On Saturday I was called to the scene on two stuck vehicles.
One being a $30,000 2007 JK 4D Jeep, the other being a 2001, $120,000 H1 Hummer.
Both, as you will see, were quite stuck. Neither driver had been off-road before (at least in these particular vehicles.
The high level of water shorted out the alarm system on the Hummer . . . so the video has that annoying background noise.
But what will you see in the video is me pulling the JK out with a strap, followed by an attempt to winch the Hummer out (it instead was dragging my 8 ton truck into the mud,) followed by me switching around to the back on the Hummer and pulling him out backwards.
The Jeep drove home, the Hummer had to be towed. Both the engine and transmission are toast.
The lesson: know how deep the water is before you try walk across it. Unless you are Jesus Christ.
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About Me
- tjcouch
- Former gigs: Animatronic creature tech for film and live action, production studio manager for USF, film production consultant, cameraman for WTVT, IMAX Theatre director, museum director, harbor cruise ship captain. Current gigs: loan officer, commercial property manager, Vice Chairman of The Life Enrichment Center, Trustee of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Director of the University Area Community Development Center, Director of a private grant-making foundation.
1 comment:
Beautiful extraction. Watching the muddy water pour out of the Hummer like a cartoon was poignant.
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