ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR THE WORSE!!!!There has been a few topics on the board about the safety of Off-Roading and there were always many responces of people needing to be prepared.
A good friend and fellow clubmember, his wife, and his two children are alive today solely because John was prepared.
This is not a Zuk, but a jeep climbing the 'Slick Rock' obsticle in Tellico NC over the Thanksgiving weekend. His custom roll cage saved his entire family (all were in the jeep at the time). John is a very experianced Off-Roader and knew to prep his Jeep for tough situations. Like I said above, his custom, tied to the frame cage allowed only the following injuries:
John: shattered bones in his hand from grabbing the spreader bar when he turned to check that the kids were OK during the roll. You can see him turn when the jeep hesitated then continued to roll.
His wife had a bad bump on her head, she was life flighted to the University of Tennessee in fear of a bad head injury, but it ended up only a bump and cut on her head and she was home later that night.
Their two childern walked away with only minor bumps and bruises.
The need for safety equipment can not stressed enough.
Be prepared and always wear a seatbelt while wheeling!!!! It saved an entire family this time!!!!Right click on the links below and 'save target as'. A direct click will not work. One link is the QT file and the second is a zipped version for slower connections.
http://www.suzukivitara4x4.nl/images/Films/100_3755.qthttp://www.suzukivitara4x4.nl/images/Films/100_3755.zipBen , thanks again for hosting this file for people to view.
Zig
