At Moonlight Madness this weekend, someone climbing Hollywood broke a rear driveline. This was very near the bottom where there are lots of boulders.

So he got out to check it out, after setting the e-brake. Then the e-brake popped and started rolling. The driver tried to reach in and hit the brakes, but due to the building speed, was unable to.

So the Wrangler ran him over, then went un-occupied down the hill towards the other Jeeps in line. The suddenly the Jeep cut to the right and continued to roll another 20 yards until it hit a tree.

The only damage was the rear bumper, and a half dollar sized dent where the bumber hit the body.

And all the driver got was a broken leg.:eek:

sounds pretty lucky for all involved, shitty situation, but it coulda been a LOT shittier

went to go close the gate to our house and my old 76' Chevy sportsvan dropped into reverse all by itself(no shit) I heard the engine idle change looked up and the thing hit me square and then went down the street up the ditch and high centered on a barbed wire pole it bent. I sold that possessed car soon thereafter. Then when I got the Jeep and parked it in the driveway not in gear just the e-brake(dumb) the sonofabitch popped out and rolled across the court. Just the day before the neighbors had there parents 80,000dollar RV parked there:shaking:

Originally posted by MOVEASIDE
went to go close the gate to our house and my old 76' Chevy sportsvan dropped into reverse all by itself(no shit) I heard the engine idle change looked up and the thing hit me square and then went down the street up the ditch and high centered on a barbed wire pole it bent. I sold that possessed car soon thereafter. Then when I got the Jeep and parked it in the driveway not in gear just the e-brake(dumb) the sonofabitch popped out and rolled across the court. Just the day before the neighbors had there parents 80,000dollar RV parked there:shaking:

that tiny thing woulda rolled right under:flipoff2:

This is why I spool out the winch cable and tie off my rover everytime I park on a hill.

Just like a horse :)

Ron

he got a compound fracture to the left ankle and was taken out in onother rig to the hard ball and to the hospital in a ambulance.
I herd that the bone was pertruding the skin.

"I herd that the bone was pertruding the skin."

Thats why its called a compound fracture.

Ron

Originally posted by evilfij
"I herd that the bone was pertruding the skin."

Thats why its called a compound fracture.

Ron

LOL!

Got first aid card?

BTDT.

Three years ago my buddy and I were out in WA wheeling. I was leading with my then-open diffed XJ and ceased forward motion on some loose, steep fire road carved into the side of a mountain. My buddy (5SP YJ) put his rig in neutral, engine running with ebake on to help spot me. As we were talking we heard this loud pop and the YJ just started rolling backwards down the trail. It was like watching a (bad) movie, nothing we could do. It picked up speed fast and I was prepared to watch it go all the way off the side of this mountain, a few hundred feet down. Well it hit a bump and turned the wheel full to left lock which steered it off the road about 15 feet before slamming hard into a tree. He broke his back window out, pushed his tailgate in (had a tuffy box which kept if from completely colapsing). Tie rod was fucked. No winch and I had to pull him back onto the fire road with a stap without flopping him on the side as I was pull damn near 90 degrees on his front bumper.

Straightened the tie rod and decided to wheel about 5 more hours. One of the best days of wheeling after that lttle mishap. Sure miss my WA wheeling buddies!

SeanP

Well, I had just finished some shopping, and was bringing the groceries into the house. I had parked my rig in the driveway, and just pulled the e-break (usually slide it into gear to but?). Anyway right as I was approaching the door I heard a small pop...I looked over my left shoulder and could only watch as my rig was slowly building up speed as it was leaving the driveway. My driveway has a slight incline to it, nothing too steep.

Anyway, I watched in suspense as the rig's steering lock kicked in, keeping the rig turning on a nice arc. It swung into the street towards two parked cars...Missed them by inches and continued turning...I breathed a sigh of relief ducking that bullet, then I quickly calculated that the rig, on it's current path, would be heading (at about 15mph) into the neighbors house (BIG u-turn). Well, she popped the curb and slammed into their prized cheery tree about 8' from their front door. No damage. I quickly jumped into the rig and drove (carefully) out of their front yard, and back into the driveway...:eek:

---D

Back in high school we were cruising around the trails outside of town in my buddy's Nissan pickup. Two in front, three in the bed. He comes drifting around a curve in some soft dirt and just plops it over on it's side - we jumpred out of the back as it was going over. So the 2 of them climb out of the cab and we just stood there for a few thinking "WTF just happened?", then the 5 of us pushed it back onto it's wheels. As soon as it landed on it's wheels it started rolling backwards off the side of the trail, picked up speed, ripped the passenger door off on a tree on it's way down and then rolled a couple times. We just stood there looking at each other thinking "WTF just happened?"

Originally posted by withamc
Back in high school we were cruising around the trails outside of town in my buddy's Nissan pickup. Two in front, three in the bed. He comes drifting around a curve in some soft dirt and just plops it over on it's side - we jumpred out of the back as it was going over. So the 2 of them climb out of the cab and we just stood there for a few thinking "WTF just happened?", then the 5 of us pushed it back onto it's wheels. As soon as it landed on it's wheels it started rolling backwards off the side of the trail, picked up speed, ripped the passenger door off on a tree on it's way down and then rolled a couple times. We just stood there looking at each other thinking "WTF just happened?"


...and all five of you have until now escaped being "Darwinized"?!?!?

Fortunate bunch...:rasta: :rasta:

about 3 weeks ago the guy that lives across from me was backing out of his driveway when he smacked right into the side of our truck...i was looking over my shoulder when it happend and was like what the fawk is he doing? i walk over there and there is no one in the car??? then i look at the guys house and he walks out with a beer in his hand and we both looked and said WTF? the car popped outa gear it only cost him $1320 to fix my 97 Chevy.

