underpowered
04-10-2006, 05:55 PM
well, me and a few buddies went riding saturday. Great day, lots of fun right up unitl towards the end. Got lots of pics, but very few are of quads riding.
IT all started when my buddy decided to take his truck out and park the quad. We had to use this truck to haul the quads and us back home. He was doing great. not doing anything too extreme, driving conservatively, and trying to keep it out of trouble. He went up and down some pretty gnarly hills, one he went down was really steep. In one of the gullies, there was a new jeep rubicon stuck, burried bad, like this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05176.jpg
he had to drive around a small hole to get to the jeep, plenty of room. well it turned out he was not paying enough attention and dopped a tire in the hole. After working it around, he just made it worse. Here it is, 2000 Chevy S-10 Zr2, cranked t-bars, 32x11.50-15 tires.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05172.jpg
about 6-inches of water in the floorboards
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05182.jpg
it took two hours to get it out. once we got it out, more problems. Low on oil, runnign rough, loss of power, messed up alignment(done the day before) Started heading down the road, limping it home, then it overheated, pulled over to let it cool off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05184.jpg
started going again, overheated again. happened every 3-5 miles. Got to a spot to unhook the trailer, wen to a car wash, to spray out the radiator, still 1 hour from home. filled up with gas, oil and tranny fluid. went to take off and it sticks in low range, and the oil pressure begins to drop. so now we are stuckin 4 wheel low, overheating, low on oil pressure, mud soaked carpet, 1 hour from home. we ended up calling his dad to get teh quads, left the truck. i have yet to hear if he got the truck back yet and if so, what problems he is still having.
IT all started when my buddy decided to take his truck out and park the quad. We had to use this truck to haul the quads and us back home. He was doing great. not doing anything too extreme, driving conservatively, and trying to keep it out of trouble. He went up and down some pretty gnarly hills, one he went down was really steep. In one of the gullies, there was a new jeep rubicon stuck, burried bad, like this.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05176.jpg
he had to drive around a small hole to get to the jeep, plenty of room. well it turned out he was not paying enough attention and dopped a tire in the hole. After working it around, he just made it worse. Here it is, 2000 Chevy S-10 Zr2, cranked t-bars, 32x11.50-15 tires.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05172.jpg
about 6-inches of water in the floorboards
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05182.jpg
it took two hours to get it out. once we got it out, more problems. Low on oil, runnign rough, loss of power, messed up alignment(done the day before) Started heading down the road, limping it home, then it overheated, pulled over to let it cool off
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/redneck409/wheeling/1-8-9-05184.jpg
started going again, overheated again. happened every 3-5 miles. Got to a spot to unhook the trailer, wen to a car wash, to spray out the radiator, still 1 hour from home. filled up with gas, oil and tranny fluid. went to take off and it sticks in low range, and the oil pressure begins to drop. so now we are stuckin 4 wheel low, overheating, low on oil pressure, mud soaked carpet, 1 hour from home. we ended up calling his dad to get teh quads, left the truck. i have yet to hear if he got the truck back yet and if so, what problems he is still having.