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    http://m.clickorlando.com/news/mom-s...s-say/31682362



    They are saying it took under 10 minutes to get the jeep unstuck.

    Tragic, but a good warning.

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    Very sad but, He gets out and they are in ????
    Somethin dont sound right ...
    If my truck gets stuck that deep the 1st thing I do is get the family out !!!!!
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    The StRanger previously posted:
    "Very sad but, He gets out and they are in ????
    Somethin dont sound right ...
    If my truck gets stuck that deep the 1st thing I do is get the family out !!!!!"

    They were only in mud up to the door. I know, the news makes it seem like there was mud up to the roof, but no. Just door. Less than 10 minutes before 2nd vehicles pulled him out

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    Vehicle*

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    10 minutes like that is bad Ju Ju..
    But.... He left it running and Did not get them out ???????
    Im thinkin it a Florida thing !!!!
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    They think manifold had a crack in it like they all do, and the blower motor was going, pumping all the fumes into the cab

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    The StRanger previously posted:
    "10 minutes like that is bad Ju Ju..
    But.... He left it running and Did not get them out ???????
    Im thinkin it a Florida thing !!!!"

    No doubt a "Florida Thing". I lived very near that area (within a mile or two) for 18 yrs. What the hell were they doing off the road? And a baby with a rear-facing car seat??? OMG. So much wrong with this story...

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    Why were you off roading, in a jeep, in Florida, with the windows up? Correct me wrong but isent the whole idea of off roading to be in the woods windows down fresh air and nature!

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    My thoughts too Rob, something about this story just strikes me wrong but then I realized when we were in FL last month that people there turn on the A/C at 75 degrees to escape the humidity.
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    Adaa60 previously posted:
    " in the woods windows down fresh air and nature!"

    ??? Florida ???
    Think about it ...
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    I was born and raised in Port St Lucie Florida until I was 15

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    Way I see it, why are you outside if your afraid of bugs

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    Adaa60 previously posted:
    "Why were you off roading, in a jeep, in Florida, with the windows up? Correct me wrong but isnt the whole idea of off roading to be in the woods windows down fresh air and nature!"

    The bigger question is "why were you off-road at that intersection"? Stupid, stupid, stupid (not to mention illegal).

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    'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee found dead: http://youtu.be/CLcgIll3IFQ

    Same thing happened to these guys on MTV

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    Jackie previously posted:
    "No doubt a "Florida Thing". I lived very near that area (within a mile or two) for 18 yrs. What the hell were they doing off the road? And a baby with a rear-facing car seat??? OMG. So much wrong with this story..."

    I wheeled with my kids when they were still small enough to be in rear-facing seats. I didn't realize that that was a bad idea. Now I never did any hardcore trails when they were like that, but I still took the family out back then.

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    We did too. As soon as they could hold their head up they have been wheeling and camping.

    Jackie, while that may have been illegal to wheel in a spot like that in Colorado, Florida may be a different story. Lots of states have different rules regarding ohv travel. In the Midwest it's not uncommon to legally wheel on power line roads and access roads for farmers fields. That's one of the issues imo that leads to illegal off trail travel here in Colorado.

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    I think one of the primary reasons that a child still requires a rear-facing seat is because they are so tiny and weak and maybe they can hold their head up a little bit - but not yet strong enough to handle the constant sudden movements. (There are other reasons as well. Google it). To each his own on that. I wouldn't do it unless it was a well graded dirt road that lead to our camp site. (And I wouldn't require 4wd for that). To go into a mud pit that deep (legal or not) with a baby in the back was very irresponsible IMO.

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    Jackie previously posted:
    "I think one of the primary reasons that a child still requires a rear-facing seat is because they are so tiny and weak and maybe they can hold their head up a little bit - but not yet strong enough to handle the constant sudden movements. (There are other reasons as well. Google it). To each his own on that. I wouldn't do it unless it was a well graded dirt road that lead to our camp site. (And I wouldn't require 4wd for that). To go into a mud pit that deep (legal or not) with a baby in the back was very irresponsible IMO."

    X2, I think about a year to 18 months is about right
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    Its one of my biggest concerns, I have three all under the age of 8. Its one of the reasons my little ones will not wheel with me until I have the full cage welded in and my steering up graded( the steering is old and the only thing I have not up graded since I have owned the scout..just over twenty years crap I'm getting old)

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    66sporttop previously posted:
    "crap I'm getting old"

    That gave me a laugh Brett!
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