Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/14/23 06:19 PM
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There is a couple of people that have told me about a Rolls Royce in a ravine in the Flint Hills near a town called Matfield Green, KS.
Supposedly the guy was a businessman from Wichita drove up to a really pretty area up there and committed suicide.
Was told the car is picked over and, since they burn off that grassland every year, it's a rusted hulk.
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/14/23 08:54 PM
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This spring a 90’s Jeep POS got stuck on a glacier up here …... A tow company was called in but the water was too deep to get it. So they called another recovery that had a helicopter at their disposal, I guess it’s a minimum $8000+ callout for the helicopter. So that’s one way
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/14/23 09:16 PM
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I'm pretty sure in the area of the "Million Dollar Highway" near Ouray, Colorado it wouldn't matter how far down the vehicle was it would be retrieved within a matter of days or a week at most. For a few reasons, one they would have to get down their for the victims, two because it's a big tourist area and who wants to look at trashed vehicles in a beautiful natural state or national park area. And three, $$$$$ and livelihood for the area towing and salvage businesses. I've ridden off-road motorcycles on charity rides over fifteen years in that area and we made it a point to NEVER leave so much as a cigarette butt out there so they are not going to leave a vehicle with gas, diesel, oil and scrap metal anywhere. I've ridden this trail dozens of times going to and from Lake City to Ouray and it will make even the bravest of people pucker their butts. These people made a deadly mistake and went down 110 feet to the bottom of the cliff and then rolled another 150 feet back in 2022 and yes they pulled it out of the canyon within days. https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/ne...liff-killed-tour-driver-2-arizona-women/
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/15/23 06:42 AM
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If it's on Forest Service land, they have to be removed. One of the utilities I worked for was using a D4 Cat as a deadman and pulled it off the edge of an embankment and into a ravine. Ended up cutting it up with torches into pieces light enough to be hoisted out.
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/15/23 09:07 AM
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At the bottom of Kane Creek Trail in Moab, UT, there are some 1930s trucks at the bottom of the cliff that are pretty cool looking art pieces now.
If your Jeep goes over the cliff, your descendants or Insurance company must get it out.
I am not rich...but I get off my ass everyday to make sure I am not broke!
Can we get the Mexican cartels to help us with our supply chain issues? They don't seem to have any trouble getting stuff from one place to another.
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/15/23 02:18 PM
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40-50 years ago a steep drop off in my town claimed a concrete truck. The barrel was cut loose and left when salvaged.
I want my fair share
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Re: I’ve often wondered: vehicles in canyons
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11/15/23 09:56 PM
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When I was a kid, we drove up Pikes Peak, CO. Back then most of the road was gravel and there would be 2-3 brake check stops on the way down. But, heading up I remember seeing all these crosses dedicated to folks that went over the edge and yes, I wondered what they did with the cars because most those drops were steep slopes that just kept going and going. That was back in the mid-70s. Never recalled seeing a car though.
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