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Hello all. As the member who this phrase was coined after, I believe we have enough members now to start making an actual board and sub-division of Serious Explorations. Therefore, I must lay down a few rules for the nominations and elections. 1. Anybody can be nominated that is a member of the roll over posse. 2. As a member though, consideration for election must be based on a few simple factors. 2a. Stupidity-Ie, getting hammered and trying to do doughnuts in a wash. Who was that? 2b. Ammount-Ie, number of times that any one person has had at least two wheels, of the same side of the vehicle, off the ground for more than, oh let's say 30 seconds. 2c. Dedication/Damage-Ie. The amount of damage sustained to the...

Here’s my problem. Stupid me went 4x4 in my STOCK!!! Explorer and got stuck in a swamp kind of creek thing. I don't really know what is but basically flooded grass. Its winter, about -13c and about 5 in of snow. So I broke through the ground and the wheels are in ruts and spinning freely. Ground level is the frame. How do I get out? What I have available to me is a Kubota L2800 (Ruffly the same weight if not alittle heavier then the truck) with plow and Front end loader. I have a 3/4 ton come along and a 2 ton hoist. Lots of chain, no straps. I am a one man show with no help. I have tried hooking a chain to the frame and the tractor and pulled from behind the truck and got nothing but spinning tires. I have tried lowering the...

So this intersection that I just plain hate, took a byte out of me. So I am going though it, coming up near this area where traffic getting off the highway merges with the road I am on. Well seeing how the highway has a light there, the turn off from the highway had the yield sign, and does not have the right of way. So I am on FM 423 and the HW 121 (Texas) and going north bound. So about 70% into the intersection I see a red Ford Expedition turning off from 121 to FM 423, and he’s slowing down. So I think nothing of it, I get past the intersection and getting closer where this turn off and the main road I am on meets. I look over again he seems to be going kinda fast, but again I see he has brakes on and is starting to slow down...

I dont know how many of yall visit the Pirate4x4 Board, so i thoguht i would post this up over here.... This Zook on 46"s Claws trys to swim accros the water Video- http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/albums/xrcc-Rd2-2004/aal.wmv Pirate thread- http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=255291 -Caleb

So we decided to head out to Ocotillo Wells (down by San Diego county) to do some offroading and camping. We left thursday, and the plan was to come home today but the heat made me way sick so we came home yesterday instead... we didn't bring any dirt toys... just the sploder. yesterday morning, my boy was driving around and i was apparently taking video while we were flying down the main trail (45-50 mph)... then he slowed down too much in some soft sand and we got stuck... we tried digging the tires out and that didn't work, so we tried little wood blocks... all the while the passenger door was open and we were flinging sand EVERYWHERE... finally we noticed. lol. then we tried wood planks...

Hello, I have 97 Explorer 5.0 engine in a old rod. Now it has always ran well, last fall i was having problems with what I thought was a fuel pump locking up. I didnt even think about it this winter, I decided to put a supercharger in now 2 months later I go to start and it wouldnt fire. Very weird good fuel pressure but just wouldnt fire. At first i thought it was the alarm, as you know when they malfunction it could be the problem. I still couldnt get it to fire so I brought it to a electronic shop $300.00 later they finally figured at my expense that the roter was not turnning. I knew it sputtered to a stop in my drive going 10mph. So I saw the cam was not turnning so I took off the front cover and my cam chain was in the pan...

So here I am, in the middle of snow storm, on my way back from the video store to return some movies...and i deciede to venture into a field to play a little in the snow...as i'm about to go over the curb, i get stuck?!!?! I'm like what the hell, i my fenders are at 36" even, that's pretty high, so after 1.5hrs, a useless tow truck drive and some help from some pretty cools guys, would found out that the little iron stake type thing (1/2" wide)that hold curbs down, had gotten stock/caught on the right rear stock mount...couldn't freakin belive it...what are the odds on a 6ft curb... I ended up digging my self into a ft deep mud hole, which, after simply jacking up the rear, the truck drive right out of.... Needless to say, i'm...

You know your hardcore when.... ....when you jump your truck at a spur of the moment jump contest at the dunes, manage to show up trucks that have three times the suspension, caged and bigger balls, jump after jump, and manage to drive home, hit a small rut and then somehow dislocate and spread the leaf springs causing one of the leaf springs to go sideways and puncture a hole in your gas tank... "ow" i managed to get the leaf pack to normal and patch up the whole with some duct tape and trailer it home.

Aparently this bus driver wanted to take the trail.... he kinda backed down into it.. and got stuck.... (thats a trail that runs along a road right by our house)... Nedless to say.. the kids were late to school.. (the bus had not picked anyone up, thats where he waits until it is time to get the kids).. ~Mark

Just bought my replacement Serpentine Belt. (Ford Dealer - Motorcraft) While waiting to pay, I noticed that the box had instructions. The instructions said, "Do not install belt while engine is running". Also, it later states, "Disconnect the negative battery cable so that someone ELSE doesn't start the engine while you're replacing the belt". I guess everyone has to cover their azzzzzzz these days. Sorry...just had to share it with you guys.

You have too many buttons when you have your parachute button next to your nitrous purge button! Here's a vid of a friend of mine at the track. This Blazer (yes, I know its a bowtie) runs 9's in the 1/4. http://www.mcdoslube.com/Blazer/Videos/wrongbutton.mpg The rest of his videos are here: http://www.mcdoslube.com/Blazer/Videos/Main.htm

Nice one Link incase pics dont work http://www.wcpo.com/news/2004/local/05/20/wreck.html

A friend and I were out having a good time (too good I guess) in some mud holes and flooded corn fields last week in my exploder. It was all fine and dandy until we had to get out of a mudhole down by a river a few miles from my place. We had to go up a muddy slope to get out and that's when things got bad! We almost made it up just fine, but there was a root sticking up that my rear drivers tire caught. Well when it did that it spun us sideways, broke the tires loose and we slid down sideways and ALMOST dumped into the river. There was a 5' straight drop-off that the pumpkin on my rear axle caught the edge of and stopped up from going all the way but we were about as close as it gets to tipping into an icy, flowing death trap...

...that I thought of first. Then I thought hmmm this would make a good whoops. So here it is, not enough heat and too much wishing this side was as easy as the other.

Just thought I'd post the hugest oops yet... Betting on the Yankees! Jon (No hard feeling Yanks fans, but if I had 100's of millions, I could win every year too!)

This was an inch by inch thing until it was obvious I wasn't going to make it. Had to get pulled out of this one without power. That water was just too close to the intake. By the time they had me strapped, the cab was full of watter. Pulled up enough to start it and then drove the rest with help. Opened the passenger door and let the water pour out. Took me an hour to clean the passenger carpet.

Wifes video wifes truck wifes carnage Buddies video buddies carnage alright now lets here how we shouldn't do this, its bad for the trucks, we need to spend $100,000 to do this the right way etc.......