# Stuck 4Runner

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-4runner/81394>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, 4runner\
**Created:** [September 18, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-4runner/81394 "2013-09-18T21:19:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![psychgreg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@psychgreg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/psychgreg)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-4runner/81394/1 "2013-09-18T21:19:11Z")

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My 4Runner got stuck on our road which subsequently washed out and is now sunk into the gulley/road. It is perched on a boulder from below. Question is: would it be wiser to lift the car with a crane and risk damage to the body, or drag it out with a tow truck and risk damage from scraping the bottom?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/stuck-4runner/81394/2 "2013-09-18T21:31:49Z")

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I would carefully drag the 4Runner out with a tow truck. You might scrape the bottom a little but I think the vehicle can take it. Lifting the 4Runner with a crane will be very expensive and it may even be a little dangerous since cranes have been know to drop things.