Wheeling at the Beach

LEEBLINX · 04-17-2005, 06:26 AM

O.K. so yesterday I went to Assateague Island Md, I got my ORV permit for the year. I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean. It was really cool because the shell was worn smooth from the surf, and sand. I kept it. put it in the passenger side floor of my Jeep. Spent the day Wheeling on the beach. I saw the wild ponies, a few sika deer, a snake, and a lot of birds. It was a little cold, and windy out, but clear skies. All, and all a very good day. Later that day on my way home very relaxed, driving along, listing to Sheryl Crow CD, Just thinking about how good it was to get out, and wheel a little I hear a very loud BOOM! I pull over thinking it's a tire, get out, and look. Tires are fine. I look under Jeep, see nothing out of place. I open hood, still nothing. I have read stories on the forum before of members having problems with their Jeeps while driving along so I am thinking that it's my turn. Still not locating the source of the Boom. I check guages, tires, engine, under Jeep, everything I can think of. Look down Hiway behind me to see if I hit something. Nothing. So I get back in Jeep to leave still puzzeled by BOOM I notice a slight sweet smell... MY COCONUT EXPLODED!!! I guess all the time it was floating in the ocean, and lying on the beach it had become very cold. Putting it in the floor of my Jeep, and having heat on low heated it up, expanded the Coconut milk inside to the point of rupture. I gotta tell ya, scared the S#!t outta me. I could not help but laugh about it the rest of the ride home. No real damage done just a mess of coconut goo on the floor mat, and the thought of some fat guy crawling around his Jeep like some kind of chimpanzee trying to find source of BOOM. Anyways, just thought I would share my story

IAJack · 04-17-2005, 07:43 AM

So you busted a nut in your Jeep?

JimJimmyJames · 04-17-2005, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by IAJack

So you busted a nut in your Jeep?

Well, at least we know how to open coconuts now! If I am ever on a deserted tropical island, with my Jeep, I will know just what to do

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treeofliberty · 04-17-2005, 09:27 AM

I had something similar happen to me, my first year in Phoenix. I left a six pack of Coke in the back of the car, during the 110+ days of summer. As I drove home from work, I heard a boom and thought I had hit something, or been hit by something. A moment later I looked in the back seat to see it covered in sticky brown fluid. The added vibration of driving must have been just enough extra pressure to blow the can.

Jeeps as chemistry labs. What a novel idea.

skylinerider · 04-17-2005, 10:25 AM

[QUOTE=LEEBLINX] I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean. [QUOTE]

A swallow could have carried it

Come on you knew it was coming.

LEEBLINX · 04-17-2005, 10:25 AM

I tell ya what, I don't know how old the coconut was, or for sure where it came from, but the coconut milk was so thick, and goo y that it looked like somebody busted a nut in my floor mat. Oh by the way, first mod, or add on to my Jeep was Huskey molded floor liners. thank god.

LEEBLINX · 04-17-2005, 10:27 AM

I still think it's funny.

rowdy1 · 04-17-2005, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LEEBLINX

I still think it's funny.

I've been to the Virginia side of Assateague Island three times. Loved the place.
Sadly it was before I got into Jeeps,but I'd have loved to do the beach trail run.
You've got to love the isolation of Chincoteague/Assateague. We'll be back maybe this year,it's been a while and we miss it

**MugZy_YJ_94** · 04-17-2005, 03:05 PM

[QUOTE=skylinerider][QUOTE=LEEBLINX] I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean.

Quote:

A swallow could have carried it

Come on you knew it was coming.

it took about 5 min to recover from that one...
"Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European
swallow, that's my point"

**CoriolisSTORM** · 04-17-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by IAJack

So you busted a nut in your Jeep?

Hmm, sounds like a personal problem to me. I think its time for somebody to go to counseling. Hmm, wheeling on the beach sounds like a good idea though. Too bad its an 8 hour ride and about 2-3 tanks of gas to get there from here though...

Lucky13 · 04-17-2005, 05:19 PM

[QUOTE=skylinerider][QUOTE=LEEBLINX] I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean. [QUOTE]

A swallow could have carried it

QUOTE]

African of European swallow?

creature · 04-17-2005, 06:25 PM

last time I went there, my alcohalicy friend got naked and swam out into the surf, while trying to impress a girl. And that was during the month of february.

