horror at rowher flats***NEED HELP***

[funrunner91]

hey guy i was refered by yotatech, please check it out i need help

http://www.yotatech.com/showthread.php?t=117315

thanks

[Elton]

hope you get it out of there dont forget to take some pics back to the top for this thread

[bamachem]

ouch. good luck on the recovery. if i were local, i would be there in a heartbeat. take care, and BE SAFE!

[Seanz0rz]

its a hell of a long way away from me, and i only have about 50 feet total of recovery strap, i doubt i could get you out of there.

if you need my help anyway, and think i can help you, let me know and ill be out there as soon as i can.

[funrunner91]

thanks guys we have extra rope 40k test and i think at this point we will have 2 truck with winchs, it's a stright shot out and we can get the truck running to help get it out. we might give it a try today i will post our phone number if anyone can help i think we need one more rig to hold down one of the winchers i will use my rover to hold the other. thanks guys

[Ric]

woow, Im glad no one was hurt, the vehicle can be replaced,, and if i was closer, Id already be helping out... best wishes.

[funrunner91]

i'm on my way out now i think we have to trucks to winch, any other help would be great

adel
714-251-4097


thanks

[calrockx]

bruce and i got him outta there.

i'm wrapping up some work now, but i'll let him post up the pics. it's a shame it happened, but at least everyone is okay, and now the 4runner is out and ready for trail buggydom! ha

:)

[881stGenRunner]

i saw the pics today on TOB i would like to see pics of the recovery. That would be pretty cool. Glad yall got it out okay and no one was hurt.

[BruceTS]

I guess I pissed off the park ranger, he came out and remarked "Your gonna pull it out with that little rope?" Then he tried to intimidate me by asking for credentials, I mearly went on with the process and Vince had a long converastion with him, with threats of citations etc.....guess he got pissed he didn't get his kickback from a $2500 quote from a tow service he recommended. Needless to say he sat at the bottom as we pulled the truck out.


Before Charles showed up to lend a helping hand I had already pulled the 4Runner down the slot to the area where the extraction took place. the photo below is after we had pulled the rig past the tough part. I had Charles winchline through the top to insure it wouldn't rollover, due to both down hill tires were off their beads and no way to swap them out.

http://bruce.calrockx.com/4runner/misc/winching.jpg

The 4Runner was originally further down, out of sight. I actually got lucky when I first set-up, banked on it rolling down hill once I started the angle pull, it did just that, rolling back about 35' and ended up exactly where I needed it. It took every tow strap and all my line just to reach, I would have loved to had snatch blocked it, but it was just too far away. An ATV was recently stuck at that location, so all the brush had been cleared for it's extraction.

[calrockx]

Yeah, I missed that ranger incident. As I was driving up I wondered why that ranger-looking guy was just down at the staging area watching. Oh well. :roll:

By the time I got there, Bruce had repositioned the 4Runner to pretty much make it a straight shot up the hill, backwards. Between the two of us, the process was pretty smooth.

It didn't start unfortunately...severed ignition wires....but with some careful towing and achoring, we got it back to the street.

[expatoz]

Well done Bruce and Charles. You guys are standup sorts!

Sounds like the Ranger was being a dick.

[slosurfer]

:clap: Bruce and Charles, that was awesome of you guys to do. :thumbup: Looking forward to more pics. :lol: Bruce The Sniper shoots down a forest ranger :rofl:

[Elton]

wow thats great cant wait to see more

[BruceTS]

Here's Charles acting as the brake man bringing it down the hill, one of the electronic boxes got torn apart, preventing us from getting it running.
http://bruce.calrockx.com/4runner/misc/charles.jpg

Finally got it to the highway, where I waited til his buddy showed up with a tow dolly. Note how well the roof held up after rolling over around 10 times.
http://bruce.calrockx.com/4runner/misc/highway.jpg

[Good Times]

ouch.... dude the towing part definitely brings some sad memories...

fix her up! good to hear everyone inside was not hurt.

[DNAhilux]

good show. (not the damage,,but the extraction)

[ChickenLover]

Bruce & Chuck,
Very nice job! I'm sure funrunner was humbled by your generosity.

[bamachem]

wow. awesome job. kudos to bruce and charles for helping out!

[Cebby]

Hats off to you guys. That's the sort of community that we were hoping to build at UY. That sort of self-less assistance embodies what we're about. Damn good thing funrunner was able to link to his thread and not be censored.

You guys are AWESOME!

