Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

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Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by roblenzz » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:29 am

Just browsing youtube and came across this.

https://youtu.be/ypBkVZmWffQ

It's a sad sight seeing the old girl fall through the ice. .. Looks like it was on its way to being restored
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by Wolfman » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:01 am

There be fools in this world.
And there are just plain idiots !!
The driver should have walked across the ice first, to check it out before driving on it.
Maybe he would have feel through first !!
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Post by twinflyer17 » Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:28 am

I'm sure they eventually pulled it out...I just hope it wasn't an original engine!
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by Chuck Lutz » Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:34 am

Obviously he never saw the TV show..."Ice road Truckers" where they go through the ice but more to the point, as soon as he drove on the ice it began to crack which should have been a good clue that it would not support the jeep.

Now if that creek was 8' or 10' deep and was rapidly moving it could have been fatal to the driver under the ice and nearly fatal to the jeep. You can restore drowned jeep but its another whole thing to restore the driver...ain't gonna happen.

He's got dumb luck I guess.
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Post by GI. » Mon Feb 05, 2018 12:25 pm

Stupid is as stupid does, that proves it. i don't know who was the bigger fool, the driver or that idiot doing all the laughing.
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Post by JIMN » Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:36 pm

You guys are like old fogies. That was a great video, and if it was your friend who did that you would have been laughing too!
They knew the risk they were taking, it was in Tennessee not Michigan. They probably also knew how deep it was.
Plenty of jeep motors have survived being submerged. It was probably fine.... :D I am sure those guys knew how to check the block and clear it of water.
Thanks for posting that. It was great!
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Post by GI. » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:50 am

JIMN wrote:
Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:36 pm
You guys are like old fogies. That was a great video, and if it was your friend who did that you would have been laughing too!
They knew the risk they were taking, it was in Tennessee not Michigan. They probably also knew how deep it was.
Plenty of jeep motors have survived being submerged. It was probably fine. I am sure those guys knew how to check the block and clear it of water.
Thanks for posting that. It was great!
I love it when people stick up for their own kind. maybe you could give them a call and go with them in the right seat for their next cross country trip, now that would keep me laughing :lol: ...make sure you get a video of it.
I would not use the seat belt. and that was a great video :wink:
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Post by Joe Gopan » Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:07 am

The laughing likely did not last all that long. Good example of a poor mix of man and machine.
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by JIMN » Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:44 am

GI. wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:50 am
...and that was a great video :wink:
See, you admit, you liked it!
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Post by W. Winget » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:38 am

I admit it was dumb, don't think they flooded the engine, it still had the fenders above water, so the carb wouldn't have sucked it in. I bet he bailed when his B---s got soaked in frozen water.
It was interesting to see it spin out, but I'm sure many other jeeps, trucks and tanks (people) have fallen victim to ice ponds....Maybe if he was lighter it would have made it. :lol:

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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by JIMN » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:42 am

Ben Dover wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:07 am
The laughing likely did not last all that long.
Those guys will be laughing and telling that story for years to come!
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Post by Wolfman » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:30 am

I will agree with Winget. I don't think the engine completely submerged. A major plus for a running engine.
I wouldn't want to be the laughing guy, making the video, when the driver got off the jeep.
He didn't look too happy.
I could tell.
He kept communicating with the guy making the video with hand signals !!
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by GI. » Tue Feb 06, 2018 7:46 am

JIMN wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:44 am
GI. wrote:
Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:50 am
...and that was a great video :wink:
See, you admit, you liked it!
Yea,,,


Yea, I did,.... nothing I like better then to see people get what they deserve. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Now that was a great lesson that the driver could have never learned in a class room, I'm sure he's a lot smarter jeep driver today for it. :wink:
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by Chuck Lutz » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:12 am

Well...I don't care if they were in New Mexico, when the ice starts cracking as soon as you start out on it, the driver of the jeep or the other guys should have brought up the idea that it was too thin to support the jeep. Evidently the allure of ice skating in a G503 or something was too much for those guys. I get the feeling that the camera was rolling because someone expected something to go wrong...if they discussed it and made bets on him making it or not i can see how the laughter was warranted with an in-said "I told ya so!".

I doubt the owner will do THAT again. After he pulls it out and drains the water from the axels and the exhaust system and possibly the transfer case and spends some time and money to get that jeep back to where it was before this "adventure" began, he may want to try crossing streams in Alaska in winter, not in Tennessee....

This one was a pretty close one to what you would see on that show "Jackass" maybe?
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Re: Some folks don't deserve old jeeps...

Post by Joe Gopan » Tue Feb 06, 2018 9:06 am

There is no law against being stupid.
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