Well, how do I say this???
Just before I hooked up the Explorer to tow it home, I drove it around behind the quad people who camped near us to do a little U-turn. As I was turning and the rear was sliding out a little, I saw a yellow quad with a kid on it out of the corner of my eye coming towards me. I turned sharper so I would not run him over, and slid more, but I thought it was not a big deal until the rear wheels dipped into a hole. The next thing I know is a big loud crash and glass flying, and I my Explorer is on its right side. It landed pretty hard but flat on the right side. Tom winched it back over, but its pretty banged up. Both doors, the front fender, and the rear quarter panel are banged up quite uniformly. The front door window and the right rear window are broken, and the windshield is cracked. The driveline seems okay, but all the fluid pumped out of the transmission when I drove it back to the RV, I think it blew a tranny cooler line somewhere (I hope that all it is). I am now the current Idiot of the Month and the newest member of the ROLL OVER POSSE.
I am taking it to my friend's shop to see how much damage is done to the driveline, if any, and see how much its going to cost to get it in off road shape again. I don't know if I will make the next couple of runs though, which would mean I will miss the Annual Truckhaven event, the first I have ever missed since they started. We will see how long its going to take to get it fixed. I am planning on just getting it in shape to off road, and not worring about it being nice and straight, but that still means; One fender, two doors, some body work, some new glass, and some paint. And whatever is wrong with the transmission.
I will post a picture of the damage soon. No one took a picture when it was on its side because we were trying to get it upright before all the fluids ran out of it, and I was more than a little pissed off. Woke up real sore this morning too, got a *****en seat belt abrasion to my bad left shoulder, a swollen right hand, and a stiff neck. I am trying to stay positive about this, and get it done as soon as possible, but it still sucks. All the money I have been saving up for the SAS is now going to go into getting it drivable again.
Oh, nice picture Steve.........
It got alot lighter
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Found some good stuff, Nothing big happend just a good ,relaxing ...oh yeah and COLD time! Wind was blowing but nut to crazy, just enough to drop the temp 10* or so. Colin got some awsome pictures of everyone.
The trees did not want to burn though, we put one on the fire and what ever overlapped into the wind just sat there.
But A good one
