Heavy rains in the past 2 days have made the soils around newly laid drains give way. What was just a regular ice cream run turned into a late evening rescue adventure with the Isuzu’s front right tire dropping into a 4ft deep drain line. The front right sank till the chassis bottomed out on the right and got stuck.
Tried to winch out from a couple of spots on my side of the road but there was nothing solid in the correct line of direction. The available spots were weak and were pulling the wheel at an angle, and would have damaged the steering ends/axle. Plus the rain was super heavy. While I was waiting, a friend stopped to check and ended up landing his Innova in a similar ditch across the road ..hahaha. Tried to pull out from the rear using a new Thar pulling from its rear U-tow point and the towing ball on the Isuzu. Please note, this one isn’t an open tow ball which is very unsafe, this one is a tow ball hook rated for 22k lbs and has a retaining clip on top which doesn’t let the ball fly off. The Thar struggled but could not pull the Isuzu out. Then we patiently has ice cream and waited for Dilsher to come on his Rubicon, the Innova was pulled out first and then the Isuzu.
And in the end, a polo also landed in the same ditch as the Innova just to be pulled out in time while we were still there and packing to leave.
It definitely was a comedy of errors with loads to learn.