Xterra Moab Rollover Recovery

[superhawkn]

I loved my 4.0 in jeeps you cwazy. Must had a beater

[Captainskier]

I wonder how the insurance claim guy liked this video? I hope there was a high deductible :)

[cyclemut]

@Captainskier He didn't mind it at all. This only proved that he was actually on a designated trail. All attempts were made to make the vehicle driveable without insurance paying for the recovery on the trail. Insurance paid the vehicle off, no issues at all. The deductible was taken out of the payoff check for the vehicle.

[wilcothefox]

That recovery was well done.

[cmccane]

Holy crap, a rollover did some serious damage. Good thing it was on a posted trail and not just goofing around on some back road or sandy hill. Insurance has you covered.

[Donpire]

How are you going to explain that to the insurance company?

[lebulte420]

jajajajajjajajaa 

[MurphyisDaCaptain]

DAMN THAT SUCKS

[JeepinDG]

it'll buff out. :-)  But at 0:34 it starts to sound expensive ouch :-(

[Neroscot]

Hurt this buffoonery !

[zenriderx]

For trails only,....

[astuddlee1]

that didnt seem worth totaling a nice rig, guess its time to convert it to a full time crawler

[urdadddy1]

THAT GUY BELONGS IN THE MUD, not on roads hes to throttle happy ......

[acrazybassplayer]

not too bad, could probably drive it home if you ducked your head!

[xpez]

sounds like a soda can

[mtbker30]

that sounds nasty

[vruland74]

I think he drove it home.....lol.

[cyclemut]

He drove it off the trail, I bought it and drove it for years afterward as a rock crawler (Project Off Road for Nissan Sport Magazine).

[vruland74]

Hell yeah....way to recycle. No need to waste it as I'm sure all the drivetrain components were not damaged.

[crunchymetal]

Damn!! Now I know not to roll my daily driver. That will crush your head!

[juliolazy22]

nothing bondo can't fix...........

[DivineBetrayal]

ha ha so true

[Ismaeleelisa]

YES, GOOD MEN!

[pablof59]

From joyride to scrap in 4 seconds... damm it!

[dizzlemusik]

well now u can turn it into a buggy , glad to see no 1 got hurt , i rolled a couple in my days of rock climbing ..

[b24warbaby]

That car is totaled .

I wonder if he was still paying on it !

[stevenabb]

Um, Mom, me any my friends where just driving down the high way when this big truck came right at us. No, we where not off roading, seriously! We where driving down I-35 and I had to swerve off the road. Um, no, I did not call the police..um..um... I forgot to do that.

[dryme24]

This was entertaining, but the rollover video was sweet!! I hope it was a good learning experience for you kids. Come down Memorial weekend and see how to do it right.

[cyclemut]

Actually, we will be there Memorial Day weekend, along with about 75 other Xterras. Wave as we drive by!

[dryme24]

Are you serious man? Can you let me know what your schedule is so we don't have to wait on the crowd. Sorry, but my days of waiting in line ended about 8 years ago.

[cyclemut]

The event, Gathering of Nissan Enthusiasts in Moab (goneMoab) officially ends on the 22nd. But a bunch still hang around for the weekend and hit several trails that didn't get driven through the week prior. I'm sure you'll see a lot of them, but there's no official schedule for that weekend.

[xpez]

i guess its a total loss,,,insurance nightmare

[cyclemut]

Insurance paid out normally, it was a posted trail.

[olchevyman]

Hold on, Im confused so if you total your vehicle while on a "posted trail" they will cover it?

And secondly Im looking for a new vehicle and Im down to two

1)Nissan Xterra

or

2) Jeep wrangler/cherokee

I know you obviously love nissans, but which actually seems to perform better offroad with little modifications?And last longer, I know jeeps inline 6 seem to last forever......what about the nissan v-6?

[cyclemut]

Yepper, posted trail in a 4x4 vehicle for off road usage.

