Interesting water crossing video....braver than I would be with my 40. (1 Viewer)
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I’ve seen this! It’s a great video!! My kind of adventure. I’d love to get mine up to snuff enough to be this rugged again!!
Seen this before. Quite a trip.
I have never gotten more than to the running boards with my Land Cruiser.
My dad had an old power wagon that sat pretty high.
In 1968 southern California had some heavy rain causing a lot of flooding.
My wife and I was dating then when I was in the navy.
I came to Riverside on weekends get her and head out for a couple days.
The week of the flooding where she lived was surrounded by water.
I took dad's wagon that had about 18 inches or better of clearance and tried to get to her from different directions.
On several attempts I got up to mid door before I would chicken out and back up.
Never got to see her that weekend so just talked on the phone for hours.
Did make sixty bucks though pulling out a couple of dummies that followed me into the water in their family sedans.
The guys in the video are far more intrepid souls than I ever was or plan on being.
Wow! Thanks for sharing.
First time I've seen this one - thanks for putting it up.
If I were only younger, and in a lot better condition....ugh.
Sarge
If I were only younger, and in a lot better condition....ugh.
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In the early days of Rubithon part of the trail consisted of driving through a corner of Buck Island reservoir. On a particularly wet year I had caulked my tranny bump and all the firewall holes on the 40 before the event, and then duct taped the doors shut when we got to Buck Island.
In we went...and in came the water. FFFFFAWK! I forgot about the kick vents!
Had about 8” of water inside the truck by the time we got out the other side!
I was sorely tempted to drive faster once the water started pouring in, but with a direct drive fan, I knew better.
In the early days of Rubithon part of the trail consisted of driving through a corner of Buck Island reservoir. On a particularly wet year I had caulked my tranny bump and all the firewall holes on the 40 before the event, and then duct taped the doors shut when we got to Buck Island.
In we went...and in came the water. FFFFFAWK! I forgot about the kick vents!
Had about 8” of water inside the truck by the time we got out the other side!
I was sorely tempted to drive faster once the water started pouring in, but with a direct drive fan, I knew better.
Sounds like you've had some great adventures. Ever thought about doing some write-ups about them?
what a cool trip!
