Live and learn I suppose. Now become friends with guys who have winches and know how to recover a vehicle, buying a few people dinner for their efforts and laughing about it over a burger is much cheaper and entertaining than the alternatives.
invest into hi-lift, it saved my friend's land cruiser from being consumed by sand under water in query![]()
will definitely remember that one! my firewood probably wasnt long enough thoOr just have a farm jack/high lift and a few pieces of 2x4 and straps and do this
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_noiFPBv398
im guessing its a maybe if i tried that when i first got stuck using some foot and a half fire wood, but it couldve just churned mud. longer 2x4 probably wouldve snapped if i tried doing that to lift the rear off the ground.Cool idea but I'm not sure that would have worked for the OP.
it was on the tow ball, but the bumper failed at the bad rust in the bumpers frame. Wasnt many other strong hook ups underneath in the tacoma which surprised me. And a lot of the frame looked pretty flimsy to be honest. i had that beefy round bar behind my bumper we tied to, zero problems with that.Correct me if I'm wrong but I hope that strap isn't wrapped around a tow ball......Also if it is, it also looks like it was the light duty on attached to the bumper. Should have attached to a recovery point on the frame. Anyways I've gotten stuck like that as well but in a sport and they wanted $250 for a winch out but a tacoma came by and was able to get me out. Kind of opposite outcome lol.
mcskibadee1 I am seriously impressed you did the Pinyon drop-off in your Monty. I am afraid to do it. I just don't think there is enough articulation in the suspension to keep it from rolling. Do you have any more photos of you going through the first part of the hill? I've done this trail in my Jeep a time or two, but that baby just flexed through everything. The Monty on the other hand, feels like it wants to tip over on Cleghorn!
Thanks guys! I thought it wasn't too bad but you are making me feel like I avoided certain death,haha. While the hill was hard and a mistake could mean death or injury we had more trouble climbing over the two large rocks after the squeeze. I got a huge scratch on my window, it almost popped on that one rock. I really wish I could have taken more pics but I was driving and it was later in the day so we didnt want to get stuck out there at night.
I will say we sat at the top of the hill for about 30 minutes picking lines before we went over. It didn't help that there was a group before us that said there is a video online about a lady rolling her jeep down it. I did see the video when I got home and she took the drop on the other side and the spotters picked some very bad lines.
I will check if my brother took more pics. I typically take pics but I was driving. My friend made it down in his stock ZR-2.
Heres a video from my hood, its eh. (more vids of us doing other obstacles on the trail)
Pic of the ZR-2 doing it with 3 wheels.
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Thanks guys! I thought it wasn't too bad but you are making me feel like I avoided certain death,haha. While the hill was hard and a mistake could mean death or injury we had more trouble climbing over the two large rocks after the squeeze. I got a huge scratch on my window, it almost popped on that one rock. I really wish I could have taken more pics but I was driving and it was later in the day so we didnt want to get stuck out there at night.
I will say we sat at the top of the hill for about 30 minutes picking lines before we went over. It didn't help that there was a group before us that said there is a video online about a lady rolling her jeep down it. I did see the video when I got home and she took the drop on the other side and the spotters picked some very bad lines.
My friend made it down in his stock ZR-2. Pic of the ZR-2 doing it with 3 wheels.
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Its that point at time 0:54 in your video that is the pucker factor.... right about when your buddy (brother?) ran off the trail trying to avoid being steamrolled by a tumbling Montero
Lol, yup. That was my friend, my brother was off on the side taking pics. We had to tell him to stay to the side in case I went over. I white knuckled the whole way down pretty much. A controlled slide as I put it.
I had to laugh though, at your friend's hand signals. I think some training would be helpful!
I know, I agree. We are still relatively new and definitely felt like noobs.
True, her spotters were bad, and there were far too many people giving "directions", but the woman exacerbated the situation by turning her wheels the wrong way initiating the weight transfer up and over. However, she's not the only one. Over the years I've seen quite a few videos or photos of folks at the bottom of that hill in crumpled up rigs.
Damn, I can honestly say I probably wouldn't have done the trail if I had heard all these things but I am glad I did and didnt tip!
Nice. Got to love that low center of gravity!
I know, I definitely felt like he was at a much safer advantage going down that hill.[/B]
I know you do training in cleghorn, right?