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HummBebe
10-04-2005, 04:19 AM
Here are some photos of the group that I went with. There are also a couple of the rolled Jeep on Truck Hill. Everyone was OK.
Poor Ranger had to hike his gear up there. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening06.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening03.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening04.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening10.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening05.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening02.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappeningRavine.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening07.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening09.jpg
HummBebe
10-04-2005, 04:19 AM
Here are some photos of the group that I went with. There are also a couple of the rolled Jeep on Truck Hill. Everyone was OK.
Poor Ranger had to hike his gear up there. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening06.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening03.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening04.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening10.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening05.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening02.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappeningRavine.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening07.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a240/HummBeeBe/HummerHappening09.jpg
Laura
10-04-2005, 01:30 PM
very cool pics..thanks for sharing
DWPC
10-04-2005, 08:17 PM
That front articulation on the H3 looks pretty darn good for a stock 4x4, plus the front IFS keeps the wheels nicely perpendicular. I can't figure out how the Jeep rolled...looks like a very tame fire road. Is there a steep bank on the side that he tried to go over?
HummBebe
10-04-2005, 09:54 PM
What we deducted - his tires are so large and the sand is so thick with a hard surface underneath, that he probably hesitated and started bouncing.

Boing boing splat. They had the jeep tied to a group of bushes too keep it from sliding further.....imagine :-)
Sewie
10-05-2005, 12:55 AM
That hill is steeper and looser than it looks in the pics. I've heard of several trucks rolling there, mostly shorter wheelbase.
DWPC
10-05-2005, 01:27 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Sewie:
That hill is steeper and looser than it looks in the pics. I've heard of several trucks rolling there, mostly shorter wheelbase. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

So it sounds like he was running up the trail too fast, bounced hard, lost it, and went end-over. Now it makes sense.