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Does this coumt ? playing with my grandson and and some of his Christmas toys.
Dude, that is plain damn funny right there... very very nice.
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Dude, that is plain damn funny right there... very very nice.
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Does this coumt ? playing with my grandson and and some of his Christmas toys.
Is that a beep pulling a yota
Does this coumt ? playing with my grandson and and some of his Christmas toys.
I would say it does, Just look at how high the mounting point for the tow strap is, I am surprised the guy driving the Heep has not either put it on its roof or torn off his rollbar.
nice, very funny!
This was a stupid move. I decided I was going to teach my 20 year old mate(I'm a fisherman, not a Aussie) to drive. Well, at the time I lived in the jungle and the closest black top road was an hour drive away. There was no Wal-Mart parking lots to practice in, just twisty mountain roads. He is from a very poor family and no one in his family had a car to teach him. He wanted to get his official Mariners License but needed a drivers license first. We started off on a nice straight stretch and he did very well. After circling back down the stretch over and over again it seemed that he was ready for some curves. We started out of the small village and all was going great until... We rounded a small curve and the road dipped down very steep and made a hard curve. He became very nervous and got the brake confused with the gas pedal. ( In Costa Rica roll bars were not an option on the bj-40s and we had the top off and the front windshield down) So he was stomping on the gas, not the brake. We barreled down to the steep curve at like 15 miles an hour and should have been going like 5 MPH. When we reached the curve I had to take control of the wheel by pointing the cruiser down off the side of the mountain, otherwise we would have just rolled on our side down the mountain over and over. The result was about a 4 foot air and 20 foot straight slide down the mountain and into a tree. We were very lucky and did not even get a scratch. After removing him from the drivers seat and getting him to stand in the tub and jump up and down we were able to back up to the road and drive off with no mechanical damage. I have no idea what I was thinking by teaching someone to drive in those conditions.
This was a stupid move. I decided I was going to teach my 20 year old mate(I'm a fisherman, not a Aussie) to drive. Well, at the time I lived in the jungle and the closest black top road was an hour drive away. There was no Wal-Mart parking lots to practice in, just twisty mountain roads. He is from a very poor family and no one in his family had a car to teach him. He wanted to get his official Mariners License but needed a drivers license first. We started off on a nice straight stretch and he did very well. After circling back down the stretch over and over again it seemed that he was ready for some curves. We started out of the small village and all was going great until... We rounded a small curve and the road dipped down very steep and made a hard curve. He became very nervous and got the brake confused with the gas pedal. ( In Costa Rica roll bars were not an option on the bj-40s and we had the top off and the front windshield down) So he was stomping on the gas, not the brake. We barreled down to the steep curve at like 15 miles an hour and should have been going like 5 MPH. When we reached the curve I had to take control of the wheel by pointing the cruiser down off the side of the mountain, otherwise we would have just rolled on our side down the mountain over and over. The result was about a 4 foot air and 20 foot straight slide down the mountain and into a tree. We were very lucky and did not even get a scratch. After removing him from the drivers seat and getting him to stand in the tub and jump up and down we were able to back up to the road and drive off with no mechanical damage. I have no idea what I was thinking by teaching someone to drive in those conditions.
For being such a good friend to him and teaching him to drive the least he could do was check the junk yards for you a new fender
Sounds like you made his first driving experience not his last. A life saving one. A roll over with no roll bar is ugly, the good thing is the doors could have helped on the first roll. Any more after that and it would be ugly. Good thing it never came to that. Good story.
For being such a good friend to him and teaching him to drive the least he could do was check the junk yards for you a new fender
Sounds like you made his first driving experience not his last. A life saving one. A roll over with no roll bar is ugly, the good thing is the doors could have helped on the first roll. Any more after that and it would be ugly. Good thing it never came to that. Good story.
First off, it was a lot more than just a fender. We bounced off the tree right on the bumper where the frame comes out. then kinda bounced back and then slid into the fender which pushed everything back to the passenger side door. If we wouldn't have hit it on the frame we would have been walking home. We bent the frame slightly. Also, I didn't have the heart to make him pay for it because he only made 400. per month. He was a great kid and felt very bad and tried to pay for it. He supported his mother and 2 little sisters as well. To give you an example, I asked him one day if he wanted to go have a beer and he said he needed to save his money for his mom. Drinking age was 18, I said earlier that he was 20, and of course I bought him a few that day. When I was 20 (law was 18 then) I would have said "it's on" no if, ands, or buts about it!
