Trail Damage
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unkamonkey
Explorer
It's an interesting thought but most of my trail damage was done around fourty years ago and for some reason, I wasn't going to stand around to take a pictre. I have never flopped a Jeep. Nobody wants to see a picture of a couple of rock scrapes on the rear springs of my 3B. About the only other damage I have done to it is to back into a tree or while winching and tried to pull the rear crossmember off of the jeep. I might have a picture of the front bumper on a friends JKUR that couldn't make it around a corner that my 3B did easly.
There is also a site named www.traildamage.com that describes many of the trails here in the Western US and has some pictures.
There is also a site named www.traildamage.com that describes many of the trails here in the Western US and has some pictures.
Basil.
Active member
Here's mine, the drivers side happened in Corral Canyon SoCal, I was trying to walk the rear end down a wall and it slid into the wall.
The passenger side happened on Hells Gate, Moab, the walls where covered in a silt and the truck just decided to take a nap on the wall.
I also hit a rock in the same spot on the passenger side on Kane Creek, Moab.
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The passenger side happened on Hells Gate, Moab, the walls where covered in a silt and the truck just decided to take a nap on the wall.
I also hit a rock in the same spot on the passenger side on Kane Creek, Moab.
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v_man
Explorer
It's made by Ready Welder
http://readywelder.com/products-page/welders/10000-2/
It runs off two car batteries and you can run flux core wire or gas on it, it's pretty dang powerful. Although it's expensive it pays for itself the minute it keeps you from being stranded in the middle of nowhere...
http://readywelder.com/products-page/welders/10000-2/
It runs off two car batteries and you can run flux core wire or gas on it, it's pretty dang powerful. Although it's expensive it pays for itself the minute it keeps you from being stranded in the middle of nowhere...
PowerWagner
Explorer
Good skill set to bring along.
unkamonkey
Explorer
Really, the only thing I ever broke on my 3B was a rear axle shaft as I was driving up a frontage road in Avon CO. Not too exicting is it? Breaking the sector shaft on our MB was interesting. I got to run along kicking the front tire to guide it back home as my brother drove.
A friend flopped his Scout on a trail and sort of stomped on the passengers as he attempted to exit the vehicle.
I was following a friend in a Toyota PU after a company picknic and he rolled on the pavement. It ended upon it's wheels and we just threw the camper shell over the guard rail. It seems that a Volvo will out corner and stop better than a Toyota PU.
A friend flopped his Scout on a trail and sort of stomped on the passengers as he attempted to exit the vehicle.
I was following a friend in a Toyota PU after a company picknic and he rolled on the pavement. It ended upon it's wheels and we just threw the camper shell over the guard rail. It seems that a Volvo will out corner and stop better than a Toyota PU.
Desert Rat 1
Adventurer
I've had plenty of trail damage, just not many pics of it.
My rockers got pretty banged up here with that nasty rock.
And here's a photo when one of my "indestructible" Pitbull Rockers got destroyed by a hidden root, when least expected.
You can arc weld with two batteries, but works best with three, and you can even use jumper cables to do it.
My rockers got pretty banged up here with that nasty rock.
And here's a photo when one of my "indestructible" Pitbull Rockers got destroyed by a hidden root, when least expected.
You can arc weld with two batteries, but works best with three, and you can even use jumper cables to do it.
chris snell
Member
I broke an axle tube on my Defender down in Cedar Mesa. Not quite the worst place in the lower 48 to do this but definitely up there. It was a one-in-a-million bad weld from the factory that caused the break. There was a small amount of gear oil weeping from the area around the hub prior to the trip but I didn't look closely and just figured that I had an axle seal on its way out--a common occurrence on a Land Rover axle--so I didn't catch it. I always inspect my axles prior to trips now.
This happened in the morning of the second day of a five-day trip. We were rolling along when I smelled smoke; my friend Ben was behind me and saw the smoke coming from the hub area. I thought I might have a stuck caliper but then we noticed oil pouring out of the axle onto the ground. The tube began to sheer and my truck was soon resting on the axle shaft itself with only the brake line retaining the wheel to the rest of the axle tube.
It was an amazing trip before this ended it. We had no cell service at the breakdown site; I had to walk about half a mile and climb up a hill to be able to make a call and even then, it was spotty. USAA roadside repair sent a tow truck but it was not the flat-bed that I requested. This guy drove down from Moab only to get sent back. Eventually, at around midnight, another towing company from Monticello showed up with a flatbed trailer and towed me all the way back to Moab. It was a ~$1200 tow bill. The whole thing could have been avoided if we'd had an onboard welder.
This happened in the morning of the second day of a five-day trip. We were rolling along when I smelled smoke; my friend Ben was behind me and saw the smoke coming from the hub area. I thought I might have a stuck caliper but then we noticed oil pouring out of the axle onto the ground. The tube began to sheer and my truck was soon resting on the axle shaft itself with only the brake line retaining the wheel to the rest of the axle tube.
It was an amazing trip before this ended it. We had no cell service at the breakdown site; I had to walk about half a mile and climb up a hill to be able to make a call and even then, it was spotty. USAA roadside repair sent a tow truck but it was not the flat-bed that I requested. This guy drove down from Moab only to get sent back. Eventually, at around midnight, another towing company from Monticello showed up with a flatbed trailer and towed me all the way back to Moab. It was a ~$1200 tow bill. The whole thing could have been avoided if we'd had an onboard welder.