For the least mods, older Wrangler (I6 not the newer gutless V6). The Jeeps already have the solid front axle, the transfer case with a ton of aftermarket support and so on. The Nissans are awesome, but if you're comparing the 2, the Jeep would be better for you off road initially.

If I had to do over again, I'd still get the Nissan! But I do all of my own work, so it's nothing big for me.

[nextgenfighter1]

@cyclemut

cheorokee or wrangler easy, probably out last 3 nissans.

[Colorado4Wheelin]

@olchevyman Just go Jeep its gonna be less expensive any way you look at it and right off the bat the jeep already has a solid front axle opposed to the nissan thats gonna need a swap the price of lifts for nissans and IFS is ridiculous get a wrangler CJ anything or a cherokee put some 31's on it and a 2 inch budget boost and thats minimum mods for an amazing time!! than go by LOCKERS :) when the real fun starts!!

[hollywood2465]

@olchevyman I have owned a jeep and an Xterra, In my opinion, Ill never own any suv other than the Xterra. I had the inline 6 in my jeep and hated it. not many miles on my xterra yet so dont know bout longevity. Its true though, a WRANGLER is going to be trail ready the day you buy it, but with some time customizing your Xterra, it will out do any Jeep any day.

[olchevyman]

@hollywood2465 Yeah I wish I could have got an Xterra but due my working on the farm I had to have a truck bed, and the extra weight when I had to pull someone out. I ended up getting a Like new 95' Z71, I am running a small skyjacker lift and 33's. It will go anywhere I need it to out on the farm, I still wish it was shorter though, you get on those tight trails and you can have a headache just trying to make a turn.lol..It will do till I can afford a second vehicle.

[SarahsVag]

what a waste

[mauser8mm192422]

what did you do with it after this?

[cyclemut]

I removed all the stock suspension, replaced everything with most of a 78 Bronco suspension and went from there. It's been in a couple of magazines, has run Moab Rim and done several other hard trails.

[LetsWangChung]

too bad you dont know how to drive

[cyclemut]

That was the previous owner.

[babyjaedyn]

nice truck

[skols07]

u wasted a good truck for no reason. u fail.

[cyclemut]

u should pick up a Nissan mag once in a while, n lrn 2 spl. u suxors.

[rcnoobie]

wow, thats why you get a roll cage and you never roll on stock tires.

[cyclemut]

Those weren't stock tires and cages weren't available for Xterras.

[rcnoobie]

at least a custom one could have been built. hey saftey first anyways he could have saved himself the front part of the roof or whatever it is you would call that part of the car.

[ficaton]

Se perdieron esos riales jeje....!

[alexrex20]

well, at least he can drive it home :D

[Acton420]

Should have got a subaru

[wpowns89]

why the hell would you go rockcrawling in moab in a subaru

[Acton420]

Why wouldnt you. AWD and raise up the 80 style Subaru, its a good as anything else in my opinion. Peace

[trahcceb]

In these situations its better to have an F850 with a 20 ton snatch strap pulling the xterra behind, make sure the 'driver' in the xterra is the owner, then take that F850 up to 80mph, show that xterra who is boss.

[cyclemut]

Funny how all Fords have a snatch strap. 95% of all Ford trucks are still on the road. The other 5% actually made it home!

[trahcceb]

lol yeh I spose, but i would love to see an F850 do it, even if they are useless offroaders, there is more ford f trucks, explorers on the side of the road that have burst into flames in Australia than all other off roaders put together, along with Pajeros (mitsubishi) land rover discoveries, hummers, and Lada Nivas. I own a Nissan Patrol, economical toughness.

[cyclemut]

Love the Patrols! We can import them into the US now, if they're 20+ years old though. I'd love to have a diesel version.

[trahcceb]

They are very tough vehicles, I honestly cannot believe the punishment mine takes and keeps on going even with the small diesel. I have been airborne, smacked a tree, sideways down a 100% grade hill for about 300metres (slideing in mud) I use it to pull out small trees, pulled a fully laden landcruiser back onto the road from the side - worth ever dollar and considering, quite cheap to run.

