Driving a 30’ Box Truck Over Engineer Pass, in an attempt to prove SWB 4x4 drivetrains aren’t really needed....

[AbleGuy]

You guys with those fancy Rubicon’s ought to feel kind of silly today. Because, perhaps in a first of a kind attempt to prove 4x4 drivetrains aren’t really needed to transverse the high passes in the Colorado Rockies...a 30’ Box Truck has taken on the challenge of the high country....



“GPS is useful tool for navigation, but it shouldn’t be followed blindly.

That appears to be what happened Friday when a 30-foot box truck became stuck near the top of a rugged mountain road north of Silverton known as Engineer Pass. And it doesn’t appear the truck is going anywhere anytime soon.

“How they got that far is beyond me,” said Silverton-based Animas Towing & Recovery owner Wayne Barger.

Engineer Pass is known as one of the most difficult and steep backcountry roads in the area, reaching a peak elevation of 12,800 feet, which requires a four-wheel drive and high-clearance vehicle.”

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Following GPS route, 30-foot box truck becomes stuck on Engineer Pass

GPS is useful tool for navigation, but it shouldn’t be followed blindly.

durangoherald.com

 

[carlo muro]

Bring dynamite.

 

[Ovrlnd Rd]

Rubicons might be right seeing as how he didn't make it.

 

[WeLikeCamping]

oops!

 

[zgfiredude]

DOH! "But Google said turn left!"


Maybe check the contents of the back????

 

[WeLikeCamping]

There are more than a few spots along that road where one might think, "WTH am I doing here!" I'm experienced with navigating unknown trails with GPS, but that doesn't mean I leave common-sense at camp.

 

[86scotty]

Retrieval might cost a couple of thousand dollars? That's a laugh! I'm really surprised a local towing guy said that. I deal with heavy trucks every day and it costs a couple of thousand dollars to get them off the side of a paved road. That disaster is going to cost MANY thousands of dollars if they can't drive it most of the way out.

They should call Matt (Winder Towing) over in Utah. He could get it out of there with a Jeep Cherokee, two dogs and a rope. If you don't know what I'm talking about then you don't waste enough time on Youtube.

 

[shortbus4x4]

I'm thinking recovery will be in the 10s of thousands of dollars. Heavy wreckers are high dollar units.

 

[krick3tt]

take the tires off and turn it into a winch anchor

 

[86scotty]

I'd love to hear an interview with the driver. I mean, he's an idiot for sure but I'd like to hear whatever logic he applied to the situation.

I have not been on any Colorado roads/trails that were not clearly marked 'high clearance/4wd'. You think some kind citizen or off road group would've stopped this guy long before he got this far.

 

[workerdrone]

"Tow" by heavy lift helicopter?

Or break out the oxy-acetylene torch and disassemble?

Whatever the solution, someone's going "ka-ching!"

 

[86scotty]

"Tow" by heavy lift helicopter?

Or break out the oxy-acetylene torch and disassemble?

Whatever the solution, someone's going "ka-ching!"

But the next question is what's on the truck?

 

[jdlobb]

Is it still there?

 

[BigDaveZJ]

There is ample signage along CR-2 out of Silverton letting people know what they're in for. And how did NOBODY see this guy going up there and stop him?

 

[Todd780]

There is ample signage along CR-2 out of Silverton letting people know what they're in for. And how did NOBODY see this guy going up there and stop him?

Maybe they saw him but decided they wanted to watch the shenanigans?