Great video! Amazing!
an 80 Rescue Story - led by one of your Moderators
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I like it.
TR
TR
good story, thanks for sharing. Only a battery and no electronics damage?
Freaking awesome. This is right there with the the Top Gear show when they tried to kill a Hilux. New battery, good to go!
That's incredible!!
How did all the snow get packed under the hood though
How did all the snow get packed under the hood though
The snow blows in every nook and cranny during long and nasty storms. It can blow up from underneath too.
TR
TR
That's cool!
Is there a possibility it started out closer to the trail, and the snow moved it down to where it was?
Is there a possibility it started out closer to the trail, and the snow moved it down to where it was?
Good job guys.
If anyone ever questions whether it's worth it to help a brother out on the trail, just remember, sooner or later it will be you.
If anyone ever questions whether it's worth it to help a brother out on the trail, just remember, sooner or later it will be you.
Nice recovery and beautiful scenery
Wow!
Great job guys.
Great job guys.
I LOVE a happy ending....
I am MountainGoat from the Rising Sun forum, the guy who helped rescue the truck along with Ige (Nuclearlemon). The way he got into that spot was pretty understandable. He drove it over the top of the pass and was working his way down the backside. It has a couple of saddles with drops before and after each. He was on the last saddle just before the last drop where the trail becomes easy. It being so late in the season, there had been a snowstorm earlier that left a big drift across the trail. It was just in front of the white truck on the left in this picture.
The driver tried to go around it to the right and the truck started sliding down the valley. Expecting to spend the night in the truck, he worked it down a little farther to a flatter spot. The truck sat in the same exact spot since October.
You may be wondering why he didn't just turn around and go out the way he came in. About a mile or so earlier on the trail is a huge drop that he had come down when he came over the top of the pass. It looks like this:
That hill is loose shale. You can't drive up it. This is why the trail is a one way only trail.
And Ige, you are welcome for the help getting out of your "bad spot"!
[/QUOTE]I was in Silverton in late September one year and planned on leaving via Engineer Pass.[/QUOTE]
Holy Toledo...That trip from Silverton to Lake City is an adventure thru Engineer Pass. I did it on a July 4 weekend in 1995 one time...Sleeting and snowing at the top...Alot of fun...Is it still a wagon trail???
Holy Toledo...That trip from Silverton to Lake City is an adventure thru Engineer Pass. I did it on a July 4 weekend in 1995 one time...Sleeting and snowing at the top...Alot of fun...Is it still a wagon trail???
Great story!
They had the thought to put up that reflection shield but not roll up the window
awesome.
Amazing it started right up.
Ige should have turned passenger and stomped it
They had the thought to put up that reflection shield but not roll up the window
awesome.Amazing it started right up.
Ige should have turned passenger and stomped it
Great story!
They had the thought to put up that reflection shield but not roll up the window
Amazing it started right up.
Ige should have turned passenger and stomped it
picture doesn't show it, but it's a steep downhill and i was up against the rock
I was in Silverton in late September one year and planned on leaving via Engineer Pass.[/QUOTE]
Holy Toledo...That trip from Silverton to Lake City is an adventure thru Engineer Pass. I did it on a July 4 weekend in 1995 one time...Sleeting and snowing at the top...Alot of fun...Is it still a wagon trail???[/QUOTE]
Wagon road? Heck, it's a County Road, all official and such
I was on the east side of Cinnamon Pass one time when it started sleeting, then hailing. Turned every thing white in about 5 minutes. At the time, I thought it was really neat, as it gave you the impression of being up there in the winter, but without the avalanche dangers associated with snowmobiling and cross-country ski trekking.
But being up there when it's actively accumulating snow is a whole different matter. That's why the tale hit pretty close to home. Could've been me -- and I was 1,000 miles from home, too
Dan,
Great explanation. Thanks for the detail!
BTW, just gotta ask about the rig...Lockers or No Lockers?
;p
Holy Toledo...That trip from Silverton to Lake City is an adventure thru Engineer Pass. I did it on a July 4 weekend in 1995 one time...Sleeting and snowing at the top...Alot of fun...Is it still a wagon trail???[/QUOTE]
Wagon road? Heck, it's a County Road, all official and such
I was on the east side of Cinnamon Pass one time when it started sleeting, then hailing. Turned every thing white in about 5 minutes. At the time, I thought it was really neat, as it gave you the impression of being up there in the winter, but without the avalanche dangers associated with snowmobiling and cross-country ski trekking.
But being up there when it's actively accumulating snow is a whole different matter. That's why the tale hit pretty close to home. Could've been me -- and I was 1,000 miles from home, too
Dan,
Great explanation. Thanks for the detail!
BTW, just gotta ask about the rig...Lockers or No Lockers?
;p
the red dot is where i was.
normally not to bad, i was just a foot too far right.
normally not to bad, i was just a foot too far right.
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BTW, just gotta ask about the rig...Lockers or No Lockers?
no lockers
Ige,
Thanks!
Hmm, wonder if this will fan the flames of the locker school vs no locker (and I can go anywhere you can go) school?
"Oh, he could've just drove out if he'd been able to lock it."
Makes one think, but I'd bet on that day in that place with that weather and snow conditions it wouldn't have made a difference.
But I still think lockers, someday, are going to be worth the investment
- once a lot of other things are paid for
Thanks!
Hmm, wonder if this will fan the flames of the locker school vs no locker (and I can go anywhere you can go) school
?"Oh, he could've just drove out if he'd been able to lock it."
Makes one think, but I'd bet on that day in that place with that weather and snow conditions it wouldn't have made a difference.
But I still think lockers, someday, are going to be worth the investment
- once a lot of other things are paid for