field romping gone bad...

[Trapper14]

Well after getting my rancho 9000's on and my clutch in, and a new fuel filter I asked my friend to go do some light offroading with me, We call it "the holding point" its were semi's load and unload stuff, but there is a huhe field there thats like 1 mile long. So I am driving around the trails and stuff, having fun, then I pull it into these side field, my friends yells at me from behind "There are firehiderents.....CRUNCH!!

I had hit a fire hyrdent going about10 miles per hour, snapped the thing off, put a nasty dent in the bottom of my brushguard, and it got caught between my ttb suspension. there was a 1 inch diamter rod that ran up through the middle of it, that I snapped in two, and thank god it was cast iron it broke easier. We had to go to my friends house and get a floor jack to get the axle up over the left overs of the hyrdrant. WE finally get it rolled off of the hydrant. LUCKLY! nothing broke, I jsut shaken up, I know ALOT worse could have happend. Well thats my story!

 

[Soundguy01tx]

Haha, very very close... you gotta watch out for those big red/yellow hydrants... they can be so sneeky!
--bryan

 

[CBoug76]

Was the Hydrant Pressurized with water?

Casue if it was, that just adds to the Visual Picture I am creating!

 

[ok89]

Originally posted by CBoug76
... that just adds to the Visual Picture I am creating!

A visual picture? What other types of pictures do you get?

 

[Hartman]

A gyser of water would've lift the Ex off the hydrant real quick....

 

[Trapper14]

first off they were very rusty, so they blendid in with the hood high grass.

Thank GOD! that the thing was out of commission, or I would be SOL. but it is pretty funny now that I look at it

 

[A91EBexplorer4x4]

Hydrants,

Hydrants are meant to break away just like you are talking about. thats how they are designed, also when you run over one no water will come out at all because the valve seat in the ground won't let water up until the seat /seal is pressed down usually by the operating nut on top and the correct wrench. that stem in the middle is made up with flanges to break as well. so the hydrant probably still worked when you ran over it , it's just still doing it's job and not spraying all over the place. i work on fireprotection systems that how i know.
glad your ok though

 

[Trapper14]

lol learned somthing new! but that stem in the middle didn't break at any flange, lol that sucker just got RIPPED in 2!