so artic zap made a good recommendation that i was alread considering, and now i’m following through with it…
posting a meet to get my car out of the mud lol…
as you can clearly see from DrDos’ mighty meet thread for tomorrow, the car is in the mud from sitting for a few months, about 4 inches deep in back, 2 to 3 inches deep in front…
the car was only 4 inches or so off the ground to begin with, so there is literally no room to get under it to tie anything to it, it’s resting on the ground…flat, it’s that sunk.
it’s on the side of my house facing the street, so we’ll have to push it up and out about 4 inches, then forward about 10 feet to my neighbor’s driveway given that their cars aren’t in the way, otherwise we’re pushing it about 25ft to the street/edge of their driveway…
just flooring it and hoping it’ll get itself out is not an option seeing that our yard is something my parents hold at some value…
anybody that wants to help can PM me for my cell number and directions…
everybody thats shows up to help, and if we actually succeed in getting it out, get’s a cherry or apple empanada on me at the mighty meet the following evening…
this is limited to 10 people lol, i dont want all of nyspeed showing up for free empanadas…
boots are recommended, but it hasn’t really rained too much in the past few days, so it wont be as bad as last time i was back there (which was a good inch of just water since the entire section of the yard where the car is slightly sunk a bit, creating a small puddle-pool)
pm being sent with directions…
for all others considering it, it’s in cheektowaga by the old apple tree mall…
there are plenty of people on here that would go somewhere to help somebody out with a car in a heartbeat, and so far none of them have posted other than joe (nitroinsane) and articzap…
and yes, i am cheap…i’m asking for a friendly favor, and in return making a friendly gesture/offer…when you have a car that breaks every 5 minutes, you have to be cheap in other circumstances…
oh and edit:
people aren’t reading before posting…
1 - the car is ON THE GROUND and i mean belly down, touching…NOTHING …not even a sheet of paper, is going to fit under it…
2 - i mentioned the yard needs to be preserved…ruling out the genius idea of digging out the yard in front of the wheels…
I dont think you wil be able to push the car out. You will need to dig alittle to get a chain to pull it out. A winch would be the best idea or even if you had a come-a-long that you can tie to a tree, just put a blanket on the cable just incase it snaps. I know you said that you dont want to mess up the lawn but its already fucked with the car sunk down.
You only get that if your popular and know everyone.
ummm well i’d love to help and all but the trip won’t even cover my gas money out there. plus preserving the lawn isn’t an option with 10 guys walking around in boots on muddy ground .
my suggestion which is the cheapest way for you to do it … wait untill the ground freezes again. then try it . it should me much easier … OR wait untill high summer and the ground is hard packed again
How is digging it out not an option? You want to get your car out right? So get 10 people, dig out the front/back of the car until you can get underneath it to hook up a tow strap, and tow that shit out. Then, and I know this part is super hard and complicated but please stay with me, throw back the mud and dirt you dug out and plant some grass seed. OMG.