XJ recovery above Bountiful

[mr_blove]

so can anyone fly a helicopter haha

Well I don't fly a helicopter........but I work on them, does that count? Somehow I don't see the goverment spending money to send a blackhawk out to rescue some shmo's XJ (unless he's in it, in serious peril??????).


My 2 cents...With enought people, can do attitude, and a little ingenuity we can accomplish anything!!!!! of course with the owners ok AND HELP. It's his vehicle he should be out there, if we can find him.

 

[PierCed_3]

Also my winch has a 90 foot 3/8 inch cable attached to it

 

[N-Smooth]

if you get the license number i can get the owners name

 

[buck55]

We started the day at the Chevron in Bountiful and drove up 400 N to skyline Drive where we all locked in and got ready... we proceeded up the road with Badger (Heavy mod XJ) leading the way, XJDevil (stock XJ w/lift) in the middle and Gijohn40 (Cj-7 locked rear, Lift) bringing up the tail end.
As we got going up the trail which was packed snow/ice we came upon a guy running a Toyota pick up that was doing pretty good until he slide into the side of the hill and we all passed him by... and then he brought up the tail end. I was having troubles keeping the CJ going in a straight line after we started into the powdered snow due to the ruts the XJ's were leaving me... so when I got the turn around point my rear end headed for the side of the road with the drop off... at this point my gorgeous girlfriend fled for her life! I was stuck in about 2 feet of snow and trying to go up hill. Badger ended up winching me out. While we were recovering my CJ someone came around the bend in a S10 pickup and told us he was only able to get about another mile up the road before he had to dig himself out so we all decided to turn around and head back.

On the way down the mountain XJDevil was going a bit fast and encountered some dipstick young kid coming up the icy road in a frontwheel drive car... he hit his brakes and got his first trail dent from the kids front end right in the door panel behind the driver... We all promised to make up some narly story to explain this dent but no story did this justice so I told the truth (sorry Joel).

Little to say we never made it up to where the XJ was stuck so guess it will either stay there until spring or some of the snow melts! I hope its still there come spring!!

We had a great time even though it was short... I got the girlfriend to drive up some rutted trail so she got her First experience wheeling and she is stoked to go again! So next time anyone goes give me shout!!
John

hey what program did you use for the topo map?

 

[crimsonride]

I'll get the number. Let's just drop it untill we have him contacted. Hey may end up being some sema fag anyway that we don't want to help. However if he's cool we can brainstorm. The snow get's low up there between snow storms but even then we may not be able to get it out, it would be a serious chore pulling a stock cherokee through three feet of snow, especially up hill.

 

[richpblaze]

Good idea

I'll get the number. Let's just drop it untill we have him contacted. Hey may end up being some sema fag anyway that we don't want to help. However if he's cool we can brainstorm. The snow get's low up there between snow storms but even then we may not be able to get it out, it would be a serious chore pulling a stock cherokee through three feet of snow, especially up hill.

If you get ahold of the owner, I'm In

WWWEEEEEE CCCCAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN DDDDDOOOOOOO IIIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!

 

[Cody]

I have like, big tires (and they all turn at the same time ), big motor, and no sense. Let me know if you want me to go

Cody

 

[gijohn40]

hey what program did you use for the topo map?

I use Delorme's Topo 5.0 sell for about $99 but I get a big discount on it... so it only costs me about $69