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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 06:13 AM
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Wow, everyone just needed to shut up, STOP for a minute, and give the guy one or maybe two good spotters, but never more than one giving verbal instruction. WHEELING 101: If you're unsure, STOP, get out (if you can), and assess the situation! Not "I can't turn the wheel so i'll just drive up this rock i guess"

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Old Oct 22, 2013 | 11:03 PM
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Is the driver part of this forum?
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 03:43 AM
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So I'm definitely a noob when it comes to wheeling, and I've never been in the rocks, but if I couldn't steer the wheels the way the spotters were screaming at me over and over to do, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't just gun the engine and hope for the best. I'd have been more likely to try to back up a little and get the right front wheel off that climb and then figure out what to do next.

Hope the damage wasn't too bad, but I cringed when it went over and I heard all the scraping.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 06:20 AM
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I'm glad "No drunks were harmed in the making of this movie."

Live to wheel another day
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 07:52 PM
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Wow that spotter was wasted.
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Old Oct 23, 2013 | 08:16 PM
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Oh I would have loved to see this
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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 01:06 PM
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Good thing he bought rock slides and a solid bumper or that could have been bad....
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 09:38 AM
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Lot's of Monday morning quarterbacking.... let me ask a question of those folks specifically. Would you have run this?

I think the driver and spotter did fine and of course, chicks dig body damage!
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by ABENDX
Lot's of Monday morning quarterbacking.... let me ask a question of those folks specifically. Would you have run this? I think the driver and spotter did fine and of course, chicks dig body damage!
My jeep, no. I know my rigs capabilities. I do think I would have given him a better line that's all. More power to him for trying tho. I blame the spotters more than the driver here.
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Old Oct 26, 2013 | 10:35 AM
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I had a good guess as to the ending when I heard one guy say, "Put down the beer."
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