Curb Hopping Does Not Work Too Well In a Yaris...

[Idahotom]

While on a cattle ranch dirt trail, and going walking speed, the damn cell phone rang and like a dummy I answered as it was business/$$ related. While continuing to drive the trail (not a road, a temporary trail across a field to a solar job I was doing) and answering the call I neglected to miss the boulder I had dodged on the way in. It lodged under the body, no damage to the running gear, but the mighty Yaris was now high centered and not going anywhere. The cowboy riding shotgun just looked at me as I shut down the engine while completing the phone call (got the job the call was about, so worth it as it was time related crane work and voice mail doesn't hack it).

We got out and eyeballed the situation, and as we were on a 10% grade I put it in nuetral, took the parking brake off, and we both lifted on the right rear corner, him on the fender and me on the bumper. Being REAL careful not to unstick it but then lose it down the slope, we were easily able to raise it enough to kick the rock free and continue our drive out of the field. It was about as hard as getting an ATV unstuck, light is good in a situation like that, if this didn't work, he indicated his horse could pull it free.....