Jeep Grand Cherokee Tries to ‘Rescue’ a Stuck Van
The owner of this WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee decides to have some destructive fun with it before sending it to the scrap heap.
Even if a vehicle has reached the end of its road-going life, it hasn’t necessarily reached the end of its useful life. There’s always something it can be used for. You can pick it apart and sell the components that haven’t worn out completely for a little cash. You can use some of the good pieces to refresh a similar vehicle. Or you can do what Youtuber markfreeman408 does in the video above with a WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee and trash it for kicks and clicks.
In the footage, Freeman says he produces eight videos a week and releases content every day of the year. Many of those videos involve doing ridiculous stunts in junker cars before sending them off to a scrapyard. Why not have a little fun with the doomed machines before they’re completely destroyed?
In this latest installment, Freeman starts off by abusing a dilapidated BMW 3 Series with a forklift before letting a junkyard claw deliver the Bimmer the coup de grâce. Then it’s time for some good ol’-fashioned American fun with a beat-up Ford Windstar van and a WJ Jeep Grand Cherokee. From 10 feet away, the Jeep looks mostly decent, but upon closer inspection, it shows the symptoms of a hard life.
Over the course of more than 221,000 miles, it’s become a rusty trash can of a vehicle. Its interior is littered with old bottles and fast food cups, and the underbody is in rusty tatters. Nobody’s going to miss it, but it can still serve a purpose.
After doing some earth moving, Freeman comes up with a simple yet effective stunt station: two giant truck tires side by side in the middle of two dirt ramps. One of his buddies agrees to back up the Windstar onto the massive rings of rubber as quickly as possible. It’s not long before he gets the van stuck with its rear in the air.
As satisfyingly silly as that looks, the fun’s over if the Ford stays there. That means Freeman’s pal in the Jeep Grand Cherokee needs to get the van back on all four (of its own) tires. Using a tow strap would be too easy…and boring. Ramming the van where it needs to go with the Jeep makes for much more enjoyable content. By the time it’s all done, the Windstar is missing a headlight and its muffler.
The WJ is in even worse shape. All of the horsing around rips off the Jeep’s grille, yanks out its headlights, and caves in its rear hatch. It doesn’t go to the scrap heap in this video, but its end is coming and we’re enjoying every bang and thud along the way.
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