jdlobb
Adventurer
if this had happened a week ago I'd be all over that. I just drove back from Colorado on Sunday.
Driving a 30’ Box Truck Over Engineer Pass, in an attempt to prove SWB 4x4 drivetrains aren’t really needed....
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if this had happened a week ago I'd be all over that. I just drove back from Colorado on Sunday.
VA-CMac
Member
Probably more than the truck is worth...cut it up and haul it out, piece-by-piece.
Ive been hiking in very remote stretches and come across abandoned vehicles. You wonder how on earth it could possibly happen...
Now I have a better understanding.
shortbus4x4
Expedition Leader
Should be fairly easy to get out of the road, release park brake and a push, let gravity do the rest.
AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
Yeah, and just watch what happens next...it’ll become the next “lnto The Wild” instagrammer destination.
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WOODY2
Adventurer
I believe a guy in a Jeep just did that on Black Bear pass. Unfortunately he left his girlfriend and dog in it. They survived.
shortbus4x4
Expedition Leader
Not the truck drivers fault. What you see in that picture is an Alpha male trailer marking its territory.
WOODY2
Adventurer
Looks like someone forgot they weren't driving the Suburban anymore.
WOODY2
Adventurer
Snow is probably half way up the box by now.
1stDeuce
Explorer
I'm sure it's gone by now. They don't mess around looking for excuses not to recover vehicles in Silverton, they just get it done.
Interestingly, I figured he came up from Lake City, as that's an easy drive nearly to the top, but the article points to him having come from Silverton. I'd guess he was either stoned, or that he had a significant language barrier and some experience driving 3rd world country roads... Alternately, he was from the east coast, where all roads lead to somewhere... Plus, he was certainly an idiot. Even just making it to Animas Forks would have been a total adventure... To continue up toward Engineer from there, with "jeep" signs all along the way just emphasizes the depth of stupidity required.
Interestingly, I figured he came up from Lake City, as that's an easy drive nearly to the top, but the article points to him having come from Silverton. I'd guess he was either stoned, or that he had a significant language barrier and some experience driving 3rd world country roads... Alternately, he was from the east coast, where all roads lead to somewhere... Plus, he was certainly an idiot. Even just making it to Animas Forks would have been a total adventure... To continue up toward Engineer from there, with "jeep" signs all along the way just emphasizes the depth of stupidity required.
WOODY2
Adventurer
Rumor has it he was a bus driver from a third world country and used to climbing mountain passes to get to the next country. He thought it would be a piece of cake without 49 people on the roof.