Fancy Meeting You Here: An Off-Road Recovery Adventure

We had an unexpected encounter with a stranded motorist who needed assistance on the way to an appointment. The driver's tire was blown out, and we were happy to help them get back on the road. As we chatted, it turned out that our guests were friends from Canada who were on a big road trip. They stopped by to say hello and ended up joining us for lunch at American Grinders.

The food was delicious, and we even got a special deal on our meals if our friend mentioned Matt's Off-Road Recovery when they visited the restaurant. Our conversation was interrupted by an emergency call about a Toyota Tacoma that had gotten stuck in the water at a nearby lake. We decided to fuel up before heading out to rescue the vehicle, as we didn't want to risk running out of gas.

As it turned out, the lake's water level was much lower than expected, and the vehicle was indeed half-submerged. Our friend Rhett had warned us that accessing the lake after 10 p.m. might be restricted, but we were determined to help. We navigated our way through the water and arrived at the stuck vehicle.

The owner of the Tacoma explained that it had been pulled out by a strap earlier, but then got stuck again when the tire's tongue broke. Our team decided to try and pull the vehicle out using both our trucks' winches. We positioned ourselves side by side and started pulling, with one of us taking the lead and the other providing support.

The plan worked beautifully, and after a few minutes of gentle tugging, the Tacoma was freed from the mud. We were all relieved that it had come out without too much difficulty, and we breathed a sigh of collective relief as our friend hopped back in his truck. The rescue was a success, thanks to teamwork and quick thinking. As we drove away, we couldn't help but feel proud of ourselves for overcoming this unexpected challenge.

The experience was all the more remarkable given that it took place on a cold winter night with a dark sky overhead. We learned later from our friend Carter that the temperature must have been around 50 degrees Fahrenheit at the time, which made the task even more impressive. Despite the conditions, we were able to navigate the vehicle out of the mud and back onto dry land.

