The last pic in the previous post shows a little recovery. An anchored jeep used a winch to tuck the truck against the wall, while another found a way to crawl down into the steep canyon and pull him forward. A little forward, a little slack to the side, repeat 10X. Back on his wheels and the totaled truck becomes obvious. After the impact the tranny now has reverse and the ability to shift into two gears at once, which doesn't move a vehicle well. We got him out eventually, and back to camp around 5:30. I was a little dissapointed in the toyota crowd, as those with capable vehicles that I approached were too selfish and concerned about the raffle coming up, or didn't want to scratch their vehicles. Obviously I asked the wrong cruiser owners. So I found some outstanding 4 wheelers in their jeeps to assist. Hats off to those guys, they spent a lot of their time and even almost rolled a very shiny jeep in the recovery process. I imagine their winch cables got a little roughed up too sliding on rocks. A bronco tried to come in and help, but he broke an axle on the way in, leading to another event in its own.
So we get the truck to the side of the road and call AAA for a ride, after 3 hours a flatbed shows up with another truck on it, saying he'll pick them up in another 2 or so hours. So after a little fxxx you very much, we dragged the truck back to camp. The wheels were locked for some reason, but we dragged it anyways with drivetrain froze up, and got it in the morning.
We made a big mistake attempting a very serius recovery without the proper equipment, making it a more serious recovery. We also had some equipment and component failures that should have been adressed a while ago. I've also learned not to trust the reputation of some vendors products.
The bright side, the pig is getting the fender modications I want. I also now am going to redo my A-pillars with 0.25" wall tube to prevent this hole popping out windshield thing I do twice a year.
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