Mountainside Off Road Park

[MickeyMouse]

Hello Fellas,

Went to Mountainside this weekend.  Not sure if you have been there but it is a decent park for $10 a day and free camping.  They have a fun hill called the rev limiter that you should try.

At the top of the park, they have a trail called overlook that is nice.  However, be careful of the mud holes.  One of them swallowed my friends Rubicon.

Here are some pics

[Matt]

Very nice. A few have been. It is on the calendar for sure.

[RotorHead]

Wow, swallowed for sho. Did his Rubi survive that drowning? He's pretty luck if it did.

I've been to Mountainside a couple of times. It's a cool place, but I don't remember the canal you guys were driving in.

[BigJerm]

Woa buddy. He must have been moving to have all that mud on his hood... Hope he didn't clutch it if he has the 6 speed!

[drich394]

WOW--- again--WOW!!- i dont think  i would diving a new rubi in a hole like that - thats just me- he has ginormous BALLs or NO brain!

[Matt]

Should have bought a boat

[mdo817]

That looks fun, don't it Will?

[RotorHead]

Come on, give us the details. I keep coming back to these pictures.

He's lucky the engine breather is on the passenger side, but make sure he changes all the fluids including the diffs. The water is above the air tubes.

Was the Jeep running when it was really deep or was he being pulled through? I sure hope everything turns out OK for him.

[MickeyMouse]

Yeah... It was pretty deep...

Here are some details.  The jeep is brand new and only has 3000 miles on it.  

Although he was stuck for a couple of hours, he kept the jeep running the entire time.   I felt bad, my 1000lbs dune buggy had no chance of pulling him out.   

Nothing major appears to be broken but it did take 7 hours to get home since the jeep kept over heating every 20-30 minutes.  We stopped at a car wash and tried to rinse the radiator but he was still overheating.  There was so much mud stuck in the fan shroud we had to use a screw driver to get the fan free and "Yes" the fan motor is burned up.

He has spent 3 days cleaning the jeep so that he can take it back to the dealer and have the fan fixed under warranty.  He is extremely lucky that the door seals worked or he would have had a huge mess inside the jeep.

All and all, he is very lucky.  No severe problems yet...

It was not really his fault.. The puddle 200 feet in front of this one was very shallow and this one did not look very deep.  However, next time he will check before jumping in or at least go in slowly to test it 1st.

Oh well, one to learn on..  I just hope he goes wheelin again.  He is really singing the blues.



   

[RotorHead]

Well, I hope the guy doesn't give up on a great hobby. Have him come ride with us and we'll try to keep him out of the mud.  {toast}

[Daniel]

Yeah, don't let this one incident drive him away.  I've got my truck stuck in a river before in which the door seals didn't work and I've bashed it on more trees (mainly) and rocks than I would've liked, but it's all part of the game. 

[HotDog]

Nice!!!