Please disregard. My friend will have a wrecker out tomorrow to get the Jeep back on its tires, and then another friend has a truck and trailer to get it home for him. Thanks for your concern. Evan
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Hello everyone - Evan here. I haven't been around much lately as I'm swamped with search and rescue lately. Anyway, I have an issue that I wanted to share with this group and ask for some help. I have a friend (Melvin) with an older Jeep Cherokee (not a Toyota, I know). He's out hunting with his dog and he rolled his Jeep. He had a slow motion roll and ended up on its roof. He's at 33.51907 -108.94340, which is SW of Reserve. From Google Maps, it looks like the easiest way to get there is down to Socorro, then west on Hwy. 60 to Quemado, then south and west to Reserve on Hwy 180.
The Jeep is sitting on its roof and doesn't appear to be leaking any fluids (which is good), but it probably take at least a couple of vehicles with winches to safely get it back on its tires and go from there.
I am just recovering from Covid, and may still be testing positive, so it's probably not great for me to be out there. But I wanted to get this out there and see if anyone may be able to help. It sounds like he's OK to spend the night (or two), but tomorrow during the day might be the best option if anyone is available.
Please let me know if you might be available or if you have questions. I would also be interested about what should be done to avoid engine damage (on start-up) if it's sitting on its roof overnight. I am thinking all the oil is draining "down" into the cylinders. It would probably make sense to at least pull the plugs and crank the engine? And then have some back-up oil to refill if needed...
Thanks!
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Hello everyone - Evan here. I haven't been around much lately as I'm swamped with search and rescue lately. Anyway, I have an issue that I wanted to share with this group and ask for some help. I have a friend (Melvin) with an older Jeep Cherokee (not a Toyota, I know). He's out hunting with his dog and he rolled his Jeep. He had a slow motion roll and ended up on its roof. He's at 33.51907 -108.94340, which is SW of Reserve. From Google Maps, it looks like the easiest way to get there is down to Socorro, then west on Hwy. 60 to Quemado, then south and west to Reserve on Hwy 180.
The Jeep is sitting on its roof and doesn't appear to be leaking any fluids (which is good), but it probably take at least a couple of vehicles with winches to safely get it back on its tires and go from there.
I am just recovering from Covid, and may still be testing positive, so it's probably not great for me to be out there. But I wanted to get this out there and see if anyone may be able to help. It sounds like he's OK to spend the night (or two), but tomorrow during the day might be the best option if anyone is available.
Please let me know if you might be available or if you have questions. I would also be interested about what should be done to avoid engine damage (on start-up) if it's sitting on its roof overnight. I am thinking all the oil is draining "down" into the cylinders. It would probably make sense to at least pull the plugs and crank the engine? And then have some back-up oil to refill if needed...
Thanks!
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