SO I've had the Pathy for about 1.5 years and I've only been stuck (kind of) once.
The other day I purposely drove my truck into a pretty large/deep hole (6' wide, 3' deep, sloped down sides) but I really only had the left front wheel in the hole. I stopped when I felt like the front left was pitching down a little too much for comfort. I put her in reverse, and I guess I had the right rear pitched up just enough that the same tire just spun in the gravel. Left rear tire did nothing. My truck is a 2005 4wd SE model. I had it in 2wd, VDC was on and the SLIP light was flashing while the tire was spinning. I heard the anti-lock clicking away trying to slow down the spinning tire. I didn't bother switching into 4wd, I just did the back and forth thing kind of how you get yourself out of snow.
I was really suprised that the right rear did nothing to get me out of that hole. If I am on flat ground in the dirt or gravel and I punch it both rear tires will spin.
What's the deal with this?