Jeep tumbled down Radical Hill

And a video:

 

The final sentence of their report of the day said "Radical Hill Trail is clear, the debris field was removed and USFS and Sheriff were notified the issue has been resolved."

 

Crazy video with the recovery

 

Not that I've seen, yet. If I find something, I'll post.

 

It worked out well for the recovery team that they had that one switchback directly above the Jeep on which to stage. Even if they hadn't, I'm sure they would have devised a plan. I really need to go through the recovery course they use. The one course I attended five years ago didn't go into as much depth as theirs does.

 

Was that a JK or JKU?

 

A JKU is just a 4 door JK.........it was a JKU

 

Yea.. In know the difference.. I just couldn't tell because it was so mangled

 

Yeah it was impressively fucked up, shocked they were able to roll it back down the trail

 

Totally unrelated but are you on a 2+ kit?

 

Yessir

 

Second hand information from someone who ran Radical Hill after this unfortunately incident stated the trail was not damaged where the Jeep slid off. The observation was that the driver did not stay far enough over/away from the edge.

 

Note: that's exactly why a lot of us JKU peeps add a "real" cage to our rigs. The factory cage is pretty much useless.

 

Saw this just posted for today!

 

This story wants me to get a cage even if i am not a rock crawler. anybody use this or know of someone who has?

http://www.4xinnovations.com/05-15-Tacoma-Double-Cab-Internal-Roll-Cage_p_2.html

 

Man, that lower section must of been fun dragging the wreck over. Guess the walkers would be needed to be constantly picking up parts.

 

I've done this myself... a kinetic rope/strap is mandatory. Even with one, you can still damage attachment points because there's only so much stretch to one.