2 vehicles stuck in Pennsylvania

Monday, July 15th, 2024, at 7:40 a.m. (ET), we received a request for help with an offroad recovery in Pennsylvania. The requester, Declan Clugston, submitted the following information: “2 cars stuck down trail on property. We need a vehicle with a winch to remove. Tow companies wont help / I’m with the vehicle.”

David Mrak organized the request, contacted the requester, and verified the GPS location and situation before sending the request to local volunteers within a 45-mile radius.

By 8:20 a.m., the request was submitted to volunteers; no more than 10 minutes later, we had Jerry Beckett taking over the recovery.

By 9:11 p.m., he updated our lobby, he was able to get both vehicles out using his winch and without damaging any vehicles in the process.

We later followed up with him and gathered a few photos and a quick note about the recovery.

From Jerry:

There was a two-wheel drive pickup truck that was backed down over a log. He pulled out quickly and easily.

Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures of the truck the car was swamped pretty good but I put a soft shackle around the lower control arm cuz there was nowhere else to hook up to it and winched him back on to a little bit more solid ground got them turned around and hooked a toe strap up and pulled him the rest of the way out he was a good 8th mile down in the swampy area.

I spent 40 mins doing the recovery and a total of 3 hours round trip in just driving.

We are always looking to increase the presence of volunteers in areas like Pennsylvania; if you would like to receive a text message when we get a request near you, create your account here: offroadportal.org/signup (offroad recovery in Pennsylvania)