Ok so here is the video of my little "accident". Still makes me a little sick to think how bad this could have been...thank goodness for small miracles. A few bruises to show for it, but am ok, overall.
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Here is a copy of the video description, which has the back-story...
OK, I will preface this by saying I am an idiot and this is 100% my fault. Thank jeebus no one was behind me. Was at Choccolocco Offroad park with Georgia Trailriders today and was having issues with my front locker all day. Which meant a lot of winching on loose, rocky soil. When I was trying to winch up one trail, my winch rope broke at the attachment point. I thought I had enough wraps to still pull me up. So, I'm in the Jeep and it's in drive, and I get out (what I think will be briefly) to see if the winch can pull me at this time. We decide to unspool the winch and re-attach the rope. The jeep is hot from pulling already, so I decide to turn off the jeep while we work on it, totally forgetting it's not in park (NEVER LEAVE YOUR RIG WHEN IT'S NOT IN PARK!!). As soon as I key it off, it flies backward down the hill and eventually catches the bank and turns on it's side. Amazingly, only minor body damage, and not even a broken windshield. We flipped it back on it's wheels (great group, GATR...never leaves a man behind!!) and after turning the motor over by hand for a bit, I was brave enough to try & start it and it fired right up! I must be living right....or got lucky or something. I am sharing this because I don't want anyone else to make this mistake. Ugh
I don't think I've ever done that before that day...gotten out of my rig while it wasn't off or in park....was frustrated and got in a hurry and learned a very valuable lesson. Thanks to all who helped me get it righted and started back up.
I have a bunch more GoPro video I need to go through...I will make a full ride video soon. I will post some more pics here shortly, including my axle, which was the start of this mess...