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Burt4x4 · 07-26-2006, 11:15 AM

Ooooppps!
hahah Oh well..been wheelin this truck sence 93 so it was bound to happen someday. The story is I was trying to straddel the washout instead of hugging that tree next to the trail...well my rear pass slid into the washout and threw the drivers side front up and then the whole truck slamed down on the frontclip & pass door due to the downhill...
Some say driver error or taken the hardline with a little bad luck
You choose....

Hard to see the dents but the door is tweaked from the mirror and handel...the windshield pillar took a hit too....
Just thought I would share my fun

TonyJohnson · 07-26-2006, 11:18 AM

Ouch... Hope it's not too much to fix it.

Burt4x4 · 07-26-2006, 11:28 AM

Naaa, battle scars! hahhaa

Joe67 · 07-26-2006, 12:26 PM

Cool - at least you've been enjoying the truck. Damage doesn't look too bad

**Yukon Jack** · 07-26-2006, 12:27 PM

One of my favorite K5's as you probably already know.

TonyJohnson · 07-26-2006, 12:31 PM

That's a pretty funny pic with the girl holding up the truck by the soft top, while the guys stand around and look... lol

Burt4x4 · 07-26-2006, 12:56 PM

hahaha ya that looks funny..the rollcage is right there. I was trying to get it started to drive out of it but oil got into the starter and fried it

...after that I hooked my winch up to a tree and then fried one of the sillys in the winch!

WTF!! So my buddy drove around and gave me a yank to right my truck then I rolled down the hill and bumpstarted it

**special-K** · 07-26-2006, 01:30 PM

First time over and all the wheelin`you`ve done with that.I`d say you were due

.The grainy green`71 in my avatar laid over once,much the same way.The nose went down in the ditch,right wheel first.That wheel hit the crease and the weight lifted off the rear end as the front weight shifted to the left wheel when that wheel hit the crease.The hole rear went left and came down sideways on the slope(steep).Well needless to say,she laid herself to rest on her left side.It was a top-off day and we got it back up and I could drive it home.I got the windshield straightened for glass.But,never had a hardtop on it again.I never liked the hardtop anyway

.That is one fun Blazer you have there,buddy.

onetonk5 · 07-26-2006, 01:41 PM

thats a commitment.same as i had with my really nice 89...still many regrets that i dont have that truck anymore.....now i have a nearly finished tube chassis buggy..and a screwed up neck and screwed up back and no will or desire to finish the buggy. Keep having fun in your truck...maybe its time for a different cage?
Mark

LUV2XCLR8 · 07-26-2006, 03:32 PM

WOW, 13 years and one rollover, I'd say you rock

MikeS · 07-29-2006, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

WOW, 13 years and one rollover, I'd say you rock

Nah, maybe he just hasn't been wheelin' it hard enough yet

Burt4x4 · 07-31-2006, 12:10 PM

Thanks for all the comments fellas..
I have a 6pt cage on there now. I do plan on someday tieing the cage to the seats and frame but for now it bolts to the body's crossmembers and floor. It is a custom 'halo' style cage that a friend bent and welded up for me a few years back...like 10 hahahaa...
The biggest issue with the flop was my stupid speaker boxes flew out of it's retainers and hit my buddy Chris in the head..Ya thoes are GONE now. I felt really bad about that. Other than the speaker bonkin him on the back of the head no one was hurt. I aslo had alot of loose stuff in my truck from over the years of wheelin and things getting under the rear seat...so time to CLEAR out the inside...no more flying objects for me

Pismo it tripy to wheel in..HAMMER TIME! Lots of wheel spin and speed

I was trying to climb out of a bowl almost straight up it and my rig started drifting along the rim of the bowl sidways..crazy...then it tiped over and the wheel spin, I guess, made little pockets in the sand and just kinda held my truck by the wheels and tires...simply jumping up and down ont he high side alowed it to flop back on all 4...feeewwwww that was close hahahaa
Later
Burt

bigbluthng · 07-26-2006, 03:35 PM

i say you need to be more careful. they don't make these trucks anymore. by the way, anyone hurt besides the blazer?

onetonk5 · 07-26-2006, 04:06 PM

there are plenty of these trucks in poor enough shap to hack a great wheeler out of...i dont see the problem....better than letting it sit and rust to death

krue · 07-26-2006, 04:22 PM

Battle scars are better than quietly rusting to pieces.

vtblazer · 07-26-2006, 05:43 PM

Nice beauty marks!!

Wheel em hard and have fun!

**Canadian694x4** · 07-26-2006, 11:20 PM

Well I'm happy to hear it wasn't worse...I'd say you still got a pretty clean wheelin' record at 13 years and 1 whoops...