I don't know if this is propper procedure to rat your self out in the thread of shame, but since I never ran into Issac I can rat on him for anything.
It all pretty much fell apart for the 4runner about 20 feed ahead of where Woody's 80 is in this picture. Took three attempts at this hill, tried a different line to the left without the ledges, ended up over extending my drive shaft in the front and loosing my 4wd. I had no tool with me so the Photographer for 4x4 Toyota Owner put my drive shaft back together (guess I need to subscribe now).
After getting the shaft together I was able to scramble a little higher and pretty much everyone in the group decided it was time to winch.
This is what they hooked me too(not the actual picture, I was too busy holding the brake. to take a picture at the time). I was spared being recovered by a Jeep only by the fact that I was dragging him down the hill. Hooked me up to that White lexus with the rinolined rockers and then proceeded to bend my Bumper all to hell trying to winch my self out. Ended up getting winched up the last part of the hill by Woody him self.
Where my hand is on the winch is where the grill normally covers the winch I bend the brackets, Tore some welds (one tube was not even welded all the way around) and Slightly pulled out the part of the frame that the bumper was mounted too. The Bracket is supposed to be flush with the frame.
After that Spent the rest of Friday just tooling around riding shotgun. in the morning the stuck me in the PINK group (probably where I actually belong really )
Entered in a drag race and managed to actually beat ONE rig. The one rig I was able beat was a FJC. However he also had no 4wd, and not even RWD. He had broken a ring gear on the trail and was stuck in FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. My time was 7.22, his was I believe 7.32 or so.
So I had fun and brought much shame to my self, hopefully not the whole club
It all pretty much fell apart for the 4runner about 20 feed ahead of where Woody's 80 is in this picture. Took three attempts at this hill, tried a different line to the left without the ledges, ended up over extending my drive shaft in the front and loosing my 4wd. I had no tool with me so the Photographer for 4x4 Toyota Owner put my drive shaft back together (guess I need to subscribe now).
After getting the shaft together I was able to scramble a little higher and pretty much everyone in the group decided it was time to winch.
This is what they hooked me too(not the actual picture, I was too busy holding the brake. to take a picture at the time). I was spared being recovered by a Jeep only by the fact that I was dragging him down the hill. Hooked me up to that White lexus with the rinolined rockers and then proceeded to bend my Bumper all to hell trying to winch my self out. Ended up getting winched up the last part of the hill by Woody him self.
Where my hand is on the winch is where the grill normally covers the winch I bend the brackets, Tore some welds (one tube was not even welded all the way around) and Slightly pulled out the part of the frame that the bumper was mounted too. The Bracket is supposed to be flush with the frame.
After that Spent the rest of Friday just tooling around riding shotgun. in the morning the stuck me in the PINK group (probably where I actually belong really
)Entered in a drag race and managed to actually beat ONE rig. The one rig I was able beat was a FJC. However he also had no 4wd, and not even RWD. He had broken a ring gear on the trail and was stuck in FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. My time was 7.22, his was I believe 7.32 or so.
So I had fun and brought much shame to my self, hopefully not the whole club
I don't know if this is propper procedure to rat your self out in the thread of shame, but since I never ran into Issac I can rat on him for anything.
It all pretty much fell apart for the 4runner about 20 feed ahead of where Woody's 80 is in this picture. Took three attempts at this hill, tried a different line to the left without the ledges, ended up over extending my drive shaft in the front and loosing my 4wd. I had no tool with me so the Photographer for 4x4 Toyota Owner put my drive shaft back together (guess I need to subscribe now).
After getting the shaft together I was able to scramble a little higher and pretty much everyone in the group decided it was time to winch.
This is what they hooked me too(not the actual picture, I was too busy holding the brake. to take a picture at the time). I was spared being recovered by a Jeep only by the fact that I was dragging him down the hill. Hooked me up to that White lexus with the rinolined rockers and then proceeded to bend my Bumper all to hell trying to winch my self out. Ended up getting winched up the last part of the hill by Woody him self.
Where my hand is on the winch is where the grill normally covers the winch I bend the brackets, Tore some welds (one tube was not even welded all the way around) and Slightly pulled out the part of the frame that the bumper was mounted too. The Bracket is supposed to be flush with the frame.
After that Spent the rest of Friday just tooling around riding shotgun. in the morning the stuck me in the PINK group (probably where I actually belong really
Entered in a drag race and managed to actually beat ONE rig. The one rig I was able beat was a FJC. However he also had no 4wd, and not even RWD. He had broken a ring gear on the trail and was stuck in FRONT WHEEL DRIVE. My time was 7.22, his was I believe 7.32 or so.
