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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by bluejk09
I'm not watching but is it that Dangerous Drives show?
yeah it is.
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 06:06 PM
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The brute looks like a $9000 conversion!
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 06:10 PM
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Something like that i think the kit runs like $7000
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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Internet link to full length episode.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/137331/dan...me-off-roaders
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 06:21 PM
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and the link to full episode for the win, awesome
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Old Dec 23, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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They're still running that lame episode?

Too bad those guys were clueless on how to drive snow.... The only danger was from falling asleep watching it.

What was with bringing that Disco along? Notice that a headlight simply fell off the damn thing? Why was the least capable vehicle breaking trail anyway?

Did you notice that the Brute barely got up that snowy ledge, and that the Disco needed to be winched up. Yet, the AEV JK made easy work of it. That should have been a clue for what should be breaking trail later, in the deep snow.

Flash floods that never were (that tiny creek that created such tension).

They didn't bring enough gas... Why didn't that surprise me?

They used the lightest Jeep (The TJ derived Brute) with the widest tires (KM2s) to break trail in the snow... It's just 18" of snow, for crying out loud and the Brute struggled badly.

Once they get the AEV JK out front, it drives off without any adventure (hell, I've driven 7 miles in more than 2 feet of snow in a stock JK, running factory SR-As, and never came close to bogging down).

Seriously folks, this was a clinic on how NOT to snow wheel....
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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Widewing
They're still running that lame episode?

Too bad those guys were clueless on how to drive snow.... The only danger was from falling asleep watching it.

What was with bringing that Disco along? Notice that a headlight simply fell off the damn thing? Why was the least capable vehicle breaking trail anyway?

Did you notice that the Brute barely got up that snowy ledge, and that the Disco needed to be winched up. Yet, the AEV JK made easy work of it. That should have been a clue for what should be breaking trail later, in the deep snow.

Flash floods that never were (that tiny creek that created such tension).

They didn't bring enough gas... Why didn't that surprise me?

They used the lightest Jeep (The TJ derived Brute) with the widest tires (KM2s) to break trail in the snow... It's just 18" of snow, for crying out loud and the Brute struggled badly.

Once they get the AEV JK out front, it drives off without any adventure (hell, I've driven 7 miles in more than 2 feet of snow in a stock JK, running factory SR-As, and never came close to bogging down).

Seriously folks, this was a clinic on how NOT to snow wheel....
Keep in mind the show was edited and commentated to make it sound as interesting (to the general public) as possible. I had the opportunity to be involved with a discovery channel special called license to drill, and when it aired they made us look like idiots, but to the average viewer it looked good.
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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 10:41 AM
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At the beginning it looks like they showed "wayalife" !
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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by abailey
At the beginning it looks like they showed "wayalife" !
You did. They used a few seconds of WOL's video.
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Old Dec 24, 2010 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Widewing
They're still running that lame episode?

Too bad those guys were clueless on how to drive snow.... The only danger was from falling asleep watching it.

What was with bringing that Disco along? Notice that a headlight simply fell off the damn thing? Why was the least capable vehicle breaking trail anyway?

Did you notice that the Brute barely got up that snowy ledge, and that the Disco needed to be winched up. Yet, the AEV JK made easy work of it. That should have been a clue for what should be breaking trail later, in the deep snow.

Flash floods that never were (that tiny creek that created such tension).

They didn't bring enough gas... Why didn't that surprise me?

They used the lightest Jeep (The TJ derived Brute) with the widest tires (KM2s) to break trail in the snow... It's just 18" of snow, for crying out loud and the Brute struggled badly.

Once they get the AEV JK out front, it drives off without any adventure (hell, I've driven 7 miles in more than 2 feet of snow in a stock JK, running factory SR-As, and never came close to bogging down).

Seriously folks, this was a clinic on how NOT to snow wheel....
Ever wheel in Moab? Ever Wheel in Moab in the snow and ice? I have...many times since i live in the area. I slid of a road this weekend in 8" of snow because i got sucked in. Luckily, i wasnt next to a 1,000 foot cliff like they were in a few spots.

Just 18" of snow huh...I took my JK in 12" of snow last year here in the rockies and i couldn't hardly break trail but i guess if i had my stock sra i could have blown through 2 feet like you lolol

and you are the type of person we pull out of a canyon dead because you dont know anything about flash floods and mountains out west. a canyon can fill up in seconds on a sunny day because 30 miles away a storm hit the La Sal range.

heres a pic of a flash flood not to worry about....
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