[Globalflavor]

Xterras are too narrow my sister has one and drives it like a sportscar maybe I should show her this.

[cyclemut]

You should see it now! It's the project vehicle for Nissan Sport Magazine.

Pick up a copy of the mag and show her that instead!

Sports car? First time I've ever heard that!!

[PureToxicYouth]

Gotta Love all the Negitive remarks. Guys Its An Off Road Trial, Shit Happions

Wheel, Wreck, Rebuild

Personaly Im more of a jeep guy but I Respect the fact that you Wheel.

[crazyllamaboy2k7]

It'll buff out...

[fotograh]

bet it was a blast driving that junk home.....

[bpenman]

crunch

[leviestep1]

Ohhhhhhh he has Jersey plates, everything makes sense now!

[timuhtee]

its gonna be a looong way back to jersey =P

[FordRules94]

aww that poor xterra i hate the crumbling noise they make on their way back over it hurts lol

[911996]

Did you notice New Jersey Tags...LMAO...You all know insurance doesnt cover off road accidents...poor guy-it sucks to be u. Stay in the city.

[cyclemut]

Insurance paid it off. It was a registered trail, therefore a payable accident. Bought it back from the insurance company, cut the roof off, caged it, SAS'ed it and have wheeled the same obstacle several times since. The 'then' driver is actually quite capable as well. Maybe you should get a different insurance company...LMAO!!

[MJGEGB]

Why is is that everyone thinks Jersey is full of a bunch of city slickers I don't get it. I went to high school in Jersey an one of my friends drove a 80's Cadillac on 39's funny as hell. yes that's right there are red necks in Jersey to.

[OldFart2K]

Too bad it didn't roll backwards down the steps, dragging the recovery rigs with it. That would have made a really great video!

[AlpineTribe]

10X Better!!!! That thing is now INSANE!!! I posted a vid response there are a couple shots but the most impressive is the one of Cyclemut sitting on his tire all flexed out.. its about 3/4 of the way through.

[EP12004]

Golden Stairs?

[cyclemut]

On the Golden Spike trail in Moab. Before Body Snatcher and the Waterfall (not an actual waterfall).

[samuriaman]

Now its time to cut, chop, and rebuild a rock crawler.

[TOYF18]

hope everyone was ok...good team work with the winching

[cyclemut]

That's exactly what I did to it. Caged it, swapped front and rear axles and now it's 10x's better!

[pathfinder]

actually thats not too bad, it will buff right out. wonder if he kept on going...

[cyclemut]

The next day we repaired the engine (hydrolocked) and he drove it off the trail.

[000mig000]

automatic gear?

[YodaPala]

That hurts.

[rock2rock06]

cage it if you wheel it

[Ballshippin]

WOW.. That boby frame is weak ass shit...

[xxch4osxx]

I dont know why these people take out new vehicles and do this to them. Build an old vehicle up and use it.

[cyclemut]

Bigger the risk, bigger the reward. If it wasn't for him rolling it over, I wouldn't have as nice of a wheeler as I do now. I now own that rig, and i've built it up nicely (for cheaper than an older vehicle).

[goodluckfox]

What effect does being greasy-side-up have on the engine and such? Was the vehicle drivable under its own power afterwards? Or did it come home on a flatbed?

[cyclemut]

We had to remove the upper intake with the SuperCharger to get all the spark plugs out. Some of the cylinders had filled up with engine oil and needed to be pumped out before she hydrolocked the engine. After that, filling the fluids back up to full, the owner drove it out under it's own power.

[efonefifty]

because new vehicles are made every day and it is no loss. old iron however is no longer made, so why destroy it?

[usedcardealershipguy]

indeed

[Paintballparrot]

I think you mean rolled back onto its wheels

[newmondo]

owned