Golf Cart Saves Cummins!

[Craig]

So Saturday night I was invited to come out to TM with a few of the RockRatz. None of my Jeeps were in the mood to go ( read: I'm a little behind on the maintanence) :D So I decided to take the Rhino.

To make a long story short, we were waiting for Rick Norman to pull in and pull in he did. Right into a mud hole! He walked over to where the rest of us were waiting and asked for a pull. I was sitting in the Rhino and said sure! He looked at me and said no way! I said, piece of cake! We pull rv's out of the sand with them all the time! Reluctantly he agreed to let me try.

We hooked up the strap, Jim and Joe piled in for traction. I hit the throttle and the motor strained!. We never spun a tire with all the extra weight. After a few seconds we started to move. Out he came. We were all laughing so hard no one was able to get pics. :(

Make sure the next time you see Woody, He will appreciate it if you remind him of "How he got saved by a golf cart"! :D

Oh, then we ran LT! Here are some pics!
Jim coming up the first obstacle, quite a bit deeper than before the rains.
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Rhino
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Dropping into the Z turn

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Mad Flex!
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Hey Matt, it'll buff out! ;)
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[Craig]

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Jims new trail companion "Rain" wasn't quite sure which seat he was supposed to be riding in on this obstacle.
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Maybe it won't buff out or Hey, where did my flare go!
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[Hackle]

Craig it was great to run with you again and I was very impressed with how that Rhino worked. Fun trip and on sunday Matt broke in the XJ even more on Collateral Damage and Anaconda:(.
I did not run Anaconda so did not get any video of that but this is a link to the video from collateral Damage.
WARNING Large File.

Video (http://www.hacklesjeep.com/Collateral.wmv)

Jim F.

[mingoglia]

You didn't take the Rhino over the terminator obstacle? I've been planning on hitting TM with my Rhino but I just haven't made it yet. I haven't really used the Rhino much in the last year. Did you just run Lower Terminator, or anything else?

[fatbob309]

Great vid!

[Hackle]

Bob thanks for the comment on the video.

mingoglia: Craig could not stay the night but he ran all of Lower and never needed a strap. He did not do the terminator but I was impressed at how well it worked. looks like a fun rig.
Jim F.

[Symon623]

Those damn Rhinos are pretty surprising.....:eek:

Thanks for the pics and vid. That Cherokee is in need of some serious work with the sawzall......:D

[Craig]

You didn't take the Rhino over the terminator obstacle?

I would have, but I lost the front locker after the first obstacle. :(

[FlexyXJ]

Craig, that was just a plain , out and out fun night. Wish you could have been there for the rest of the weekend.....:) We will have to do it again soon. I Still think we should have ditched the wimmins and went down to the rave @ the lake. There were some pretty hot girls in some nice cars we passed as we were blazin the Rhino..... Maybe it will be a weekly thing out there.....a Sat nite rave at the lake..... Good times, with good people, and good rigs that dont break. What more can you want when you wheel???? As for the Rhino pullin out the Dodge, trailer with XJ on it, I would pay a MILLION dollars for that pic.....Just to tease Rick with.....

Joe

[Woody]

How long has it been since Flexy posted here??? Craig.....it looks like you've brought him back......at least to make fun of me. :o

Oh wait.....nobody got pics??......darn! This thread will go away soon, and everyone will forget about it. :D

I agree, what a great weekend (except for the mud). I wonder how long it'll be before Matt's rig looks like mine???

Woody

[FlexyXJ]

We have a pool going @ Absolute Offroad, and right now, it looks like about 3 weeks.....:D See ya at the rave next Sat.....:D

Joe



I agree, what a great weekend (except for the mud). I wonder how long it'll be before Matt's rig looks like mine???

Woody

[k7mto]

...I Still think we should have ditched the wimmins and went down to the rave @ the lake. There were some pretty hot girls in some nice cars we passed as we were blazin the Rhino..... Maybe it will be a weekly thing out there.....a Sat nite rave at the lake..... Joe

If that's not incentive to get my junk fixed, nuthin is ;)

[Craig]

Great vid Jim!

Seriously, Did Matt know what he was getting into on Collateral Damage? I really want to see what that XJ looked like at the end of the day!

[FlexyXJ]

This was his SECOND time through there. First time he didnt even get a single scratch. I think it made him C-O-C-K-Y....:) It bit back twice as hard....:)

Joe


Great vid Jim!

Seriously, Did Matt know what he was getting into on Collateral Damage? I really want to see what that XJ looked like at the end of the day!

[FrenchChili]

Where are the golf clubs:confused:

[mingoglia]

I would have, but I lost the front locker after the first obstacle. :(

Wow? Haven't heard of that happening... strange. I would have at least still tried it, it would have probably still made it. :D

[Craig]

Oh wait.....nobody got pics??......darn! This thread will go away soon, and everyone will forget about it. :D

I agree, what a great weekend (except for the mud). I wonder how long it'll be before Matt's rig looks like mine???

Woody

Hey Rick.... No they won't! :D

Has anyone seen Matts rig lately? :confused:

[Woody]

You suck :D

[LOWTECH]

Great video!

Like the mods to the XJ Rick.

Is January the offical month to lay XJ's on their sides ????

[Woody]

Great video!

Like the mods to the XJ Rick.

Is January the offical month to lay XJ's on their sides ????

Yep!

http://www.fototime.com/5C3728CD4179051/standard.jpg

Woody

[LOWTECH]

9284

[rockwerks]

Glad ine wont be finished till February then!

[FlexyXJ]

Funny> None of the Wranglers ended up like that on that part of the trail.....:) No the FIRST waterfall was another story. I got BOTH sides. Oh well

Joe
Absolute Offroad

Yep!

http://www.fototime.com/5C3728CD4179051/standard.jpg

Woody

[fatbob309]

Funny> None of the Wranglers ended up like that on that part of the trail.....:) No the FIRST waterfall was another story. I got BOTH sides. Oh well

Joe
Absolute Offroad

We need more pics of this last weekend...