Guy buys Jeep, takes Jeep off-road, earth eats Jeep

[Brett L.]

Here's a situation that I never thought of encountering when off-road. This guy bought a used Jeep Cherokee and decided to take it off-road only to have it swallowed up by a sinkhole. Here's the video of the recovery.

 

[reaver]

Here's a situation that I never thought of encountering when off-road. This guy bought a used Jeep Cherokee and decided to take it off-road only to have it swallowed up by a sinkhole. Here's the video of the recovery.

Well that's terrifying....

 

[rgallant]

Well that was down right nasty

 

[AE5TE]

That was a pretty involved job and it reminds me of a time some decades ago as part of an ad hoc group that did recoveries on the Oregon dunes. Lots of unusual hazards there and some were just unforgiving (especially if the Pacific Ocean was involved. But for added fun we were often racing the tide. Our adventures all predated handheld video cameras, much less things like YouTube and internet forums. All we have are our fading memories and maybe a Polaroid here and there.

 

[Billiebob]

great thread title, I knew exactly which video you were posting

I'm surprised the rescue chief is still alive
but good to see there are those who will help

 

[grubworm]

hope the driver had an extra pair of underwear in the glove box.....

 

[smritte]

If the hole was a little bigger, he would have ended up on his side. It would have been real bad if it slipped in and he ended up on his roof. Fortunately, the back wheels were high enough to winch it out. If the back had dropped a couple feet down, your talking backhoe.

 

[HIALT2D]

All I can say is DAAAAAAAMMMMN!!!! That went much better than I thought it was going to. Especially when the guys was under the rig shoveling dirt around.

 

[HIALT2D]

I'm fairly new to all this, and haven't been out a whole lot yet, so sink holes in anything other than pavement with usually a water main break or some kind of flooding is something I've never heard of and certainly never experienced. I know it may be area dependent, but how common is something like this in the off-road/overland world? From the video, it seems like the guy didn't know until it was too late. Having an 11,000+ pound vehicle makes something like this even more scary

 

[MidOH]

Anywhere worth foing in FL or Mexico will have sink holes.

In FL you find them in the middle of the Florida trail all of the time. If you aren't prepared to disappear into a 25' drop into a cave of water with no way out, skip the FL trail. You have to swim downstream to the next sinkhole to get our. Took me two hours to get out, and one more to find my way back to camp. No truck, just Mk1 hiking boot.

 

[smritte]

I'm fairly new to all this, and haven't been out a whole lot yet, so sink holes in anything other than pavement with usually a water main break or some kind of flooding is something I've never heard of and certainly never experienced. I know it may be area dependent, but how common is something like this in the off-road/overland world? From the video, it seems like the guy didn't know until it was too late. Having an 11,000+ pound vehicle makes something like this even more scary

Next time were in anza barrego, I'll show you some.

 

[HIALT2D]

" If you aren't prepared to disappear into a 25' drop into a cave of water with no way out, skip the FL trail."

Damn!!! I think the best way for me to be "prepared" for something like that is to stay off the FL trail

 

[HIALT2D]

Next time were in anza barrego, I'll show you some.

Sounds good.... Maybe this fall? (pun intended)