Notice the plates... they are buckled straight up. Essentially what happened was I had a tire going into a hole so as the tire was going into the hole I goosed the throttle to capitalize on my momentum to get as much traction on the way out for that tire. I think what happened was I throttled it a little too much and essentially I ramped the damn thing... coming down on a rock. This would never have happened if I was going at a walk... Of course I would have also have ended up on the sharp end of a winch cable but oh well. Up to this point I had already needed winching off from a boulder I had high centered on in the middle of a creek about a foot deep... vowed I'd not need that again. Live and learn... next time I do believe I'll take the winch... I'll eat some shame before I try that stunt again. And honestly nobody got under there with a tape measure, that I know of. Just eyeballed it... I think its not as bad as it looks. For how far they had to adjust the wheels to make them straight... I'm not completely convinced the frame is bent out of wack. I think it might be more dented than anything.
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