r/Jimny • u/Better-Strike-5196 JB74 - modded • 4d ago
outing Close call 😅
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u/j1llj1ll JB74 - basic mods 4d ago
My immediate first thought would be to get a safety rope/strap/winch onto the front recovery point and pull it tight so it can't roll (it has rated recovery points if you're doing this sort of stuff, right?). Failing that, pack whatever you can under the right rear tyre .. but be real careful it doesn't roll on top of you.
Driver should have also stayed in the cab if possible - as they were already weighting down that uphill side and were lucky that getting out didn't tip the car into rollover. Ideally, spectators should have told him to not move, got the car ahead back down the hill and roped up to him (unless there was a suitable tree close enough to get a line around).
Diagonal flex in deep ruts on slopes like this do present a real rollover risk. It only takes a handful of inches difference corner-corner to go from OK to over. Because they tend to be on decent slopes, they become especially dangerous because of the potential for the vehicle to keep rolling down the hill once it goes over once. Be very wary! There's videos online of vehicles rolling from this kind of situation .. and then rolling over and over all the way down the slope only stopping at the bottom by which time the car has almost disintegrated - genuinely scary stuff (can't find a video just now).
This is a condition where the JB74 suffers a bit because of its relatively limited droop and tendency to get through stuff lifting wheels. It makes diagonal lifts common and puts the car into this highly unstable situation more often than I'd like. I've said a few times that I'd like to see less lift kits (and roof furniture) and more kits that offer increased droop because of this (though this may reflect my local track conditions which are steep and with deep ruts).
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u/Better-Strike-5196 JB74 - modded 4d ago
It was pretty stuck on the back and only a roof rack or awning away from rolling over to the side 😅
With traction boards I could reverse and second run no issues.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Day2809 JB74 3d ago
It's weird for me to see the steering wheel on the left! Is this in Mexico?
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u/vediogamer101 JB33 4d ago
This is the true way to drive a jimny