Jeep Death ;)

So my coworker drove off into a cut at work, 4' down and over 4-5' out into
a concrete DI (box where you pull cable tv etc. Impaling the Jeep. Tore out
the suspension but did not dent a body panel. For some ok pics:

http://www.internet4x4.com

Forum area about lights under our projects.

Or go direct to: http://www.internet4x4.com/sprouse


All control arms bent, driver side lower control arm bracket is tore off
axle. Driver front wheel twisted like a toy. Radiator punctured from the
bottom up. Oil pan punched. He was out for a while and engine ran dry and
died. Had to use a front end loader to pull it off the rebar.

Look before you leap comes to mind.

--
Coasty
Semper Paratus
(Always Ready)

"Kenner Costen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:sM%ne.760$tr.575@fed1read03...
> So my coworker drove off into a cut at work, 4' down and over 4-5' out
> into a concrete DI (box where you pull cable tv etc. Impaling the Jeep.
> Tore out the suspension but did not dent a body panel. For some ok pics:
>
> http://www.internet4x4.com
>
> Forum area about lights under our projects.
>
> Or go direct to: http://www.internet4x4.com/sprouse
>
>
> All control arms bent, driver side lower control arm bracket is tore off
> axle. Driver front wheel twisted like a toy. Radiator punctured from the
> bottom up. Oil pan punched. He was out for a while and engine ran dry and
> died. Had to use a front end loader to pull it off the rebar.
>
>
>
>

"Kenner Costen" <[email protected]> wrote:

>So my coworker drove off into a cut at work, 4' down and over 4-5' out into
>a concrete DI (box where you pull cable tv etc. Impaling the Jeep. Tore out
>the suspension but did not dent a body panel. For some ok pics:
>
>Or go direct to: http://www.internet4x4.com/sprouse
>

>All control arms bent, driver side lower control arm bracket is tore off
>axle. Driver front wheel twisted like a toy. Radiator punctured from the
>bottom up. Oil pan punched. He was out for a while and engine ran dry and
>died. Had to use a front end loader to pull it off the rebar.

OMG! Thank goodness the rebar wasn't a couple of feet more exposed. :-(

Makes you want to install a titanium bathtub under the seats like an A-10
Warthog.
--
Bill "the Roadie" Carton

If he had been going slower he would have nosed over and impaled via the
roof. Those rods are 14". If he had been going faster he would have gone
into the DI or landed flat on it impaling.

If he hadn't had his seat belt on, he would have ejected and that would have
been that. Very simply he hit it as well as you could hope for.




"Bill Carton - (The Roadie)" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Kenner Costen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>So my coworker drove off into a cut at work, 4' down and over 4-5' out
>>into
>>a concrete DI (box where you pull cable tv etc. Impaling the Jeep. Tore
>>out
>>the suspension but did not dent a body panel. For some ok pics:
>>
>>Or go direct to: http://www.internet4x4.com/sprouse
>>
>
>>All control arms bent, driver side lower control arm bracket is tore off
>>axle. Driver front wheel twisted like a toy. Radiator punctured from the
>>bottom up. Oil pan punched. He was out for a while and engine ran dry and
>>died. Had to use a front end loader to pull it off the rebar.
>
> OMG! Thank goodness the rebar wasn't a couple of feet more exposed. :-(
>
> Makes you want to install a titanium bathtub under the seats like an A-10
> Warthog.
> --
> Bill "the Roadie" Carton

Yep, he actually said he was headed out the road he always uses, looked over
to hit the radio, saw white and gold flashes and woke up hanging in his seat
belt looking at dirt.

"Coasty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Look before you leap comes to mind.
>
> --
> Coasty
> Semper Paratus
> (Always Ready)
>
> "Kenner Costen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:sM%ne.760$tr.575@fed1read03...
>> So my coworker drove off into a cut at work, 4' down and over 4-5' out
>> into a concrete DI (box where you pull cable tv etc. Impaling the Jeep.
>> Tore out the suspension but did not dent a body panel. For some ok pics:
>>
>> http://www.internet4x4.com
>>
>> Forum area about lights under our projects.
>>
>> Or go direct to: http://www.internet4x4.com/sprouse
>>
>>
>> All control arms bent, driver side lower control arm bracket is tore off
>> axle. Driver front wheel twisted like a toy. Radiator punctured from the
>> bottom up. Oil pan punched. He was out for a while and engine ran dry and
>> died. Had to use a front end loader to pull it off the rebar.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>