pics from the work party

[okeedokee]

Vids from the work party

Ok here is the first one many more to come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ga94xCArPY
Duane

 

[JBweld]

Here's my pictures.

They day started out with a trip to our work area via the upper mainline trail. Scott had no problem getting through the tight sections with his rig.

Keil gettin' it.

El Presidente before disaster struck.

We got to the work site without any problems and assessed the job. This is the new bypass for the Expressway rock face obstacle.

Fortunately for us, an equipment operator had already dropped in a bunch of quarry rock and built most of the road. We think it needs more rock on th surface, and we plan to address that in the future. The road being mostly done saved us a bunch of time, but we needed to shore up the outside of the trail, and got to work on it.

Hans and Ryan moving logs to build a retaining wall.

Clearing out some branches.

While we set chokers on the logs to be pulled up the bank, Duane put his Warn to good use pulling the trees up the bank and into place. Worked great.

Ryan was frequently seen suckling from nearby trees. It was hot and humid up there!

Amish pry bar.

The bypass pretty much complete. Some rebar was added to help hold the wall together.

 

[JBweld]

When the work was finished, Ryan decided to try the rock. He made a few attempts, and with some spotting was able to get up the rock.

All four tires were above the ledge, but the flange on his rear diff hung up on the rock. Everyone though he had this rock beat, and expected him to bump the axle over the rock and drive up the trail. But a small position adjustment turned into a major problem. Ryan will have to explain what happened, but I watched his Jeep roll backwards into a monster wheelstand, then flop over onto its roof.

The Jeep was running upside down for what seemed like a long time, As I was getting out of my Jeep in shock. It was probably only a couple seconds, and Ryan shut it off. I ran over to him and heard him shouting he was "OK". I reached in and un-clicked his seatbelt after he was braced for the short tumble to the roof. He crawled out with just a couple small cuts.

After flipping it onto its tires, Ryan reached in and turned the key. It fired right up, but burned up the oil that had leaked into the intake.

We pushed out the windshield and Ryan drove it back down to the parking lot.

We loaded it onto my trailer for the short trip home. It's pretty messed up, but didn't fold like a taco.

 

[CanMan]

DAMN!

That sucks man, what are your plans now?

 

[rooneypower]

DAMN!

That sucks man, what are your plans now?

We talked about that while we were up there. Something along the lines of a chop top and all caged up???:flame:

Keil

 

[Slacker87XJ]

DAMN dude. Glad you are ok!

 

[okeedokee]

Re: Vids from the work party

the recovery one of the best re flops ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oTiEH3BBeI

 

[Muddy Beast]

Re: Vids from the work party

Good stuff man!

 

[okeedokee]

Re: Vids from the work party

Hey thanks but does any one else have any vids
Duane

 

[Metal Thrasher]

Re: Vids from the work party

Again, nice recovery.

 

[90exjay]

Wow, glad your ok.I wonder what the wife thought of this?

Sean

 

[Blkxjkrawler]

Re: Vids from the work party

Thanks for posting those up duane, I'm going to merge this thread with the pics thread just to clean things up a little.
-Ryan

 

[JBweld]

This needs a quote:

 

[Muddy Beast]

This needs a quote:

"Look mom, I can make a signal fire without a fire!"

 

[Blkxjkrawler]

"Look Alex, I can make a fire without a fire starter!"

Fixded

 

[NW-ZJ-SCOTT]

This needs a quote:

"Anybody got any ducttape?"

 

[WaXJ_Skier]

This needs a quote:

"Want to see him do another trick?"

 

[Ba-Riedo]

Fixded

Well played. On another note I got some more fire paste.

-Alex

 

[Matt_West]

Glad to hear you are all right Ryan.

 

[pSYChedXJ]

Holy crap, batman! Glad you're okay. So what's the plan for her???

- Jay