**special-K** · 07-27-2006, 06:52 AM

State Farm won`t have you now.(Insert adult one fingered smiley here)I have a crappy`72 quietly rusting that I took the drivetrain out of 20 years ago.I think I`ll build it,now.It`s a New Mexico Blazer and for "wheelin" it would be perfect.Thanks for the inspiration.

lawricker · 07-27-2006, 08:59 AM

A sign for your roll bar:

This Side Up

Burt4x4 · 07-27-2006, 11:37 AM

hahahaa
Ya I never layed it over before...well once I was wheelin in Pismo dunes and I got stuck a a big bowl and tried hammering out of it and tiped it up on two wheels but it never has landed on the sheet metal before

Anyway have a great weekend everyone
Burt

Jason915 · 07-28-2006, 09:10 AM

Heck not bad at all it don't even look like you cracked the windshield. Good thing you have a 4 speed so you could bump start it.

Jason915 · 07-28-2006, 09:11 AM

I've got a buddy with a 1st gen Bronco and it's on it's roof more than it's on it's wheels......LOL

Burt4x4 · 07-28-2006, 10:44 AM

hahahaha damn Ford dirvers

hehee

Have a great weekend
Burt

67ChevyRedneck · 07-28-2006, 10:50 AM

That'll buff out

onetonk5 · 07-28-2006, 12:48 PM

Serious Burt......if you really plan to wheel it and may dump it again why not consider some more cage? Not doggin i just hate seeing people get hurt on the trail. I came down a hill in Tennessee side over side in a really nice tube frame buggy there were 4 people in the buggy and no one was serious hurt....other than my bad neck getting further tweeked but i didnt notice it then. My long winded advise unwarranted advise.....if your gonna play hard protect yourself as much as possible.
Now there
...........where are my pain pills??

07-26-2006, 11:15 AM	#1
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Oopps, Flopped my K5 over>>>> Ooooppps! hahah Oh well..been wheelin this truck sence 93 so it was bound to happen someday. The story is I was trying to straddel the washout instead of hugging that tree next to the trail...well my rear pass slid into the washout and threw the drivers side front up and then the whole truck slamed down on the frontclip & pass door due to the downhill... Some say driver error or taken the hardline with a little bad luck You choose.... Hard to see the dents but the door is tweaked from the mirror and handel...the windshield pillar took a hit too.... Just thought I would share my fun __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-26-2006, 11:18 AM	#2
TonyJohnson Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cheboygan, MI Posts: 998	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Ouch... Hope it's not too much to fix it. __________________ Tony Johnson -- '71 Blazer w/L-31 Vortec 350, SM465, NP205, performer intake, edelbrock 1406, HEI, 4" lift, Boyd EFI tank, Vintage A/C My Blazer --

07-26-2006, 11:28 AM	#3
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Naaa, battle scars! hahhaa __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-26-2006, 12:26 PM	#4
Joe67 67 is sold Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Troy, Michigan Posts: 6,738	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Cool - at least you've been enjoying the truck. Damage doesn't look too bad __________________ Joe - Formerly 67c10step ------------------------------- 1967 Chevy Stepside - ECE 4/6, fuelcell, 5lug - SOLD gr8lakes - My ebay auctions Click here to order forum apparel :: Click here to become a subscribing member

07-26-2006, 12:27 PM	#5
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,683	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> One of my favorite K5's as you probably already know. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

07-26-2006, 12:31 PM	#6
TonyJohnson Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cheboygan, MI Posts: 998	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> That's a pretty funny pic with the girl holding up the truck by the soft top, while the guys stand around and look... lol __________________ Tony Johnson -- '71 Blazer w/L-31 Vortec 350, SM465, NP205, performer intake, edelbrock 1406, HEI, 4" lift, Boyd EFI tank, Vintage A/C My Blazer --

07-26-2006, 12:56 PM	#7
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> hahaha ya that looks funny..the rollcage is right there. I was trying to get it started to drive out of it but oil got into the starter and fried it ...after that I hooked my winch up to a tree and then fried one of the sillys in the winch! WTF!! So my buddy drove around and gave me a yank to right my truck then I rolled down the hill and bumpstarted it __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-26-2006, 01:30 PM	#8
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> First time over and all the wheelin`you`ve done with that.I`d say you were due.The grainy green`71 in my avatar laid over once,much the same way.The nose went down in the ditch,right wheel first.That wheel hit the crease and the weight lifted off the rear end as the front weight shifted to the left wheel when that wheel hit the crease.The hole rear went left and came down sideways on the slope(steep).Well needless to say,she laid herself to rest on her left side.It was a top-off day and we got it back up and I could drive it home.I got the windshield straightened for glass.But,never had a hardtop on it again.I never liked the hardtop anyway.That is one fun Blazer you have there,buddy. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

07-26-2006, 01:41 PM	#9
onetonk5 Cereal Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 639	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> thats a commitment.same as i had with my really nice 89...still many regrets that i dont have that truck anymore.....now i have a nearly finished tube chassis buggy..and a screwed up neck and screwed up back and no will or desire to finish the buggy. Keep having fun in your truck...maybe its time for a different cage? Mark

07-26-2006, 03:32 PM	#10
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,475	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> WOW, 13 years and one rollover, I'd say you rock __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Big Piggy: "Goliath" 07 Kodiak C4500 Lil Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

