen many a one blow away a hot 1/4 mile car at the drag strip.

I agree, If ya let off the gas halfway through then you're f**ked! You almost have to leave your reasoning at the side of the road and let animal instict be your guide through the mud. The front & rear winches are big help too.

Ha! In most of Florida you dig down 10-12 feet and you're in the water. Nobody has a basement down here - big change from Connecticut where I was from originally. It's mostly dirty sand around here except in northern Fla where you get into 'Georgia Red Clay' That's where the red clay comes from used on baseball diamonds.

Mud is mud and Fords are Fords!

Yeah, I've already done the mosquito thing, as I was stuck in my Ferd right next to a pond in the middle of summer.

I myself still don't have a cell phone.

I'm not much of a phone person. I'd rather drive to someones house to talk to them in person. As for being in a stuck situation off of a well traveled road a cell phone would be nice to have. One of these days I will get one.

Actually, I was reading a book titled "The 4Wheeler's Bible" where I think it said there are several basic kinds of mud and dirt, and each kind places different needs on a 4x4.

There are 2 kinds of mud found in rivers, streams, ponds etc. Neither have good flotation, one has rocks, sticks and other large damaging debris in it.

Another is silt/loam. Moderate difficulty in both flotation and traction. Found in upland forest areas?

Sand. Decent traction, very poor flotation.

"Rocky Road/Ice Cream"- This is a mountain soil, looks like chocolate ice cream. Fast draining, this soil has great traction available, but very poor flotation; opposite of wet oily clay.

Clay. Decent flotation very poor traction.

Apperently the clay soils in the U.S. southeast are supposed to be WAY more stickier and slick than clay elsewhere in North America. A great example of this would be mud in most parts of Alabama. Most Southern states probably have areas with mud like this too. It's supposed to be slicker than oily spagetti!

Yeah' after I wrote my post to Redbeast about mud is mud. Actually mud is not the same in Md. as it is in the state of Florida. I think the high octane ( juice ) that I have been drinking most of the night is getting to me.

The earlier hmmwvs came with 6.2s and th400s, that did not have a Park position on the shifter. dont remember the tcase, i dont have my manual in front of me.  later models were equiped with 6.5s and 4L60Es i believe. Stock hmmwvs really arent that armored.  Hoods are easily broken if you step on them in the wrong spot.. they are just fiberglass and even the doors that look like they are armored.. are just fiberglass.. the bodies arent all that either.. you can easily put a hole in them.  and of course the canvas tops arent armored. haha.
Another interesting thing about hmmwvs, they have 4 wheel disk brakes, that are mounted at the differential, not at each wheel..

There really isnt any use trying to lighten it up, might as well build a purpose built mudder..

Ok, I didn't know they had 'glass body panels already. I've seen some h1's and they looked like they were all sheet metal.