Total Loss due to deep sand (or ignorance)

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Jul 2, 2014 | 08:16 AM

#31

SteveMongr

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From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Year: 2000 WJ

Model: Grand Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by crabmushrooms5

Did you try to cross it in your xj?

Need a snorkel!!! or a bit of common sense...

Jul 2, 2014 | 08:18 AM

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SteveMongr

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From: Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

Year: 2000 WJ

Model: Grand Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by crabmushrooms5

Did you try to cross it in your xj?

My jeep now stays in a safe spot during storms. I no longer drive into the tempest.
I crossed with a kayak and then later a bicycle. A National Guard HUMVEE (sp.)
did go through. Water went over the hood, he punched the throttle and it emerged up the other side. I'd say he got lucky, we have numerous 'sink holes' after a storm, saturated areas that acts like quicksand. Go in and you don't come out.

Jul 2, 2014 | 08:39 AM

#33

crabmushrooms5

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From: Fayetteville, NC

Year: 1996

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by SteveMongr

Judging by how it was destroyed I would say that was a smart decision. I had to ask though. They should have made that a national guard recruitment commercial!

Jul 3, 2014 | 08:28 PM

#34

HappyTrails

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From: Groveland, CA

Year: 1996 Two Door Wagoneer

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0L

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Originally Posted by SteveMongr

This is the fith vehicle that has burned on the beach this season. Folks refuse to air down, and they run the AC. It is usually the tranny that pukes, then the fluid ignites. In my opinion, a fire extinguisher would have no chance in this situation.

Thanks for the reminder on proper operation on sand.

BTW, are you guys getting a dose of Arthur? Hope you keep things dry and together. These kind of events do ruin the wheeling fun for a while. We are still not allowed onto the forest lands that burned last summer. 401 square mile Rim Fire in the California Sierras near Yosemite. Most all the roads and trails are sill off limits. And man, there are some great fishing streams that now have access because the undergrowth and brush is burned away. But I can't get in!