So I had fun and brought much shame to my self, hopefully not the whole club
The important thing is that you had a good time hopefully you were treated like a friend and enjoyed yourself. Sorry to hear of your woes but it sounds like some good folks gave you help when you needed it. I'd send that bumper back to the guy that built it and tell him to try again.
The important thing is that you had a good time hopefully you were treated like a friend and enjoyed yourself. Sorry to hear of your woes but it sounds like some good folks gave you help when you needed it. I'd send that bumper back to the guy that built it and tell him to try again.
Oh yeah, I had a blast
And as far as the bumper goes, it is not worth it, I would have to pay I think it was close to 100 dollars shipping, plus packaging it. I am going to have my welder beef it up, reinforce my frame, and possibly make a different style of bracket to hold it. I would liek something that goes down the sides of the frame rather than just facing up to it.
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Awesome Josh...you inspire me....I'm gonna get me something just to tear to pieces...I'm thinking an old rusted out illegal BJ70 (meaning it doesn't have to be road-worthy...turbo diesel or 1FZ-FE)....roll cage all around, locked all around, and lowest gears available...that'll get me into something gnarly and break something for sure....I'm jealous.
Wow! Me inspiring ... Thats pretty frightening actually ;p
... Thats pretty frightening actually ;p
Looks like it was fun!
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was ridin with my friends in a pasture in my new (to me) Tacoma. wasnt interested in getting stuck, just wanted to see how it handled in 4x4, which was horrible with ABS enabled. Slid right into a ditch.
so my friends decided to spray the truck.
so my friends decided to spray the truck.
was ridin with my friends in a pasture in my new (to me) Tacoma. wasnt interested in getting stuck, just wanted to see how it handled in 4x4, which was horrible with ABS enabled. Slid right into a ditch.
so my friends decided to spray the truck.
we've all had those times, whats good is you can look back and laugh about it now. Was that before lift and tires. My 95 Taco was like that with the factory street tread 31's I drug the belly in the soft stuff and did't have an aggresive tire to pull me out. By the second week its was lifted and had 33's on it. Problem resolved. I never took a stock photo of it but it looked like the million others so I guess there was not point.
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I ain't THAT short...
Well, I just didn't know where to put this but thought that some would appreciate it.
I have no pics but some know that a pooch frequented my rig and the smell of him/her lingers a bit. So much so that I put in 3-4 pine tree scent thingys. Now it smells like a dog at Christmas time. So I brought the rig to get the carpet shampoo'd. They, of course, moved the seats all the way up to vaccuum.
... that was it. The DS seat got stuck all the way forward. There was NO getting into it much less driving it home. Had to call the wife to come drive it home b/c my big a$$ 6'6" frame wasn't fitting. Little embarrasing to call the
to drive your rig home.
...but it smells good!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/183066-usps-power-seat-wont-move-back.html
Well, I just didn't know where to put this but thought that some would appreciate it.
I have no pics but some know that a pooch frequented my rig and the smell of him/her lingers a bit. So much so that I put in 3-4 pine tree scent thingys. Now it smells like a dog at Christmas time. So I brought the rig to get the carpet shampoo'd. They, of course, moved the seats all the way up to vaccuum.
... that was it. The DS seat got stuck all the way forward. There was NO getting into it much less driving it home. Had to call the wife to come drive it home b/c my big a$$ 6'6" frame wasn't fitting. Little embarrasing to call the
to drive your rig home. ...but it smells good!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/183066-usps-power-seat-wont-move-back.html
Well, I just didn't know where to put this but thought that some would appreciate it.
I have no pics but some know that a pooch frequented my rig and the smell of him/her lingers a bit. So much so that I put in 3-4 pine tree scent thingys. Now it smells like a dog at Christmas time. So I brought the rig to get the carpet shampoo'd. They, of course, moved the seats all the way up to vaccuum.
... that was it. The DS seat got stuck all the way forward. There was NO getting into it much less driving it home. Had to call the wife to come drive it home b/c my big a$$ 6'6" frame wasn't fitting. Little embarrasing to call the
...but it smells good!
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/183066-usps-power-seat-wont-move-back.html
lol, that happened to my old m3 when i had it. excpet it was pretty much all the way to the steering wheel and impossible for anyone to drive. thankfull it happend when i was cleaning it at home and not out somewhere else
could have been worse------------- like on a trail no just at the car wash LOL!