redrooster
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It was a rough weekend at Gray Rock for the CAOS May MAdness event. I saw more carnage than ever. I personally fell victim on two counts.
First off the wife slipped getting out of the Jeep and sprained her ankle.
Second; in a hurry to get her out of there and to te E.R., I slid off the trail and into a deep rut. It was deep enough that when I backed up it was chunked out all the way around. I managed to get it in drive and floor it as the tire tried to pull a 3 foot vertical mud wall to pull out of the rut. At the instance the tire started to pull out, the transfer case must have popped out of gear. It sounded like every tooth in the thing sheared clean off. No front wheel drive after that and the rear was trying to lock up from what must have been loose metal in the case.
Unfortunately that happened on the first afternoon of a 3 day event. We spent a late evening in the E.R. and spectated the rest of the weekend. Gray Rock is set up with many overlooks and we were able to position my Suburban at the top of most of the trails so that my wife did not have to get out on crutches. The Suburban earned the nickname "Rock Bus" (which was written in the dirt on the windows) for some mild wheelin I had to do to get to a few spots. It's got a wheelbase advantage, posi-traction rear and 265 BFG-AT's. Not too shabby.
What's really ironic is that I bought a new Atlas II off a guy on e-bay thursday afternoon and I told him I planned on breaking my old one that weekend. Less than 24 hours later, it was so.
Oh well, maybe next time I will wait until the last day of the event to trash my junk.
First off the wife slipped getting out of the Jeep and sprained her ankle.
Second; in a hurry to get her out of there and to te E.R., I slid off the trail and into a deep rut. It was deep enough that when I backed up it was chunked out all the way around. I managed to get it in drive and floor it as the tire tried to pull a 3 foot vertical mud wall to pull out of the rut. At the instance the tire started to pull out, the transfer case must have popped out of gear. It sounded like every tooth in the thing sheared clean off. No front wheel drive after that and the rear was trying to lock up from what must have been loose metal in the case.
Unfortunately that happened on the first afternoon of a 3 day event. We spent a late evening in the E.R. and spectated the rest of the weekend. Gray Rock is set up with many overlooks and we were able to position my Suburban at the top of most of the trails so that my wife did not have to get out on crutches. The Suburban earned the nickname "Rock Bus" (which was written in the dirt on the windows) for some mild wheelin I had to do to get to a few spots. It's got a wheelbase advantage, posi-traction rear and 265 BFG-AT's. Not too shabby.
What's really ironic is that I bought a new Atlas II off a guy on e-bay thursday afternoon and I told him I planned on breaking my old one that weekend. Less than 24 hours later, it was so.
Oh well, maybe next time I will wait until the last day of the event to trash my junk.
