This might not have been a good idea, but...
#261
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
car. You faced death, and won.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com...
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
> that one. :-D
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
car. You faced death, and won.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com...
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
> that one. :-D
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#262
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Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
car. You faced death, and won.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com...
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
> that one. :-D
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
car. You faced death, and won.
"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com...
> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
> that one. :-D
>
>
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#263
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Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
I picked up this post ok....
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#264
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
I picked up this post ok....
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#265
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
I picked up this post ok....
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
Hmmm oh well, funny server tricks....
Mike
travis wrote:
>
> On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 10:43:30 -0500, Mike Romain
> <romainm@sympatico.ca> shared the following:
>
> >Ok....
> >
> >What gives here?
> >
> >I am not seeing any of Travis' posts?????
> >
> >I am only seeing the replies.....
> >
> >Mike
>
> Remember that kill filter you set up for me...? ;-)
>
> >
> >mabar wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Travis:
> >>
> >> Don't fall for the baloney that the state politicians pitch you when they
> >> want you to vote for a state lottery. When the Ohio State Lottery was voted
> >> in by the people many years ago, all the lottery proceeds were supposed to
> >> go to the schools.
> >>
> >> Yeah right! The lottery proceeds did go to the schools, but an equal amount
> >> of state money that used to go to the schools before the lottery came into
> >> being, was diverted to the state general fund, so in reality NO additional
> >> money went to the schools.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
> >> "travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:02kcqvkqcsr0966rsafsa2orf6hur7iivv@4ax.com...
> >> snip
> >> >
> >> > Unfortunately we don't have lottery tickets in NC. I wish we did, if
> >> > we'd put a large chunk of the $ it raised towards the public school
> >> > system. Thanks again, Mike.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Travis
> >> > http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> >> > The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> >> > :wq!
>
> --
> Travis
> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
> :wq!
#266
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:45:28 -0800, "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com>
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
#267
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Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:45:28 -0800, "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com>
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
--
Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
#268
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:45:28 -0800, "CRWLR" <beerman@yahoo.com>
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
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Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
shared the following:
>I am glad you don't go wheeling around here.
>
>Think about what you did. You fully expected that you could support the
>weight of your vehicle. Most of us can't support our own body wieght, some
>of us can support not only our own weight but that of our spouse as well.
>Some is us can support our own weight, and the weight of our spouse, and
>still be able to carry a sack or two of cement. None of us can carry our
>car. You faced death, and won.
I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
to Hulk-out of the situation.
>
>
>
>"travis" <travist34removethis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:b0a8qv4jiu64quafimpuk5f2239n9ektvt@4ax.com.. .
>> ...I did it anyway and it kept my CJ5 from rolling over today. I was
>> climbing a hill while my friend watched from below in the safety of
>> his CJ8... I made it about 80% of the way to the top when things
>> started to go wrong. I wound up getting partially sideways when the
>> Jeep began to tilt... BADLY. It was leaning WAAAY over to the
>> left...the driver's side. My side. I felt it begin to totter...
>> Seemed like time was almost standing still. I looked down and saw
>> David staring back up with an "OH SH*T" look on his face. I saw the
>> ground rising up to meet me and realized that this was it. It was
>> going over and I was up high enough that if it went over, it would
>> roll several times before reaching the bottom of the hill. I had my
>> seatbelt on (just a lap belt) and started to lean forward some and
>> grab the steering wheel as hard as I could to keep from getting
>> slammed around when it rolled. This was all happening so slowly. I
>> looked to the left again and the ground was getting closer and closer
>> to me. I was passed the teeter-totter point... closer and closer the
>> ground came to me when I realized that if I stuck my left leg outside
>> of the Jeep (this was the part I said was probably not a good idea...)
>> that I could actually put my foot on the ground... Now from the time
>> I started to slide sideways up until this point had taken about one
>> second probably. I was going over fast. I jammed my left leg out and
>> my ultra-cool Chuck Taylors grabbed for traction in the muddy hill!!!