[funrunner91]

WHAT A CRAZY WEEKEND!!! Bruce and Charles you guys are amazing the help that I recieved was incredible. I really aprreciate what you guys did for me from the bottom of my heart. I have made 2 new friends. I am humbled from your kind hearted generosity to help a total complete stranger. THANK YOU GUYS SOOOOOOOO MUCH, Charles thank you for seeing the post and making a move. Bruce, Who are you??? are you a fireman? haha Looks like ranger Bob is sitting at stage area 2 eating his words about your "little rope". well like I said if you guys ever need anything do not hesitate to ask, I will be there in a heartbeat just like how you guys were there for me. Thanks again guys. here are more pics.*hats off and final bow to both of you guys****

http://ttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2039.jpg

[ecchamberlin]

Man that is a crazy day right there. Also glad all are safe.

Bruce good point about the roof. It is strange that we were talking about that last Friday and now have yet another example of how sound the roof is for low speed roll overs.

funrunner sorry this fine example was at your expense!

[MTL_4runner]

Hats off to you guys. That's the sort of community that we were hoping to build at UY. That sort of self-less assistance embodies what we're about. Damn good thing funrunner was able to link to his thread and not be censored.

You guys are AWESOME!


I couldn't have said it any better.... X2

[BruceTS]

Bruce good point about the roof. It is strange that we were talking about that last Friday and now have yet another example of how sound the roof is for low speed roll overs.


The best part is the 3 occupants came out with no injuries, that must have been one wild ride. Ironically he just got the 4x4 runner to replace his 2x4 runner(which he still owns) I told him, now just swap all the 4x4 parts over, then part out the rest.

[funrunner91]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/truckroll004-n.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner008.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2038.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2036.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner021.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner018.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2042.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2044.jpg

[funrunner91]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner006.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner005.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2058.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2057.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2055.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2054.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2053.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2049.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2016.jpg

[funrunner91]

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2011.jpg
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h314/Yanadine/recoveryRunner/RecoveryRunner2010.jpg

[funrunner91]

The tow truck company said they would need 2 f250 supercharged superduties and 6 men to do the extraction. I guess they weren't as experienced as bruce. haha 2 runners and 3 men!

[tour4fun]

Bruce and Charles to the rescue :bowdown:


Way to go guys :thumbup:

[Erich_870]

Way to go guys! :thumbup: That looked like a very cool recovery. Everyone deserves a pat on the back. :king:

Bruce and Charles, you should leave a sign down at the bottom that says "If you can read this, call Bruce and Charles... But only after you call the towing company for a quote" :rofl: Than you could make a little dough for mods :hillbill:

Seriously though, way to show how good us Toyota guys have it for community help. :love:

Erich

[surf4runner]

Bruce The Sniper shoots down a forest ranger :rofl:

:lol: :thumbup: :smokin:
im glad to know if i got into something like that, bruce and charles :king: live close by

[BruceTS]

for those who have Google earth this is the GPS coordinates where the 4Runner ended up. 34°32'3.15"N 118°21'40.53"W

[881stGenRunner]

sorry to hear about the 4Runner, but lets all be glad that we have such great people on on this board and will be there for someone in need.

[funrunner91]

here is the vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksSlXLbzfbI

[Texas Jim]

Well my hats off to you guy's for getting that out of there!! :clap: I am just a little curious, how in the heck did you get that down there besides rolling over about 10 times?? Did you just get off the edge of the trail or were you actually trying to get to the bottom of that canyon?? and I couldn't really see any trail to follow, I hope you were practicing "Tread Lightly" manovers.... TJ

[JWBehm]

copy and pasting this from the other thread. . "this place is bad terrain and has no forgiveness just cliff's on either side, he got a good 25mph with no brakes before deciding to just turn right for the greenery instead of going over any of the other sides."

[fustercluck]

Don't know how I missed this thread for so long. I'm sorry this happened. I can't help but apply the 'all for one and one for all' maxim more often associated with The Three Musketeers; a novel written by Dumas.

It's good to see one in need aided by his brothers. It is right to see the fallen runner extracted by fellow runners and escorted to the trailer. It's nice to be associated with folks as willing and able to help as y'all.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Seen this vid, and thread, and pcitures before, but now that it has resrufaced, I want to once again give my thanks to you guys for showing what kind of community we have!! Excelent work...

Only thing I might have done differently, is winch with the hood up... Have a spotter out to the side to watch whats going on, but if've got the hood up, it gives a good stop for a broken cable before it snaps back through a windshield or something... Just a thought.

[BruceTS]

Only thing I might have done differently, is winch with the hood up... Have a spotter out to the side to watch whats going on, but if've got the hood up, it gives a good stop for a broken cable before it snaps back through a windshield or something... Just a thought.

Only true if it was a steel cable, synthetic line reacts differently when it snaps, there was no safety issues with this pull.