The_'ster · 04-17-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by LEEBLINX

I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean.

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? Coconuts are tropical! This is a temperate zone.

Roll Tide · 04-18-2005, 04:25 AM

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Originally Posted by rowdy1

I've been to the Virginia side of Assateague Island three times. Loved the place.
Sadly it was before I got into Jeeps,but I'd have loved to do the beach trail run.
You've got to love the isolation of Chincoteague/Assateague. We'll be back maybe this year,it's been a while and we miss it

I hated being stationed there. I had just turned 21. One bar in town, an hour drive to go to a mall or see a movie. Seemed the reverse of "Children of the corn" No teens or 20's people around, just older people.

**MugZy_YJ_94** · 04-18-2005, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by The_'ster

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? Coconuts are tropical! This is a temperate zone.

ARTHUR: Not at all, they could be carried.
GUARD #1: What -- a swallow carrying a coconut?
ARTHUR: It could grip it by the husk!
GUARD #1: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a
simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not
carry a 1 pound coconut.
ARTHUR: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your
master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.
GUARD #1: Listen, in order to maintain air-speed velocity, a
swallow needs to beat its wings 43 times every second, right?
ARTHUR: Please!
GUARD #1: Am I right?
ARTHUR: I'm not interested!
GUARD #2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
GUARD #1: Oh, yeah, an African swallow maybe, but not a European
swallow, that's my point

04-17-2005, 09:27 AM	#4
treeofliberty Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 235 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I had something similar happen to me, my first year in Phoenix. I left a six pack of Coke in the back of the car, during the 110+ days of summer. As I drove home from work, I heard a boom and thought I had hit something, or been hit by something. A moment later I looked in the back seat to see it covered in sticky brown fluid. The added vibration of driving must have been just enough extra pressure to blow the can. Jeeps as chemistry labs. What a novel idea. __________________ Tim Phoenix, AZ 2004 Wrangler Unlimited, 4.0L auto, 4" Teraflex lift, 33x12.50x15 Goodyear MT/R's on MT Classic II wheels, ARB's front and rear, 4.56 gears, York OBA, Milemarker E9000 Winch, Shrockworks Rocksliders, KOZ Offroad Rear Bumper, Skid Row Engine Skid, Bestop soft half doors, Raingler Pet Nets

04-17-2005, 10:25 AM	#5
skylinerider Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 362 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	[QUOTE=LEEBLINX] I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean. [QUOTE] A swallow could have carried it Come on you knew it was coming. __________________ skylinerider™ SKYLINERIDER.NET If you can't taste the sarcasm try licking the screen.

04-17-2005, 05:19 PM	#11
Lucky13 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In a Bubble! Posts: 460 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	[QUOTE=skylinerider][QUOTE=LEEBLINX] I found a Coconut on the beach which is not from this area so I figured it must have floated here from the Carribean. [QUOTE] A swallow could have carried it QUOTE] African of European swallow? __________________ Me and my friends did acid in the woods, 'cuz there was much less chance of running into an authority fugure. But we ran into a bear. And that is way more of a buzz kill. I looked around and saw my friend swearing to prevent forest fires. Later, he came up to me and said, "Mitchell. Smokey is way more intense in person.- Mitch Hedberg Last edited by Lucky13; 04-17-2005 at 09:57 PM..

04-17-2005, 07:43 AM	#2
IAJack Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: In a van down by the DesMoines river Posts: 485 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	So you busted a nut in your Jeep? __________________ http://www.hawkeyefirearmsinstruction.com/ NRA-Certified Pistol Instructor

04-17-2005, 10:25 AM	#6
LEEBLINX Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 25 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I tell ya what, I don't know how old the coconut was, or for sure where it came from, but the coconut milk was so thick, and goo y that it looked like somebody busted a nut in my floor mat. Oh by the way, first mod, or add on to my Jeep was Huskey molded floor liners. thank god.

04-17-2005, 10:27 AM	#7
LEEBLINX Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 25 Profile Gallery Classifieds My Jeeps	I still think it's funny.