Lastnight we lost a JEEP

[MADDMUDDER]

Oh it a sad day indeed when a jeep passes before it's time.....

So yesterday brandon and I were painting my new roll cage and Ron was lending moral support. It was a great sunny colo day. Brandon and Tiff took Rubicon to the dog park. Ron chopped his muffler, all was well...........Then the phone rang. One of my less than stellar soldiers decided to take his 97 TJ up eagle rock ALONE. Oh wait the civies he was meeting left him. So back to my tale. He went up eagle rock alone. Oh did I mention he only had a lift on the front? I may have forgotten to mention that. So back to the phone call. It starts out with a very scared and very respectful. SSG Schneider I f'ed up I'll buy you dinner pay you I dont care but I NEED HELP!!!. So I talk him down and he tells me his rear diff exploded.
So I am thinking ok it blew out and we can disconnect his rear drive and limp him home. So I call Brandon and Matt and we drive to the lookout. Upon our little meeting we discover he broke down on Eagle rock. Oh now would be good to mention not only was he alone, he had no top,doors,survival gear and he is in flipflops. Ok so we drive to the rock and WOW his rear pass tire is 2 feet off the rig. That was the dryest cleanest axel i have ever seen. Oh and in case I forget to mention this later his jeep has no reverse gear, and the transfer case was shot.
So Matt being Matt selflessly gave his hi-lift up to brace the axle in to place for the long slow limp down the Rock. So in the intrest of people with short attention spans I will skip to the summary. 7 hrs. late jeep was down in the campsite at the bottom of eagle.
Losses:
Matt 1 hi-lift, new badges of honor
Soldier 1 piaa. driver front fender, trans case. rear axle, pride, sense of humor, and the privliage of owning a jeep may be revoked.

[Cjack350]

Wow. That is one expensive trip.

[Shadow]

got to love Jeep lessons!!!:D

[RescueJP]

love it lol

[ColoFreeJeeper]

Wow, just wow. However, this just reinforces the fact that Jeepers and service members look out for each other.

[burns jeepin]

oh don't forget..... he had NO Experience (wheelin) and NO common sense. And.... no I have red paint on my bumper from pushing him backwards down the mountain.

[Irish_Assassin]

poor guy im glad you guys were there for him!

[sappersly]

Woohoo, I wish I could of went. I would sat in a folding chair with a six pack and laughed, and laughed.

Any pictures?

[Xeram]

hey wait a minute. so with all that happened you didnt take any pics?????

[Jeffb_79]

No pictures?

[04jeepguy]

there are some just need to get them. Now I can Say I have down eagle rock frontwards,up and down. and backwards down the death hill. and being towed. It was a long @$$ night. But hey I wouldnt of done it any diff.

[Ghost00TJ]

humm, more than a dinner.

[brown90]

Sounds like another young solider from the FLW area that i know lol

[Red2]

that's funny as hell, now thats whats called a self correcting error

[JoeySnow70]

We got a video this mornig... I think.... If is the TJ at the entrance of Eagle Rock... Yes it was still there this morning..... (http://www.militaryjeepers.com/community/showthread.php?t=10878)

How far up the trail that TJ made it be fore it granaded the rear???

[simple88wrangler]

So yeah I saw that jeep looking so sad at the entrance of eagle rock!

[BigJohn]

I have the video posted of that jeep Holy Crap man that was messed up go big or go home, I guess he wnt home big dang bad jou jou

[Rubicon Guy]

WTF........ a stock Canadian YJ just went through it today and made it....

[simple88wrangler]

With the help from some great guys........(also made sure did may PMCS on my jeep before hitting the trail though)

[Fifthpro]

Oh it a sad day indeed when a jeep passes before it's time.....

So yesterday brandon and I were painting my new roll cage and Ron was lending moral support. It was a great sunny colo day. Brandon and Tiff took Rubicon to the dog park. Ron chopped his muffler, all was well...........Then the phone rang. One of my less than stellar soldiers decided to take his 97 TJ up eagle rock ALONE. Oh wait the civies he was meeting left him. So back to my tale. He went up eagle rock alone. Oh did I mention he only had a lift on the front? I may have forgotten to mention that. So back to the phone call. It starts out with a very scared and very respectful. SSG Schneider I f'ed up I'll buy you dinner pay you I dont care but I NEED HELP!!!. So I talk him down and he tells me his rear diff exploded.
So I am thinking ok it blew out and we can disconnect his rear drive and limp him home. So I call Brandon and Matt and we drive to the lookout. Upon our little meeting we discover he broke down on Eagle rock. Oh now would be good to mention not only was he alone, he had no top,doors,survival gear and he is in flipflops. Ok so we drive to the rock and WOW his rear pass tire is 2 feet off the rig. That was the dryest cleanest axel i have ever seen. Oh and in case I forget to mention this later his jeep has no reverse gear, and the transfer case was shot.
So Matt being Matt selflessly gave his hi-lift up to brace the axle in to place for the long slow limp down the Rock. So in the intrest of people with short attention spans I will skip to the summary. 7 hrs. late jeep was down in the campsite at the bottom of eagle.
Losses:
Matt 1 hi-lift, new badges of honor
Soldier 1 piaa. driver front fender, trans case. rear axle, pride, sense of humor, and the privliage of owning a jeep may be revoked.


Flip flops....really? What Infantryman in his right mind goes anywhere in flip flops? Iron Mike would not be happy to hear this I can assure you.............:eek:

[trailsnail]

Wow, some people just don't think things through. I think that if he ever gets his jeep fixed, he needs to do a layout each and every Friday with things he needs in his jeep in case he does something stupid again.

[Mr.RonGilbert]

I bet the time that he spent waiting for help thinking about his flip-flops, no survival gear or way out was time WELL spent... or at least I hope it was. What if he didn't have cell coverage? That walk would have been a b!tch in flip flops....

Thanks for stepping up and lending a hand!....

[trailsnail]

It is a hell of a walk. I saw a jeep up on Eagle Rock one time that was left on the trail. It had been stripped to nothing.

[JimhatTJ]

have yall got the rig off the mountain or is it still up there, if it is still up there i can provide a truck to get it down. just need to find a trailer.

[usnavymitchells]

Was this guys name Forrest Gump? Nice Story! Too bad good Jeeps end up with bad owners! LOL:D

They should start a SPCJ - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Jeeps!:beer:

[MADDMUDDER]

Yes jeep made it home the next day. No not named gump but..... We have named him a few other colorful names