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what was i thinking

Postby yeti » Thu Jan 03, 2013 2:57 pm

Out yesterday testing locker ,rock was giving the mutt a bit of a shake down.....long story short jeep lost gears going forward ,still had reverse so did that back to where westie was gonna grab trailer...all sweet away he rumbles ' only to tell me over cab that the mutt had died.....sweet as on the phone ring me mate be 20 minutes away to pick up westie...cool bit of time to kill and this is all me here's slide under jeep between front wheels and back....look at linkages and with out thinking yelled out to the young fella jump in Jeep foot on brake give the shifter a wiggle.... knew shit was going to hit fan when it hit neutral with a set of legs still standing there.....sump going over wasn't
bad but the diff kinda farked things for a bit...got one leg outta the way other got kissed by one tah.... cracked ribs,bruising on the old ticker, heaps of soft tissue
:evil: damage, best part of 20 hours up hospital.... fair to say I'm kinda tender and rather lucky to get away with what I got..... so yeah that's one of the most stupid
things I've done and still don't know what I was thinking.....
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby tallsam66 » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:12 pm

Damn ..sounds like ya were kinda lucky there ...could of ended much worse ...hope ya get better soon

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Re: what was i thinking

Postby rokhound » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:21 pm

This could have been waaaayyyyy worse than it was, it could have been me under there :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Major thing here is that we all forget that when we have green as guys with us who know shit all and we expect them do something and automatically that they will use some brain and think, that is not always the way it goes down. The young fella who was with Wayne is 18 but never heard Wayne say to put brake on, he has never been in a 4wd before either so had no idea that there was another neutral on the transfercase. He is now well aware that you open you EARS when giving someone a hand. This story has so many "what if's" that you could analyse it for weeks and still not be sure. Pleased you are okayish Yeti and that you did go and get checked out, take it easy for a bit dude.

PS I don't want to talk about what happened to the mongrel cos it farks me off :evil: :evil: and to top it off I had to ride in a jeep as well :lol: :lol:
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby yeti » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:35 pm

And ya looked good in it......no way was the young fella at fault.... think he freaked out more when I slowly stood up and kinda laughed about it.....he's a good kid and stopped a couple of cars on bridge....he did well and pass on my thanks to him.....um we won't talk about the Nissan shiny to the rescue.. :)
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby niblik » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:44 pm

rokhound wrote:This could have been waaaayyyyy worse than it was, it could have been me under there :mrgreen: :mrgreen:


Then it really would've been counted as rok crawling!

rokhound wrote:PS I don't want to talk about what happened to the mongrel cos it farks me off :evil: :evil:


Do tell...!
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby Sadam_Husain » Thu Jan 03, 2013 3:51 pm

must be a jeep thing eh :shock: :oops: all the best for the recovery wayne :D

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Re: what was i thinking

Postby muddyhilux » Thu Jan 03, 2013 4:26 pm

not good to hear at all mate,hope you recover fast.i cant say ive been run over but myself and others i know have had close calls due to similar cercomstances.its very easy to think in the heat of the moment 'ill have a quick look underneath and see the issue' so yeah.all the best
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby vvilly » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:27 pm

rokhound wrote:PS I don't want to talk about what happened to the mongrel cos it farks me off :evil: :evil: and to top it off I had to ride in a jeep as well :lol: :lol:



come on Westy add fuel to the fire hahaha
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby Dr_PC » Thu Jan 03, 2013 6:37 pm

tallsam66 wrote:Damn ..sounds like ya were kinda lucky there ...could of ended much worse ...hope ya get better soon

Jeez Bet you wouldn't be wanting a leg over then :roll: Yep I could pretty much feel it from here as I was reading. Good story for around the campfire next time you make it out

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Re: what was i thinking

Postby tomsoffroad » Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:37 pm

Jeez Wayne imagine the injuries if it was a real truck :twisted: :twisted: :lol:
Take it easy dude, cracked ribs are a bitch.



rokhound wrote:
PS I don't want to talk about what happened to the mongrel cos it farks me off



Do tell...!





I reakon we know the answer to that one Nibs :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: what was i thinking

Postby kbjj » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:30 pm

:shock: Dude... sounds like a stupid thing I'd do... so not keen for the 4th or 5th then aye? :lol: Get well soon
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby yeti » Fri Jan 04, 2013 12:38 pm

kbjj wrote::shock: Dude... sounds like a stupid thing I'd do... so not keen for the 4th or 5th then aye? :lol: Get well soon

keen as .....spare seat anyone..... :wink:
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby zukmeista » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:00 am

Ouch, sounds like a good excuse for bigger tyres, more room under diffs! :P

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Re: what was i thinking

Postby T-Boon » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:13 am

Wow, sound very lucky..

But on the bright side it only hurts when you breathe !
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby yeti » Sat Jan 05, 2013 11:15 am

T-Boon wrote:Wow, sound very lucky..

But on the bright side it only hurts when you breathe !

and laugh ya bastard....... :wink:
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Re: what was i thinking

Postby TJ » Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:20 am

Wish you a speedy recovery. Hope the Jeep is doing well as well. :D

PS: Should have bought a lotto ticket on the way back, it definitely was a lucky escape from a certain disaster.
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