07-31-2006, 12:10 PM	#12
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Oopps, Flopped my K5 over>>>> Thanks for all the comments fellas.. I have a 6pt cage on there now. I do plan on someday tieing the cage to the seats and frame but for now it bolts to the body's crossmembers and floor. It is a custom 'halo' style cage that a friend bent and welded up for me a few years back...like 10 hahahaa... The biggest issue with the flop was my stupid speaker boxes flew out of it's retainers and hit my buddy Chris in the head..Ya thoes are GONE now. I felt really bad about that. Other than the speaker bonkin him on the back of the head no one was hurt. I aslo had alot of loose stuff in my truck from over the years of wheelin and things getting under the rear seat...so time to CLEAR out the inside...no more flying objects for me Pismo it tripy to wheel in..HAMMER TIME! Lots of wheel spin and speed I was trying to climb out of a bowl almost straight up it and my rig started drifting along the rim of the bowl sidways..crazy...then it tiped over and the wheel spin, I guess, made little pockets in the sand and just kinda held my truck by the wheels and tires...simply jumping up and down ont he high side alowed it to flop back on all 4...feeewwwww that was close hahahaa Later Burt __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-26-2006, 03:35 PM	#13
bigbluthng Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: canyon country, ca, USA Posts: 336	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> i say you need to be more careful. they don't make these trucks anymore. by the way, anyone hurt besides the blazer? __________________

07-26-2006, 04:06 PM	#14
onetonk5 Cereal Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 639	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> there are plenty of these trucks in poor enough shap to hack a great wheeler out of...i dont see the problem....better than letting it sit and rust to death

07-26-2006, 04:22 PM	#15
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,450	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Battle scars are better than quietly rusting to pieces. __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

07-26-2006, 05:43 PM	#16
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Nice beauty marks!! Wheel em hard and have fun!



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07-26-2006, 11:20 PM	#17
Canadian694x4 Born To Lose Club Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta/Oxenden, Ontario, Great White North Posts: 13,306	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Well I'm happy to hear it wasn't worse...I'd say you still got a pretty clean wheelin' record at 13 years and 1 whoops... __________________ Brian Smith - "Born To Lose" 1969 Chevrolet K10 LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 20 Yrs - 1 of 208 Built & Sold In Canada! - 283 V8/350TH/NP208, 2" All Spring Lift, 32" Good Year MT/R's. 1972 GMC K2500 Custom LWB Fleetside - Proud Owner For 2 Yrs - 1 of 571 Built & Sold In Canada! - 350 V8/SM465/NP205, 4” Rough Country Lift, 33” Interco TSL Thornbirds 2007.5 GMC Sierra SLE 2500HD 4x4 - Proud Owner For 15 Yrs - 6.6L V8 Duramax Diesel/Allison 1000, 2" Lift, 33" Mickey Thompson MTZ's. 2008 Yamaha Raptor 700r - Proud Owner For 13 Yrs - ITP Mud Lites. 2015 John Deere 1025R - Proud Owner For 6 Yrs - 24HP Diesel/H120/54D/260B/SB1154.

07-27-2006, 06:52 AM	#18
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> State Farm won`t have you now.(Insert adult one fingered smiley here)I have a crappy`72 quietly rusting that I took the drivetrain out of 20 years ago.I think I`ll build it,now.It`s a New Mexico Blazer and for "wheelin" it would be perfect.Thanks for the inspiration. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

07-27-2006, 08:59 AM	#19
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07-27-2006, 11:37 AM	#20
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> hahahaa Ya I never layed it over before...well once I was wheelin in Pismo dunes and I got stuck a a big bowl and tried hammering out of it and tiped it up on two wheels but it never has landed on the sheet metal before Anyway have a great weekend everyone Burt __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-28-2006, 09:10 AM	#21
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Heck not bad at all it don't even look like you cracked the windshield. Good thing you have a 4 speed so you could bump start it. __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

07-28-2006, 09:11 AM	#22
Jason915 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 693	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> I've got a buddy with a 1st gen Bronco and it's on it's roof more than it's on it's wheels......LOL __________________ 1971 GMC K1500 SWB Fleetside, 4" skyjacker softride and, 14 Bolt FF, HD Dana 44 4.10's 1970 K5 TBI conversion lifted etc SOLD 1968 C20 camper truck SOLD “To ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and the lawless.” Jeff Snyder

07-28-2006, 10:44 AM	#23
Burt4x4 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 1,842	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> hahahaha damn Ford dirvers hehee Have a great weekend Burt __________________ 1972 K5 MPFI454/Sm465/Np205/D60/14FFd/Re-Centerd H1s w/Swamper Iroks

07-28-2006, 10:50 AM	#24
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07-28-2006, 12:48 PM	#25
onetonk5 Cereal Killer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 639	Re: Oopps, Floped my K5 over>>>> Serious Burt......if you really plan to wheel it and may dump it again why not consider some more cage? Not doggin i just hate seeing people get hurt on the trail. I came down a hill in Tennessee side over side in a really nice tube frame buggy there were 4 people in the buggy and no one was serious hurt....other than my bad neck getting further tweeked but i didnt notice it then. My long winded advise unwarranted advise.....if your gonna play hard protect yourself as much as possible. Now there ...........where are my pain pills??

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