Thanks to everyone's hard work and coordination, we were able to rescue another stranded motorist in need. It was a great team effort, and we're grateful for the opportunity to have helped someone in distress. We'll take this experience as a reminder that even on the most challenging off-road adventures, teamwork and quick thinking can make all the difference.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engood morning we got a call for a truck that has fallen off the side of the road up in Duck Creek on Cedar Mountain like almost like in the Duck Creek Reservoir I think so I am not gonna go get it we're gonna send Hefe and Rhett up there to go get it this morning I'm gonna stay here with Tom and work on the wrecker because it's never gonna get done if I don't I'm gonna send them on their way I'm gonna get on this we're gonna pick Lizzy uh on our way up all right well we got Lizzy and then we're about to head up Cedar Canyon to get the customer it is a cloudy day outside it's probably around 45 degrees and it's gonna be freezing up on the mountain that's why I brought a bigger coat that's purple but we're gonna get them out foreign let's go take a look at what we're dealing with so it doesn't look too bad we thought that that was the lake and that he was on the edge of the lake and if he went further in it'd obviously go into the lake it should be a pretty easy job the customer is not here yet so we're waiting on the keys we're probably going to hook up to him Matt suggested hooking up to the frame and having his tires turn this way and then just pulling them back onto the road should be pretty straight forward so yeah our main goal is we don't want to try and turn them around further down in there so we want to try and turn him right here I pulled a bunch of people out last winter so we were up here Saturday night yeah and we pulled out two vehicles there was five vehicles that were pinned Behind these other two or five days until they pulled them out and then yesterday we came up and pulled another vehicle out and my son said he saw you guys and waved at you so anyway I've got a doctor's appointment with St George I gotta go okay good luck good to see you guys yeah I'm going to pull to where I'm in line with that tree and in line with right here and then we're gonna hook up so if I need to I can wrap around that tree if we start sliding forward then we'll just pull that front end around onto the road and then get you facing this way so you can just Boogie on out of here foreign well I turned down here I was I was gonna go fish and I went to turn around and couldn't make it back up the hill and then it slid off did you catch anything I called you guys that's kind of been the rest of the story I literally didn't even get my pulls out of the truck okay this is what we got to watch out for is this stuff yeah yeah so the goal is to pull this end up and onto the road and hopefully avoid crashing into these trees I just put it into four low so that might help all right can you turn your tires at all or do I need to start pulling on you to get it will it turn it all okay I'm gonna have to just crawl under there go ahead and put it in park I'll just find somewhere to hook onto get it it's cold I looked at the weather this morning because I was like I need to know what I need to bring nine degrees I'm not built for this kind of weather you put it in reverse and try again try and spin them while you go there you go yep do that a little bit more all right I think I can get in now so hold tight we got it on you're gonna have to turn a little bit more too okay just watch it I don't want the rear end if the rear end starts going into it just holler stop okay thank you and you're tired of a tiny bit all right Lizzy hang on a second you got smash bins are getting butt up against it a second hey hey hang on one second okay try going forward yep we're gonna do that we need a snatch Walk we're gonna go to this yep we're gonna pull it keep pulling that front end around why did I set that remote controller I'm pulling a mat working really good I like it and stop okay I'm gonna unhook the snatch block and then I'm gonna back up a little bit and I'm gonna pull your front end around the rest of the way kind of wish I would have been in there when he did that see sometimes I know what I'm doing right I want Lizzie's job in the heat don't get in the snow all right Lizzy you ready forward all right Lindsay I'm gonna unhook we can get it out from here all right yes sir thank you guys so is it more fishing today no I'm gonna we're just gonna relax and uh not get it stuck in hold on oh man there's a large for you you're one of the first people to get a gray one here you go man thank you so much appreciate it yeah no problems thank you yep all right so that was a pretty straightforward job we got it turned around and out of there Lizzy drove it right on up the road yeah got the tire spinning we're in a hurry hurry we got to get back to Hurricane to go eat fancy meeting you here what's going on we got back tire on the driver's side I think I blew it it might be a bearing or something I mean that that tire is canted and the whole break is just shredded you need a tote well we already called lad towens on their way from from Cedar well do you need a ride to your appointment actually I do that's in like St George though like clear down there so we're going to St George all right Jump On In let's go I appreciate this guys yeah no problem good to meet you hope you make your appointment everything works out for you thanks thank you so Effie called me they met a stranded motorist they decided to help him out took him to an appointment but since we have gridlessness here you guys know these guys they're up there in Canada in the ice and snow the marshes they have moose there anyway they're on this big road trip they stopped in to see us we're like hey let's go to lunch and so all this weird stuff happened now we're all here I don't even know all this stuff and we're here with Mimi hi yes and you