Sometimes I just like to tell a good Jeep Story around the camp fire.

It was a dark and stormy night on the road. ( I like that line).
The traffic was backed up for miles. We were sitting nice and cozy in our Liberty waiting in the traffic like many others. The wind was blowing so hard every once in a while the Liberty would shake just a wee bit.
As we inched forward we could see a state troopers smokey hat and some flashing lights ahead.
We watched and saw many of the vehicles on the road turning off to the left and dissapearing off into the distance.
As we got closer we could see all the veichles going off to the left taking a detour except for the Jeeps. As we got up to the trooper we asked what was going on.
We were informed that the road was too dangerous for those other cars. He smiled and waved and wished a fun trip on the road ahead. As we drove off we could see the trooper standing in front of his liberty with the light bar on the roof flashing proudly.

As day break came the storm cleared, we stopped at a roadside diner for some breakfast. Inside there were two groups of people those smiling happy faces and the others that looked like they had been traveling on foot for days.
Outside the diner there was a group of vehicles neatly parked and on the other was a group that had been towed up.
Guess which group was all Jeeps.

There was several losses that day. Three Rav4s, a couple of Land Rovers and some Hummers never to be seen again. The occupants were lucky as the Troopers had come buy and rescued them.

Gray Hound came by to pick up the rest of the survivors.

Later a long line of vehicles could be seen driving off into the sunset with one constant word on the back of each one. "JEEP"
I know for sure on this day it truly was a four letter work to those unlucky enough not to own one.

I tell this story to my friends and neighbors and watch them shake with fear each time they venture out. My family is safe as we all drive a Jeep!

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It's not a car
It's not an SUV
It's not a truck
It's a JEEP!

Cool..true story?

Some others have shared as well, maybe we should gather them all in one place.

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It may be that your only purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

06 CRD Sport
Built 5/11/06
Jeep Green
Rocklizard diff cover
V6 Airbox

You mean like this?

The guys username was Jeepstories. Haven't seen him since we moved.

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Nanette

03 Freedom with some neat stuff done to it that I learned about here.

where were you when this happened?

He didn't say it happened to him. It is just a story.

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Smitty
White 05 4x4 Limited
Full Mopar Skids, Hitch & Hooks
Rock Rails
Trac-Lock

This story is real... I was headed up to Big Bear for some snow boarding a couple years back. The road was clear going up at the base of the mountain but it started to rain and get sloppy the higher up we went. It was just a mixture of snow and heavy rain with a little bit of ice chunks on the road. The "must carry chains" sign was up but we saw lots of passenger cars going up as it was dry at the base but no check point. I was surprised that only a few turned around as I remember crossing some pretty deep flooded areas on the way up, deep enough to feel the water hitting the floor boards on a lifted Liberty. Well all of a sudden the traffic just stopped, not to far from the dam. We sat there for at least 30-40 minutes as the snow started to fall instead of rain. I thought someone went over the side or something. The road conditions weren't really that bad and I've been in worse but during those times the Highway patrol forcing passenger cars to install chains. I got out and walked down the road to find out what happened only to see these cars and mini SUV's were just spun out all over the road and stuck. So after a couple Jeep wranglers and H2's drove by me I got back in and followed the group. It was not easy weaving through these dum dums, as they were pointed in every direction blocking both sides of the road and the shoulders. I passed several Rav4's, Honda CR-V's and a host of other "all whee drive" type cars just sitting there spinning tires. There was one red Honda CRV that I had to worm around and climb up on a 15" snow plow burm to get around. It was stuck on something in the middle of the road, probably ice left over from the snow plow but it couldn't have been more than 5 inches tall. His tires were just spinning on the wet pavement. I was thinking about pulling him out but those Hondas don't have recovery points and I didn't want him getting stuck again and blocking everyone behind me with real 4x4's. I don't know how the Hummer got past him, I only had about 6 inches away from his bumper to squeeze by, he must have tried to follow the previous 4x4 group and got stuck just before I got there.

Everyone with real gear driven 4x4's got through and spent a warm dry night in Big Bear. I didn't find out until I the next night that more than 350 cars and "all wheel drives" spent the night on that road. They didn't get their cars dug out until well into the next week. The highway patrol couldn't even reach some of the people to shuttle them out until well into the next night.

Check out the pics.

http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_storm09.a02ca.html

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2002 Liberty Limited
2.5" Rusty's Coil Lift + OME 927 springs + 1/4" spacers
265x70 Revos
Warn 4x Floods
ARB bumper
TeraFlex extended front bumpstops
Rock Lizard Skink Super Sliders
Bosch Size 86 battery
Jeepin by Al's 4.5 UC Arms
Kryptonite Differential Cover
JBA Bolt on KJ Tri-Angulated 4 Link

Great stories guys.

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Custom, Comfortable & Capable.......just the way it should be

Love the supporting artical.
We should have a section just for news stories from around the world on Jeep Heroics.

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It's not a car
It's not an SUV
It's not a truck
It's a JEEP!