[spyder6]

Unfortunately, i only have 1 picture because i was "that guy" who had to pull everyone out of the stupid stuff they did and my co-driver wasnt very bright in the idea of getting outside of the jeep to spot and take pictures.

none the less, this is the only picture i have, and if you guys care to listen to the story of what all happend, you can imagine the rest



yesterday was the first major 'expedition' ive taken in my Rubi since i put the lift on at the end of May. I know, way too long, but there have been many complications in my life that kept me from doing much of anything at all without being glued to my house or my grandparents house, and the lovely, traveling back and forth between Lexington on a regular basis.

we all met at a truckstop/gas station just off I-71 in Pendelton and we took off to Sean's farm about 10 miles away, when we got there his dad was there scopeing the place for some people who'd been illegally hunting on his property. he offered to be our trail guide for about an hour while he looked for any dead deer from a shot he had previously heard. the first leg was creek beds, unfortunately its been about a month since the last time it rained so most of the water was dried up and it was like driving through a gravel pit with ledges and silt. driving along, having a good time.

i was the second in line of the 5 of us, (it was me, a 98 TJ with 33's on it, a 94 YJ that had what looked like 29" offbrand all terrains, and a 84 bronco that has been to hell and probebly several riots considering its condition, but it had 33" supers on it)

we eventually get to the end of the creek where the now dried up waterfall is and we're unable to go any further this direction, and we cant crawl out because we're in a boxed canyon so we turn around and go back the way we came. there were several small little water pits the size of a volkswagon that were probebly about 2 feet deep with ledges that were another 6 feet in the air on a grade that was probebly about 45 to 50 degrees. nothing bad, it was easy enough stuff that a stock YJ could get through it without losing traction too bad.

then we come to the first accident of the day, somwere in there, the YJ got infront of the pack and found some water. the guy being overly confident drove straight in it without even bothing to figure out how deep it was. it ended up being about 4 feet deep. the worst part of the whole thing was that he didnt even bother to shut his engine off, he just left it running while cup after cup of water filled his airbox. so i drive around behind of where the kid is, get my tow strap out and hook up, slowly backed up, put it in 4-low and put my lockers on and gave it hell. that was the hardest pull ive ever done. trying to pull someone out when they are STUCK and being on shattered limestone creek bed is ****ing hard. took me little over 20 minutes to get him out.

so eventually his engine died from water intake and this could very well be the funny part.

i walk over to the jeep where the kids dad had pulled the airbox hose off and was looking down the throttle body, he asked me if i had any paper towel and jesus christ i did, so i gave it to him and he told the kid to crank the motor. i said

"are you serious?! you cant crank a motor when its hydro locked! you need to pull the spark plugs first so you dont blow a gasket or break something"

"no no, its all right, theres probebly just water in the carburator"

"im sorry sir, but there isnt a carburator on this motor, its EFI"

"dont be a dip**** kid, its right there (pointing at the throttle body)"

so i backed off, my pride bruised (not) and watched after they took sheet after sheet of paper towel, shove it down the throttle body and pull it back out soaked in water. not to mention they kept cranking it and the starter motor sounded like it was breaking its teeth clean off

long story short i offered the 2 kids that were riding in the YJ a ride and they hopped in the back of my jeep, so now ive got close to 800 pounds of people sitting in there. went through all the trails, helped my buddy with the Bronco get his tires back on the ground when he was going down a ledge, go through the mud pit to get to the rock crawling and did some of that.

we came back to the start of the trails via the road and i was going to go back to the YJ to get some of my stuff. i go get it and while im sitting there talking to the kid about his YJ i hear a crunch and a ****!, i take off running to where i hear it and the kid in the TJ was "blindly" driving through 4 foot tall grass and drove off a ledge into a little ravine and burried his front end, broke his tie rod and his rear left tire was 3 feet in the air and he was on the verge of flipping over. so i run back to the rubi drive up around tow here he is, strap up and pull him out in one fell swoop.

I am all that is man.

thanks for your time

[98tjsahara]

Sounds like you were the sharpest knife in that particular drawer.

[Broken_Soldier]

I kinda feel sorry for that kid in the YJ. He may never have had any chance at getting some sense with his dad being like that...

[spyder6]

fortunately, about 3 hours later after i had left to go to my friends labor day party he apparently got it started and got a half a quart of water to come out of the exhuast pipe, or so the story goes

[AlTheKillerr]

sounds like a long day

[spyder6]

it was, a blast though, so it was all worth it