own this place right yes me all right well we brought a plus one yay we're gonna go get some lunch now all right we just got done with lunch it was great really good food and we were talking to the owner of American Grinders here if you come in here and mention that Matt's off-road recovery sent you you get 10 off your meal ooh delicious coaches are amazing they are so good we got a call for a Toyota Tacoma of some kind out here stuck in the water we're heading to the lake we were having a debate whether we should fuel up because Colin's at half a tank not half I was at empty which means half a tank so I'm told but I don't want to trust it because the only person that's here is backup is Ed and that's out delivering giveaway Coronet with Paul and Michelle so it's us we're going to get fuel before we head out to get those jobs because I don't want to run out better safe than sorry all right let's roll Google Maps shows this guy like a quarter mile into the water because the water's so low right now we just realized that it's after 10 and I've never been to the park entrance way after 10 after they've they're closed so I don't know if you can still access it or not so Rhett was right you can't go in the gate after 9 00 p.m so we're gonna have to go in through the water tanks so we will do that how's it going good how are you good is this you yeah it is all right looks pretty dry till you get out there huh I was following my friend and I just sank right after him did you guys try pulling it out yeah break a strap yeah and then we got some tongue all right well we'll get you out of here almost to think about it it's stuck I mean it looks like they had a good time when it lasted yeah let's just go side by side I'll take this side of it the other side you get a position where you want and then I'll move okay forward what are you using Jefe snatch block no no I think with both of us pulling we'll be fine we'll try that if that doesn't work then we'll go so do I just need a soft shackle what about right here deep I don't know if they did the weather but it's kind of cold I'll do the weather for you I was in the weather seat it is a dark cold night out here it's hand Hollow if honestly guess it'd be like 50 degrees right now that's about it okay Carter from there start it up we're gonna start pulling just barely spin your tires don't come out at me if I mess up just don't mess up don't mess up Let the winch do the work you're just breaking the surface tension right you're just breaking it from being suctioned in foreign that was perfect Carter right amount of speed you didn't run over the Rope you kept it tight good job thank you peasy that came out easier than I thought it wasn't like suction it just mud you want to jump in it and back without me yeah get all the way out of here all right there you go man hey I got out I made it so we got them out a lot easier than we were thinking we're thinking that we might have to hook up another truck just as an anchor but came right out we didn't even have to dig down it dragged the banana and the more bear forward a little bit but but not enough because I get popped right out of there we got them out thanks for watching we're gonna go home and go to bedgood morning we got a call for a truck that has fallen off the side of the road up in Duck Creek on Cedar Mountain like almost like in the Duck Creek Reservoir I think so I am not gonna go get it we're gonna send Hefe and Rhett up there to go get it this morning I'm gonna stay here with Tom and work on the wrecker because it's never gonna get done if I don't I'm gonna send them on their way I'm gonna get on this we're gonna pick Lizzy uh on our way up all right well we got Lizzy and then we're about to head up Cedar Canyon to get the customer it is a cloudy day outside it's probably around 45 degrees and it's gonna be freezing up on the mountain that's why I brought a bigger coat that's purple but we're gonna get them out foreign let's go take a look at what we're dealing with so it doesn't look too bad we thought that that was the lake and that he was on the edge of the lake and if he went further in it'd obviously go into the lake it should be a pretty easy job the customer is not here yet so we're waiting on the keys we're probably going to hook up to him Matt suggested hooking up to the frame and having his tires turn this way and then just pulling them back onto the road should be pretty straight forward so yeah our main goal is we don't want to try and turn them around further down in there so we want to try and turn him right here I pulled a bunch of people out last winter so we were up here Saturday night yeah and we pulled out two vehicles there was five vehicles that were pinned Behind these other two or five days until they pulled them out and then yesterday we came up and pulled another vehicle out and my son said he saw you guys and waved at you so anyway I've got a doctor's appointment with St George I gotta go okay good luck good to see you guys yeah I'm going to pull to where I'm in line with that tree and in line with right here and then we're gonna hook up so if I need to I can wrap around that tree if we start sliding forward then we'll just pull that front end around onto the road and then get you facing this way so you can just Boogie on out of here foreign well I turned down here I was I was gonna go fish and I went to turn around and couldn't make it back up the hill and then it slid off did you catch anything I called you guys that's kind of been the rest of the story I literally didn't even get my pulls out of the truck okay this is what we got to watch out for is this stuff yeah yeah so the goal is to pull this end up and onto the road and hopefully avoid crashing into these trees I just put it into four low so that might help all right can you turn your tires at all or do I need to start pulling on you to get it will it turn it all okay I'm gonna have to just crawl under there go ahead and put it in park I'll just find somewhere to hook onto get it it's