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Flip, flop and roll over situations....
tjsahara00:
Flip, flop and roll over situations....
After my flop, Clarks flip and seeing the picture
of Jared. I want us to us to give tips and thoughts
about safety in certain situations we may encounter.
https://youtu.be/FRZ1jYMBVLI
This picture scares the hell out of me......
looking at that rock and if they went over on Jays side!!
tjsahara00:
I flop over several years ago onto the passenger side
of my Jeep. It was a slow motion flop over on a dirt bank.
My daughter and her friend was in the jeep. We had the top
and doors off. I remember seeing the ground coming at us
and then landed. It wasn't a hard hit but it was scary. My
daughter started screaming let me out felling claustrophobic.
She and her friend was able to crawl out the back. I had never
thought about giving instructions on keeping hands or limbs
inside the Jeep. Never thought I would flip either......
So when I started over (on drivers side) at AOP in October
I tucked my hands into my harness and actually looked at
where I was going to land. Thank the Lord the rock was not
inline with my head.
I know Jason, Todd and Randy have all went over at
Gulches and I believe Kirk went over at Moab once.
Wasn't it Chocco where Chris went over into some trees?
(The tree falling on Jareds Jeep is a whole different story!)
What are some do's and don'ts or tips for these situations?
clark123456:
Safety for mine was the lap belt portion of the harnesses being tightened down sufficiently. I think a factory roll bar would have survived the impact, and maybe factory seat belts would have held fine, but I know my cage and harnesses worked great.
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BigMike:
Good to think about these things. Reminds me of my ex brother in law and his business partner when one had a Ferarri 308 and the other one a 930 turbo and they started club racing. They soon realized that in order to continue with that "sport" they needed to purchase the proper equipment. Having lots of expendable income and living in NC, they would buy Terry Labonte's previous year NASCAR (without running gear) and build their own running gear. They started racing in the Walter Middie <sp?> series and they knew they were in the safest cars on the road courses.
I think everyone needs to play to their own level of risk. I don't have a cage and don't want to scar up my rig so I stay away for the big stuff. I could stop flip or flop on any trail but the changes and risk are mitigated. I feel comfortable that the factory cage will get me through one of those. Maybe, maybe not.
If you want to play with the big boys, get big boy equipment. If I decide to do that, I'll either mod my current JKR or buy/build something that I won't have to worry about it.
kvom:
I've owned 3 Jeeps and all have had cages. When I rolled in Moab I just had the stock seatbelt, and it was fine for a slow roll, but I put in a harness right afterwards.
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