Fording Depth

[8Runner]

I hope everybody (scotti) realizes that if you hydrolock your motor or get washed into a curb and roll while volunteering the use of your vehicle, nobody will reimburse you to replace it. Also, one of the most important rules of rescue is to not become a victim yourself, so if this actually turns into a big deal where we're driving across new branches of the brazos to help people without enough sense to leave their trailer in the river bottoms, keep in mind that this is not the time to 'see what she can do'

Honestly, I don't know how reimbursements or insurance works in situation like this, so I haven't brought it up. Maybe you get reimbursed if you are helping out officially, maybe not. All the right people to ask are way too busy right now. Just call it volunteering and know your limits.

[Comet]

I think Eric has a good point:

[william_ace]

drink beer, dont drive. or if you do, make sure its gonna be a good story....

[BMFScout]

Eric is a puss!

(luv you eric)

[Violentv8toy]

back in the nueces days, there was this rock quarry we used to put in at. Only right there it used to be about 5 feet deep in the middle of summer. Everyone could ford it straight except for me. I just had a couple inches of lift and 33" ltbs. Used to i'd just shut off the truck and put it in nuetral and just pull it through with another truck. Then I started to actually back up all the way through it. The bed/tailgate would actually push the water outwards allowing me to get through.

i used to have pictures of my buddies SBC305 running with water almost up to the top of the headers.

Edit: point is, you can "ford" more water than you think....

[uglyota]

I'm not buying 5ft in a yota with a little lift and 33s. That puts water like halfway up the windshield, probably over the roof if you're making a wake

[JB]

i dont want to be in more thatn 3ft for long. I have dunked it over the hood several times in Spring. Only thing I might be worried about is the fan and the ecu

[TxCruzr]

For those with mech. fans remember that fans and rediators don't like each other in water. If you hit it with just enough force to push the radiator back a tad its over.

[aggieblazer07]

I think we need to go tubing behind a pickup if there is enough water on the roads. Does anyone have a video camera I can borrow if we do this?

[TxCruzr]

need the air up jetski from acadamy

[J Cooper]

take the fan off... the water will cool it


i got one of those deals that you put around a tube to tow behind a boat... thatll work if someone finds a tube.. and i got one of those floating ice chests....

[Sharpe]

I got the camera.

[RCcola55]

im the idiot that will be the first to try

[AggieTJ2007]

ide drive down there to see yall tube

[8Runner]

How's that for fording. Actually, it's at this point I realized my limitation was my computer in the kickpanel.