cold I looked at the weather this morning because I was like I need to know what I need to bring nine degrees I'm not built for this kind of weather you put it in reverse and try again try and spin them while you go there you go yep do that a little bit more all right I think I can get in now so hold tight we got it on you're gonna have to turn a little bit more too okay just watch it I don't want the rear end if the rear end starts going into it just holler stop okay thank you and you're tired of a tiny bit all right Lizzy hang on a second you got smash bins are getting butt up against it a second hey hey hang on one second okay try going forward yep we're gonna do that we need a snatch Walk we're gonna go to this yep we're gonna pull it keep pulling that front end around why did I set that remote controller I'm pulling a mat working really good I like it and stop okay I'm gonna unhook the snatch block and then I'm gonna back up a little bit and I'm gonna pull your front end around the rest of the way kind of wish I would have been in there when he did that see sometimes I know what I'm doing right I want Lizzie's job in the heat don't get in the snow all right Lizzy you ready forward all right Lindsay I'm gonna unhook we can get it out from here all right yes sir thank you guys so is it more fishing today no I'm gonna we're just gonna relax and uh not get it stuck in hold on oh man there's a large for you you're one of the first people to get a gray one here you go man thank you so much appreciate it yeah no problems thank you yep all right so that was a pretty straightforward job we got it turned around and out of there Lizzy drove it right on up the road yeah got the tire spinning we're in a hurry hurry we got to get back to Hurricane to go eat fancy meeting you here what's going on we got back tire on the driver's side I think I blew it it might be a bearing or something I mean that that tire is canted and the whole break is just shredded you need a tote well we already called lad towens on their way from from Cedar well do you need a ride to your appointment actually I do that's in like St George though like clear down there so we're going to St George all right Jump On In let's go I appreciate this guys yeah no problem good to meet you hope you make your appointment everything works out for you thanks thank you so Effie called me they met a stranded motorist they decided to help him out took him to an appointment but since we have gridlessness here you guys know these guys they're up there in Canada in the ice and snow the marshes they have moose there anyway they're on this big road trip they stopped in to see us we're like hey let's go to lunch and so all this weird stuff happened now we're all here I don't even know all this stuff and we're here with Mimi hi yes and you own this place right yes me all right well we brought a plus one yay we're gonna go get some lunch now all right we just got done with lunch it was great really good food and we were talking to the owner of American Grinders here if you come in here and mention that Matt's off-road recovery sent you you get 10 off your meal ooh delicious coaches are amazing they are so good we got a call for a Toyota Tacoma of some kind out here stuck in the water we're heading to the lake we were having a debate whether we should fuel up because Colin's at half a tank not half I was at empty which means half a tank so I'm told but I don't want to trust it because the only person that's here is backup is Ed and that's out delivering giveaway Coronet with Paul and Michelle so it's us we're going to get fuel before we head out to get those jobs because I don't want to run out better safe than sorry all right let's roll Google Maps shows this guy like a quarter mile into the water because the water's so low right now we just realized that it's after 10 and I've never been to the park entrance way after 10 after they've they're closed so I don't know if you can still access it or not so Rhett was right you can't go in the gate after 9 00 p.m so we're gonna have to go in through the water tanks so we will do that how's it going good how are you good is this you yeah it is all right looks pretty dry till you get out there huh I was following my friend and I just sank right after him did you guys try pulling it out yeah break a strap yeah and then we got some tongue all right well we'll get you out of here almost to think about it it's stuck I mean it looks like they had a good time when it lasted yeah let's just go side by side I'll take this side of it the other side you get a position where you want and then I'll move okay forward what are you using Jefe snatch block no no I think with both of us pulling we'll be fine we'll try that if that doesn't work then we'll go so do I just need a soft shackle what about right here deep I don't know if they did the weather but it's kind of cold I'll do the weather for you I was in the weather seat it is a dark cold night out here it's hand Hollow if honestly guess it'd be like 50 degrees right now that's about it okay Carter from there start it up we're gonna start pulling just barely spin your tires don't come out at me if I mess up just don't mess up don't mess up Let the winch do the work you're just breaking the surface tension right you're just breaking it from being suctioned in foreign that was perfect Carter right amount of speed you didn't run over the Rope you kept it tight good job thank you peasy that came out easier than I thought it wasn't like suction it just mud you want to jump in it and back without me yeah get all the way out of here all right there you go man hey I got out I made it so we got them out a lot easier than we were thinking we're thinking that we might have to hook up another truck just as an anchor but came right out we didn't even have to dig down it dragged the banana and the more bear forward a little bit but but not enough because I get popped right out of there we got them out thanks for watching we're gonna go home and go to bed\n"