Worst Trail breakage/carnage you have had or seen?

Back in 2006, a bunch of us from CK5.com were riding up Daniel. A guy in a 73-74ish K5 was trying to snatch a Tahoe up the second ledge when all of the sudden *POP*, and the K5 stops dead. He kills it, and we watch as all of the transmission fluid pours out of the truck. Turns out, he split his TH350 from bellhousing to tailshaft. Not sure why, but he got towed the rest of the way UP Daniel, instead of turning him around and going down. Took about six hours to run the trail that day.

That same trip, another guy in our group flipped his 90's Suburban on the bypass of the steep hillclimb on Daniel. I'll see if I can find that video. The spotters actually caused the flop, but it crumpled the driver's side of his truck. That had to be a long drive back to ATL with no windows...
 
So I am a little bored, and I just came accross this thread and figured we needed to bump it back up.

First worse trail break for me was at URE and snapping all but one lug stud off the front driver wheel. Not having any spares and having a buddy drive all the way to Troy to get new ones. Now those are some of the cheap parts I keep with me that I will probably never need again.

Second one is barrel rolling the jeep 5 times down the top hill climb on Daniel, ripping the front tire completely off the rim. After I changed the tire (well after I thanked God I was still alive), the jeep fired right back up and I drove her back to the trailer.
 
greg slade said:
last week I was up there for 4 days and I decided to continue past the standard exit on Easy out. Welllll.....8 hours later we got the rest of the group on out too!
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haha i remember that! you mean 37's on a cherokee with no steering box brace is a good plan?

what all did he break again? a front shaft, blew a bead, and ripped off the steering box right.
 
well heres a little of mine....swamped the motor at falls dam....luckily no hydro lock
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blew a lockout on kodak rock...had a spare
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just a tad stuck here...on a dare lol...brand new MM's destroyed
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upgraded to 35 spline so i no longer have them problems yet...
 
this happened on upper daniel....destroyed a ring gear,not mine
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using my front bumper under his reese hitch to support it.
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snappy said:
Worst one I've seen would be on Lower Damnation. Big ornage Jeep on Rockwells. I think alot people remeber this one. Took the whole front axle, cross member and links out from under it. There again was standing on ice cold running water with Greg(Donkey Stompit) helping hold plates together so he could weld them. Used 3 or 4 winches to help hold that heavy beast were it was at for about 8-9 hours to do the reapirs to get it the rest of the way up and off the trail.
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Is this the big orange jeep?
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GubNi said:
A few years ago at tellico. This was a friends truck I was riding with. It was a very heavy 78 Bronco on 42's.
Day one. Just past guardrail at the V-notch hydraulic ram brakes end hiem. No big deal. It was just hyd assist, so still have P/S. The quickest way down is school bus. After a short way the rag joint on the steering gear box strips. That means no steering at all. Used the winch to pull the tires straight on one side a ratchet strap on the other side. Ratchet strap breaks. Use lock - unlock hubs and back up for steering. Very slow progress. Go forward 4 foot back up 2. Friend goes and brings us new joint. It's late and we tell him we will put it on and see him later at camp. We realize after he leaves that it's riveted on. We camp by the canyons at the top of schoolbus. March is a bad time to camp with no tent or blankets.
Day two. We use a screwdriver and hammer to make notches in the power steering pump and use it like a grinder to replace the rag joint. We decide to go by the canyons instead of through them. Almost roll about 100 times and run out of gas. Get some gas and steering gear box breaks. Friend takes his bronco apart and gets a ride to bring us parts. We put it on and hose will not fit. At least we have manual steering. The bolt holes on the frame that hold the gearbox on strips. Get it about 3 miles from trail one. Leave it on the mountain and hike down. Get FOOD!!! and a hotel (HOT SHOWER)
Day three. This is Monday. We call into work and know all we have to do is get it to trail one where we can get it on a trailer. We go to town and get an assortment of parts and patch it up. It has one full turn of the wheel of play, but at least it turns some. Eventually we get it on the trailer. Now we are on the TN side and need to get to NC. We took the dragon tail road with a quadcab logbed truck and 20 foot trailer. We just want to end it all! Eventually we get home in time to sleep for a few hours before work the next day.
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Was this Mike's (broncomania) debacle? Sounds a lot like it. I was there at Crawfords when he rolled in for that trip?
 
Damn.:lol: I'm sitting quoting people from a year ago. Anyways, I've broken nothing that I didn't have a spare for, like shafts, ball joints, driveshafts, u-joints, etc. Simple fixes. Oh yeah, there was the one time that I folded my stock upper CAs on my TJ on Grapevine at Harlan. I straightened them out as best as I could, limped it back to camp and built another set out of square tube and poly joints. I'm still running them to this day.
 
I just hate breaking parts that render the vehicle completely immobile. As long as it'll roll, that's a good thing... brakes, steering, and the ability to roll are what you want to have! <<<I've had to deal with all of them.
 
Crazy stories, but I think the worst breakage I ever see is at every one of the ECORS races! Those courses are brutal!
 
FunkSkunk said:
Crazy stories, but I think the worst breakage I ever see is at every one of the ECORS races! Those courses are brutal!
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Jody needs to post up his carnage. Sounded pretty rough.
 
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