So - please watch these videos in order!
On petbugs and my outing last weekend, we crossed a little puddle, headed down the trail and then decided to turn around.
On our way back, what do we find but an older Toyota Landcruiser stuck in the same water hole! Four younger dudes had already hooked up a come-a-long and a cable, and were working on hooking to a tree to hopefully tug them selves out.
petbug was infront of me on a narrow trail, so he didn't have a choice! He wanted to get me to pull them out with my new tires, but I refused. The stock SR-A's were to be tested! We put 70 feet of tow strap together and had the boys hook it up to the Landy, and petbug and his FDII gave a tug in reverse. We figured if the SR-A's didn't have the traction, we could swap places.
THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TOWHOOKS!
Patriot saved the day!
The little puddle wasn't all that little. There was a fairly deep hole in the middle that we didn't scope out before hitting it. Here's petbugs' first run through the hole. Of course, we had to come back too!
Now, here's the kicker! On our first pass through, I went first, and found the puddle a little too deep. I got half way through, and felt the right side drop into a hole, and the front wheels hit a wall. This was the same wall the Landcruiser was stuck against.
My buddy filming to the left of me looked me in the eye as my Jeep came to a stop in the water. His eyes bugged out, and he yelled "giver!". So I stepped on the skinny pedal and spun the wheels. 5000 rpm or so, and the Jeep crawled up the wall, and shot forward like a little rocket! You'd better not have ESP on now!
You can see the waterline in the rear passenger side - up to the top of the bumper! I think I went a little over spec. this weekend.
We decided to dig out the drainage after my run to get petbug through the hole. We were a little worried about his SR-A's, but knowing where the hole was, and dropping the water level about a foot, he pushed his way through as well, no problem!
So yes, the Landy's failed attempt was done with a foot less water than my run through. Check out the difference in water level on the sides of the last two videos compare to the rest!
Patriots - 2
Landcruiser - 0
epper:epper:epper:
On petbugs and my outing last weekend, we crossed a little puddle, headed down the trail and then decided to turn around.
On our way back, what do we find but an older Toyota Landcruiser stuck in the same water hole! Four younger dudes had already hooked up a come-a-long and a cable, and were working on hooking to a tree to hopefully tug them selves out.
petbug was infront of me on a narrow trail, so he didn't have a choice! He wanted to get me to pull them out with my new tires, but I refused. The stock SR-A's were to be tested! We put 70 feet of tow strap together and had the boys hook it up to the Landy, and petbug and his FDII gave a tug in reverse. We figured if the SR-A's didn't have the traction, we could swap places.
THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TOWHOOKS!
Patriot saved the day!
The little puddle wasn't all that little. There was a fairly deep hole in the middle that we didn't scope out before hitting it. Here's petbugs' first run through the hole. Of course, we had to come back too!
Now, here's the kicker! On our first pass through, I went first, and found the puddle a little too deep. I got half way through, and felt the right side drop into a hole, and the front wheels hit a wall. This was the same wall the Landcruiser was stuck against.
My buddy filming to the left of me looked me in the eye as my Jeep came to a stop in the water. His eyes bugged out, and he yelled "giver!". So I stepped on the skinny pedal and spun the wheels. 5000 rpm or so, and the Jeep crawled up the wall, and shot forward like a little rocket! You'd better not have ESP on now!
You can see the waterline in the rear passenger side - up to the top of the bumper! I think I went a little over spec. this weekend.
We decided to dig out the drainage after my run to get petbug through the hole. We were a little worried about his SR-A's, but knowing where the hole was, and dropping the water level about a foot, he pushed his way through as well, no problem!
So yes, the Landy's failed attempt was done with a foot less water than my run through. Check out the difference in water level on the sides of the last two videos compare to the rest!
Patriots - 2
Landcruiser - 0
epper:epper:epper:
