Leather grab

DeerMadness · Dec 23, 2021

If anyone has really been on a truly treacherous jeep or atv trail then you know how it feels on a steel side hill.
23 years ago I had a job for a short time delivering propane out of Spanish Fork. One delivery they wanted me to make was a request not a demand. It was delivering about 500 gallons to a communication tower on Loafer Mountain. It required driving a Bobtail truck that held 3000 gal fully loaded.
Steep driving, switchbacks and a place called the shelf which is shale rock. They said making the turn required a little bit of having foot on the brake as one tire would hang a little over the edge and no going back once you start up. I did make a delivery up Diamond Fork but it wasn't that bad. . I declined to do the Loafer Mtn run so the maintenance guy made the delivery. I found this video today posted on YouTube. I love Matt's Off Road Recovery videos and the Corvair wagon is very sslick.They came 4 hours from Hurricane to help this guy. Grab some leather with your butt cheeks.

elkassassin · Dec 23, 2021

I Wonder How Big The Insurance Claim Was?

DeerMadness · Dec 23, 2021

elkassassin said:
I Wonder How Big The Insurance Claim Was?

I wonder what it costs for sure. Since it was job I bet it was insured .Driver exited the passenger door when it happened?

elkassassin · Dec 23, 2021

Ya!

Passenger Door!

Gator · Dec 23, 2021

Best have a extra pair of Underwear driving on the goat trail.

OutdoorWriter · Dec 23, 2021

I've never been a predicament that bad. Here's one I had posted in the Photography section about one of my photo outings at the Moise Bison Range in Montana in the 1980s.

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I was going thru some of the remaining image files on this computer and came across the one below. It reminded me of one of my "are you really that dumb, Tony" moments.

The goat was down the hill on the right off Red Sleep. I drove by him at first, so I decided to back up & park where the road was a bit wider. That way another vehicle could get by easier if necessary. Wasn't too smart of an idea. When I did, the right rear tire of my Nissan 4x4 likely was sitting way too close to the edge on the steep side. As I shut the truck off, I felt it kinda slip sideways. Sure enough, when I got out with camera in hand, I saw part of the bank under the tire had collapsed. The wheel was now perched on the slope & off the road. To make matters worse, I noticed my left front wheel was about 2 inches off the ground.

I opted not to try & move the truck. You guys know how steep & long that hill on top to the right of the road is. The truck would have rolled for 10 mins. once it started.

About 15 mins. later, a guy came along in his sedan. I asked him to have one of the USFW folks call me a tow truck. Naturally, it took him a while to finish the loop. About an hour passed and along comes Hugh, one of USFW service guys I knew. He agreed with me to leave the truck alone till we had something substancial attached to it. He used his radio to call the office. In turn, they called a tow truck out of nearby Charlo.

Another hour later, the tow truck had finally arrived. He hooked up a heavy chain to the front of my truck & kept it taut while I carefully got in my truck & drove back on to the road.

I almost fell over when tow truck driver told me it would be $20 and to just stop by the gas station in Charlo to pay, which I did.

Gator · Dec 23, 2021

$20 went a lot farther back then that's for sure.
I too wonder what it cost to get that jeep out that goat path.

OutdoorWriter · Dec 23, 2021

Gator said:
$20 went a lot farther back then that's for sure.
I too wonder what it cost to get that jeep out that goat path.

Even back then, towing was a lot more in most places. The place I was stuck is a dirt, one-way, narrow, twisty loop that is several miles long. It likely takes a minimum of an hour or so to go from one end to the other at warp speed, much less in a bulky tow truck. And then Charlo was another 20-30 mins. from the range. So at the bare minimum, we're talking at least two hours of the driver's time.

I think the guy just plain felt sorry for me.

DW · Dec 23, 2021

elkassassin said:
I Wonder How Big The Insurance Claim Was?

I think it was lost.....

middlefork · Dec 23, 2021

DeerMadness · Dec 23, 2021

OutdoorWriter said:
Even back then, towing was a lot more in most places. The place I was stuck is a dirt, one-way, narrow, twisty loop that is several miles long. It likely takes a minimum of an hour or so to go from one end to the other at warp speed, much less in a bulky tow truck. And then Charlo was another 20-30 mins. from the range. So at the bare minimum, we're talking at least two hours of the driver's time.

I think the guy just plain felt sorry for me.

It is painful to even call for a tow let alone pay for it.

OutdoorWriter · Dec 24, 2021

DeerMadness said:
It is painful to even call for a tow let alone pay for it.

Man, you got that right. I've been fortunate to have towing coverage on my policies. One job alone probably paid for all the small ad-ons to my total premium.

In the early '80s, my son blow the engine on his restored Dodge Charger on the Navajo reservation near Cameron. I had a tow company from Phoenix retrieve it & bring it back to my dad's service station. It's about 200 miles each way. Farmer's paid then for all of it.

grosventrehunter · Dec 24, 2021

Can anyone say insurance fraud....

DW · Dec 24, 2021

grosventrehunter said:
Can anyone say insurance fraud....

Elkassassin did, nobody caught it.?

grosventrehunter · Dec 24, 2021

DW said:
Elkassassin did, nobody caught it.?

I seem to pass over most of elks posts....sorry.

Homer · Dec 25, 2021

Don’t worry about the cost....ole Matt will get you set up with AAA....and bill them later.....

elkassassin · Dec 25, 2021

Once Again!

Nobody Pays Any F'N Attention to what I Post!

grosventrehunter said:
I seem to pass over most of elks posts....sorry.

Homer · Dec 25, 2021

The guy has a great youtube channel and I enjoy watching it.......anyone have any idea how much guys like him make from youtube??.....it must be well worth the effort...

elkassassin · Dec 25, 2021

Hey Homer!

I'm A Thinkin The Insurance Paid Better!

Well!

At Least for a While!

Homer said:
The guy has a great youtube channel and I enjoy watching it.......anyone have any idea how much guys like him make from youtube??.....it must be well worth the effort...

BIGJOHNT · Dec 25, 2021

Homer said:
The guy has a great youtube channel and I enjoy watching it.......anyone have any idea how much guys like him make from youtube??.....it must be well worth the effort...

I think it was a year to year and half ago. I heard he was making 20 to 25 grand a month. That is his YouTube Bussines. Then he has Winder towing. He keeps getting more popular so it could be even more now. But I guess it goes up and down with likes and views. Hard to believe being a YouTube person is a job.

DeerMadness · Dec 26, 2021

BIGJOHNT said:
I think it was a year to year and half ago. I heard he was making 20 to 25 grand a month. That is his YouTube Bussines. Then he has Winder towing. He keeps getting more popular so it could be even more now. But I guess it goes up and down with likes and views. Hard to believe being a YouTube person is a job.

Yes, he has so many subscribers and views. He will probably double his money soon.