This is why you keep your arms inside the truck....
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Oh man, you can hear the snap!
I have a horrible tendency to stick my foot out when I'm headed off camber. Which is why I really NEED to finish up my 1/2 doors. It's a reflex that comes from riding ATV's, and a HARD habit to break. However, this instance seems to have been 1)Slow developing, 2)calculated. Wow, and ouch!
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In that slo-mo you can actually see it snap.. Oww. Good thing he wasn't in a manual, that would have been a tough journey home.
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I have a horrible tendency to stick my foot out when I'm headed off camber. Which is why I really NEED to finish up my 1/2 doors. It's a reflex that comes from riding ATV's, and a HARD habit to break. However, this instance seems to have been 1)Slow developing, 2)calculated. Wow, and ouch!
Yeah, like me in Harlan...
Brian, could you be referring the Jamaican Bob Sled Run? There is video of that out there some where, funny as hell! It rained in a big way that weekend. I am about 50-50 at Harlan with rain/snow or dry.
No this was Ramon driving down the back end of one of the trails on our second trip up. Can't remember which trail, but the front passenger went in a rut at the same time the driver rear was going over a rock. Dozer pitched something fierce, and started to tip (or at least it felt like it), and there was nothing seperating us and the ravine, except the small berm from grading.
So, my foot went out, like it was actually going to hold Dozer and two big beefy studly men up...
Ramon floored it, and we headed down the hill much faster than planned, but Ramon said that was the second closest time he felt he was going to roll Dozer. The motorcycle riders at the bottom of the hill was commenting on the looks on our faces as the situation was playing out...
Needless to say, there was also a guy at the bottom of that ravine who ended up having to be airlifted becuase he Superman'd over his handlebars and had some broken ribs.
So, my foot went out, like it was actually going to hold Dozer and two big beefy studly men up...
Ramon floored it, and we headed down the hill much faster than planned, but Ramon said that was the second closest time he felt he was going to roll Dozer. The motorcycle riders at the bottom of the hill was commenting on the looks on our faces as the situation was playing out...
Needless to say, there was also a guy at the bottom of that ravine who ended up having to be airlifted becuase he Superman'd over his handlebars and had some broken ribs.
Ahhh, those near misses are not good for the heart. I was in a Jeep when it flopped on a place called The Bear Trac in PA. You do not go in Spring without a chain saw and there is pretty much no backing down once you are a little into the trail. Thank God for 5 point restraints, although I run 4 points, can't take that sub strap that thing hurts.
It took me a while to get accustomed to not using my feet on my ATV, I grew up on dirt bikes. I've rolled and flipped my Grizzly 660, once at Tellico. I prefer the full size rigs with some protection. Knowing what to do in a roll is important, hand and arm damage are common as many people do not grab on to something, drivers less than passengers as they generally hang on to the wheel.
There are some pretty scary spots in Harlan where going over the edge is just not an option. We watched a pretty ratty home built tube buggy nose over twice and roll a few times coming down a rocky rutted up and wet descent, Only thing that saved the guy was 4 point harness and lots of grab handles. He crossed up his steering and the tires just grabbed in a rut.
It took me a while to get accustomed to not using my feet on my ATV, I grew up on dirt bikes. I've rolled and flipped my Grizzly 660, once at Tellico. I prefer the full size rigs with some protection. Knowing what to do in a roll is important, hand and arm damage are common as many people do not grab on to something, drivers less than passengers as they generally hang on to the wheel.
There are some pretty scary spots in Harlan where going over the edge is just not an option. We watched a pretty ratty home built tube buggy nose over twice and roll a few times coming down a rocky rutted up and wet descent, Only thing that saved the guy was 4 point harness and lots of grab handles. He crossed up his steering and the tires just grabbed in a rut.