No Jeeps left behind. A fantastic group effort to recover a fallen Jeep at the Knik Glacier. After about 48 hours of being submerged the Jeep was drug from the abyss.
Added to his repair costs...1 pair of pants when he crapped himself when it first broke through. I want to hear more of that story. Great job getting him home.
Wow. Wow. Wow. So, I’ve been out there in a heavier vehicle. Wow. Saved the chopper rescue (although that would have been cool to watch). I’ve seen people drive that close to the glacier before and not fall in. I guess I need to learn more about what to watch out for.
Wow, thanks for capturing this! Been following since I saw the first pictures posted. I have a question for you... I have zero knowledge on glaciers or ice at all... What kept the Jeep from sinking? In my mind, once the ice breaks, wouldn't you just sink? Especially once crews started cutting away ice to free it. I'm just curious on how this all worked.
This ice was multi leveled with ledges sticking out that the Jeep was semi resting on. The huge floating chunks are constantly moving creating a jagged edge around them. The Jeep had broken through at one of those edges, not much at all was holding it and the big worry was that it was going to slide back and further down. Once the guys in dry suits started to break the ice around it and determine it was a bit stable the decision was made to try and winch it out.
Cool stuff, nice recovery. It seems like you’d wanna keep all the winching vehicles beside each other to keep the angle of the lines low. Say if you had two trucks winching and they were far enough apart that their winch lines created over a 120 degree angle, then they’re both pulling 100% of the weight, not 50%.
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when its jeep friends probably not to high of costs. we stick together, how's the driver? knew of one recovery in Washington with a helicopter used was $12,000 +
The engine was never under the water. The entire Jeep is salvageable. Just needs thawed out, gone through, and fired back up. it's in a shop now awaiting it's revival.
@@jasonbeardadventure yeah I would think the whole thing is ok...needs drying out, all of the fluids changed and new lube, probably some baking soda inside with heating fans for a couple of weeks until everything including the padding dries out.
dangerous recovery. uhmm tone down to voice . should of rolled it farther away from the hole. when first doing recovery's and 4x4 recovery's my instructor Said NEVER anchor your vechile from behind !!! id fire or flunk you.... HELL on the frame ..