Chris G.

Ha, I got three to add to this one!

First, about eight years ago, I wheeled into my folk's back yard in my trusty '77 Chevy 3/4 ton. I threw it in park and left it running while I ran into the house to grab some junk, I got to the door of the house when I heard that tired old 350 drop off high idle and start a chuggin. I turned around to see my truck bookin across my parent's back yard at about 10mph in reverse, I ran after it and caught it just as it nailed the only tree in the yard. 50lbs of snow fell of the 20' tall White Pine onto me, and the top 4' of the tree dropped right into the middle of the roof.

Second, a guy I my club whips into the parts store and leaves his '74 Dodge running cuz it's a damn cold Michigan winter. He's sitting at the counter when he here's a loud crash. Everyone runs to the front of the store to see his truck sticking out of the building across the street. The funny part is the truck backed out of the parking spot, made a complete 180 degree turn, between three cars in the parts store lot, made it across the three lane road, over the sidewalk, through the bushes, between two more parked cars an right into a doctor's examination room!

Okay, third and final, another one of my club members, out cruzing in his 400 Chevy powered Jeep when the throttle cable binds at about 3500rpm, so he kills the ignition and coasts into a gas station. He pops the hood, tugs a couple plug wires out of the way of the trottle linkage, and reaches around to hit the key. When the 400 fires back up it goes right back to 3500rpm and it's still in gear and he's standing outside! The Jeep lurched forward, knocking him down and running his ass over, then proceeds across the parking lot and ramp travels the guard post next to the gas pump. He was okay, and he hung his t-shirt on the garage wall, complete with 35" Bogger track from waist to shoulder!

Funnist story I ever heard...Just happened...

heading up to the Con and the "people" I'm meeting are late. They get there a little late with a crazy story.

So, "Blondie" is backing the SUV out of the driveway and closing the garage door at the same time. Looks up and sees the cat hanging upside down with his feet smashed in the panels of the garage door, screaming his head off.

So, "blondie" jumps out of the SUV and gets the door up, hauls the cat back in the house for some love.

Several minutes pass and there's a very loud crash outside.

So, "Blondie" rushes out to investigate. Guess what..no car in the driveway... it's now hanging out the side of the garage wall.

"Blondie" is very late to pick the kid up from school, so she drives it back out of the wall and she's gone....

"Mr Blondie" comes home from work to find "blondie" and family are ok but there's a hole in the garage...

After investigating the crime seen, it just so happen that the SUV did not pull forward a few feet and hit the garage, but rather backed out of the driveway, drove around the 'hood backwards for a while, through the lawn next door, though the fence, and into the garage.

don't laugh, could be your Durrango next.

see ya,

tony k

Originally posted by billj



...and all five of you have until now escaped being "Darwinized"?!?!?

Fortunate bunch...:rasta: :rasta:
Can you say "17 and wasted?"

Originally posted by evilfij
This is why I spool out the winch cable and tie off my rover everytime I park on a hill.

Just like a horse :)

Ron

HAHAHAHA

in Oz, we got plenty trees left, at the moment, so i just drive it into a biggish looking tree, that isnt rotten and it holds itself :rasta:

Ya, but do you have pics to support your story??

Did tha Ford have a reverse 44 in the front? Do you still have it?

see ya,

tony k

Originally posted by TONY K
Did tha Ford have a reverse 44 in the front? Do you still have it?

see ya,

tony k

you need 8 lug? if not there's one floating around chico self serve. e-mail me if you want it.

When i was about 22 i was working in a garage as a mechanic and one of the other mechanics was tunning a 351clevo and C4 in a Mint condition'78 falcon coupe.
Well he must have started it in neutral and was under the bonnet adjusting the mixtures and giving it a few good revs when the throttle cable stuck and it dropped into gear, wheelspins flatout goes straight through the workshop first taking out his Snap-on tool chest then sideswiping 2 customers cars in the workshop then finally going straight through the back wall and dropping about 10ft into the concrete drain out the back.
I look at him he looks at me shrugs his sholders starts to pic up whats left of his tools, puts them in the trunk of his car and leaves without saying a word.
The car was still in the drain reving its ring out so i jump down into about a foot of water and reach in and turn it off.The car was a write off.
Just then the boss turns up and starts going off at me thinking i done it, so i quit to cause there was no way i was going to put up with his bad moods cause someone else stuffed up.

I run into the guy that was working on the car when it happened about a year later and he told me he had to go back to work for the guy for 3 months for free to pay for the car.

This kinda happened to me the other day.

I was helping my newbie friend diagnose some vibrations he has been having since his lift was installed, well I tell him to pull his rear driveshaft and run around in 4wd a while to see if that was the problem. I had assumed he was not retarded which was a very bad thing in this case :rolleyes: , anyway he parked it on a nice incline in gear Ebrake set and hopped out to remove the rear drive shaft as I had previously told him to do. He calls me and is bitching about how difficult it is for him to pull the shaft loose I hear POP "I gooo-uh" then "call back, tell dad to come outside" in a muffled voice and then a click. A this point I kinda knew what had just happened so I immediately called back and got his old man on the phone and debreifed him on what to expect outside :( . We the Jeep had rolled backwards onto him but didn't have enough steam to fully get over him, it was just using him as a park stop and had him pinned down. He wound up spending 2 days in the hospital as a result almost :nuke: his guts I guess.

Now my driveshaft removal instructions have changed as a result.