>> And caught traction, too! I quickly stuck my right leg outside, too!
>> UUUUUUUUUGGGGHHHH..... the Jeep continued its sideways listing, as
>> both of my Chuck Taylors continued to dig deeper...I felt resistance
>> on my waist as the weight of the Jeep was now starting to transfer to
>> the seatbelt...my legs bent....bent more....trembled...and then began
>> to straighten! SWEET!!! I was doing it! I got the Jeep back to the
>> teeter-totter point, but it would go no further. The front passenger
>> tire was WAAY up in the air and the back passenger tire was kinda up
>> on a wall on the side of the hill. It was that back tire being up
>> there that brought me to the teeter-totter point. My friend David ran
>> up and got on top of the front bumper on the passenger side to help
>> keep it upright. I snapped a picture (that I'll post later) and then
>> ran around to hold my precious CJ by the front bumper to keep it from
>> crashing to the bottom of the hill below. David ran back to his CJ8
>> and repositioned it so that it was at an angle to mine and quickly
>> hooked his winch up to my left rear bumper. The idea was to pull my
>> Jeep sideways in the back to get that back passenger side tire off of
>> the wall so that it would right the Jeep. His Warn 9000 began
>> furiously winding in...until the line was taut...then he slowly bumped
>> the winch with the remote just a hair at a time...My Jeep did exactly
>> what we were hoping it would...the rear passenger tire started to
>> slide down off of the wall thingie...just to the right point...then I
>> let go of the bumper and jumped into the driver's seat! I'd put the
>> parking brake on and left it in first gear during the winch pull
>> because I was afraid he'd get the Jeep righted and then it'd roll
>> backwards down the hill. I put it in reverse and let off the parking
>> brake...hit the starter and it fired up and putted back down the hill
>> in reverse. In perfect control. WOOT WOOT!!!!! Disaster averted!!!
>> Time to put a *REAL* roll bar on my shopping list along with some
>> upgraded seatbelts. I got about 10 pictures of this outing, mostly of
>> my friend's CJ8. I'll post them to my website soon and send out a
>> pointer. WHEW! I'm ready to sit down and have an ice cold beer after
>> that one. :-D
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Travis
>> http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
>> The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
>> :wq!
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Travis
http://jeepadventures.dyndns.org/jeep.html
The meek shall inherit the earth. After I'm finished with it.
:wq!
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Good plan!! There's nothing on your Jeep body that can't be fixed. It's
WAY harder to fix the driver's and passenger's bodies.
travis wrote:
> I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
> I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
> teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
> email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
> checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
> position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
> to Hulk-out of the situation.
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03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry
Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940
Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.
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WAY harder to fix the driver's and passenger's bodies.
travis wrote:
> I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
> I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
> teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
> email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
> checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
> position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
> to Hulk-out of the situation.
--
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tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry
Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940
Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.
http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
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Re: This might not have been a good idea, but...
Good plan!! There's nothing on your Jeep body that can't be fixed. It's
WAY harder to fix the driver's and passenger's bodies.
travis wrote:
> I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
> I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
> teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
> email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
> checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
> position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
> to Hulk-out of the situation.
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry
Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940
Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.
http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
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WAY harder to fix the driver's and passenger's bodies.
travis wrote:
> I got lucky. I didn't support the full weight (obviously) of my Jeep,
> I just caught it soon enough to be able to push it back to the
> teeter-totter position. A friend of mine locally just told me via
> email that he happens to have an extra full roll cage. I plan on
> checking it out and if I get in the "uh oh, I'm about to roll"
> position again I'll just sit back and enjoy the ride instead of trying
> to Hulk-out of the situation.
--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw
03 TJ Rubicon
01 XJ Sport
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry
Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940
Etymology: probably from g. p. (abbreviation of general purpose)
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.
http://www.7slotgrille.com/jeepers/t...ron/index.html
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