Ever get your rig into a tight spot?

[jsmmonaco]

somewhat related to the original posters request......got my 4 wheel drive kubota tractor stuck in the mud, local farmer pulled me out..........his next statement is relevant............."don't go some place where you think you might not be able to go"................lived by that motto for the last 30 years..............sage advise..........................

[Rkesselus]

I think I can come close to the best story. Went to Santa Fe entered the wrong address very similar names with same address numbers. Little lady in the box took us to a road up a mountain. I could see trailer up on the side of the hill so did not second think the small size of the paved road and followed the directions. About a mile and half the pavement ended and turned to New Mexico gravel. Now I am worried so I get the phone out and look at Google map satellite view and now I know I am in Trouble so I stop to think what to do. Road is too narrow for cars to pass me. Did I mention that I am in a 36 foot coach pulling a 24 foot trailer. Things did not look so good and now I have people tryhing to get home and others trying to get to work and they are all hot as hell and blowing their horns and cussing and making strange jesters with their hands (fingers). Finally one brave sole approaches and says,"Hi buddy looks like you are from Texas so i figure you could use some help". I said what have you got in mind. So we find the best place to attempt a turn around into a drive way with a gate a little wider than the road. I get out and measure the distance from the gate to the opposite side of the Road. Great news, it is 37 feet to the edge of the branches of the cedar trees and 41 feet to the barb wife fence. Some one gets up the road to a construction site and returns with a Bobcat. Everyone backs up to give is room and then get out and become a spectator group some cheering us on and other threatening death and worse. The Bobcat works great disconnecting the Trailer and only destroys the sway control arm, and manages to get the trailer headed back down the road. Now we begin the back and forth into the drive way and back into the fence I did not count but we only destroyed three fence post and a bunch of cedar branches.. When we got to the campground I empted the frig of Beer and passed out. The only other time I got into a tight was when the little lady in the box took me over a steep RR track into a corn field. I was double pulling that time with my Pickup and a trailer and it was dark. Some farmer was most likely a little upset the next morning. Can. make this s#*) up. Richard

[Hoosier14]

Before a concert, I always look at at an Ariel view of the fairgrounds and a few years ago I knew the one way to the stage was narrow and it had rained. The fair board member at the gate said we would be fine in our 45’ bus. As I rounded the last corner, the gravel turned to grass and then we just sank. I knew we would need a four wheel drive tractor and just shook my head as I watched several two wheel drive tractors not budge our 25 tons.

After two, two wheel drive tractors hooked on at the same time would not move it, the fair board said they had it figured out. By this time a few hundred people had lined the scene as an early 1900’s steam tractor came to the rescue. So now our Prevost was connected to a steam tractor nearly 100 years older than our coach: no go after all the excitement. Finally a local farmer showed up with a tractor with tracks and pulled us to the stage. After the concert, the police had to escort us right through the midway to get out. This was not our tightest route as we have had many of those, but it turned out to be a unique story that I doubt others have experienced.