Chad J

That's awesome!!! Jeremy

What type of project is it?

I may as well say it Jeremy, you nailed that one ;)

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That's an awesome Tool Box you got there Jeremy! sounds like your a jack of all trades master at none! :P Great work!

Alright, Clearly you are a master at some. Great Project.

Awesome Dave!!!! Lucky you!

there is a 'me' in team, and if its your armour there should be a 'u' in it! :D

Thats an awesome idea you got there! I like all these different styles people come up with. Thats one I haven't seen yet, Great Job!

Awesome Video!! very well put together.

Nice!! I like the idea of making two at a time.

That's Awesome Sam!

Having the jeep lifted 3" and that bumper is what saved it. Elk are on the tall side but moose..... that is one of the oddest creatures, looks like hot dog bun with four tooth picks hanging out the bottom. The insurance company said that they would pick up the cost of the bumper, which suprised me I thought with an after market product they would'nt but they are! I was pondering on a strap attached to the front of the brush guard, cattle catcher, elk slayer..... or what ever you want to call it, extending down to the bumper and bolt on. Figured that would give a little more support for any backwards pressure. Should'nt hurt anyway. Every morning since I keep seeing things that are not there, like my mind is playing tricks on me. Poor drivers behind me probably think i'm crazy. Hopefully the Jeep will be back somtime aound thursday.

Great job! I like that you took the time to texture the piece, it adds alittle dimension to the final product.

Very nice Video, Well put together. Excellent workmanship in both metal and wood.

Thanks for the replies everybody, and no I didn't buy any lotto tickets should of I guess.

That a very nice gate! Great job.

First off I'll start with a little history. I live in Ephraim and work in Provo which is approx 67 miles apart. it takes 1 hour and 20 minutes to get there one way. I've been driving this for the last month, so theres no real suprises on this route. Or so i thought......

Visualize this: At 6:00 this morning still dark no moon. 23 degrees windows a little frosty and foggy but just on the outer edges of the window, still a good field of view. Then about 2 1/2 - 3 miles north of town on highway 89 I finally set the cruise control at 65, the speed limit for this area. now i've seen critters on this stretch before in the morning, ranging from small house cats to deer. a couple mornings ago I seen some elk, and thought that they were pretty low, of course we have had a real odd winter this year, theres been snow but not like other years and its been real dry.
Well this morning as I was getting to cruising speed the windows started to fog up, so I turned on the defrosters like normal. That helped still a trace around the outside edges but fairly good. a couple of cars pass by on the opposite side of the road, so my low beams were on.

I noticed somthing in my peripheal field of view that looked like white butted critters, so I looked and sure enough there was elk. My first insinct was to slow down so as i turned my head back, this being 1/4 second, 1/2 second maybe, there she was crossing the road from left to right just trying to get back with her herd. She was maybe a foot off from my bumper just passed center, I all ready had both hands on the wheel and then the impact. I didn't have time to apply the brakes before we collided. So a full grown cow elk and my jeep wrangler at 65 mph. Now i've never been in any kind of wreck, the last time I was pulled over for speeding was because i had to pee somthing fierce. before that it was 19 years. When people say that during a catastrophic event that time slows down, Yes, Yes it does, I can say first hand that happened I watched as we hit I listened to the impact on the wheel well, seen out the corner of my eye the wheel well flare flying off. and as both air bags deployed smelling the gas of what ever they use to inflate them. the feel of the tires rumbling for a brief moment as i was not so much as applying the brakes, but more like fred flintstone style of applying brakes, and the death grip of both hand and arms on to the steering wheel. I never really used seat belts in my younger days, then my dad and younger brother was in an accident and thats what saved them. so for the last 10 years or so I wear them no matter where I go or how far. I have never need them and this time I'm glad I did, the air bags did deploy but I never came close to them. I have a small burn on my left wrist from the gas and I feel like I pinched somthing behind my shoulder blade but nothing that I haven't had before.

theres no skid marks that I could see, that poor elk took me and the jeep from 65 down to nothing in 40...50....60...feet i'm guessing at this point, but it didn't feel very far as I went back to find my wheel well flare. I could of sworn that I did the fred flintstone, or maybe thats what I wanted to do, but didn't get around to it.


The one thing that saved the jeep was the after market front bumper from warn. If it wasn't for that, that poor jeep proabably would have been totalled. but instead i acually drove home, there was some anti freeze leaking but it never over heated.

My sweetie and I went back during daylight and she was a grown cow elk. I took some photos after we got back and more specificly of the bumper. the bar that is in the grill was a kind of brush guard. Thats what took the full brunt force of the impact. you can see that it sheered the mounting plates. the wheel flare is gone, and there is some damage on the front quarter panel.

I already wrote to warn thanking them and telling of how well there product protected me and my jeep.

Now my poor jeep is in an auto body shop awaitng assessment, hopefully hear from them tomorrow.
Thanks for for reading. Chad J

That is so Awesome!!!

and like others, my sweetie said no also. :(

You'll always be looking for free time!!!!

Nice start, soon you'll collect your self out of your shop that you thought would be plenty big enough!

Thats Beautiful Jim!

Hey Demid,
Beautiful Work!

Hey Rider,
I like the female form also, but i really like that fish. Awesome Work!!

Hey Mark,
There's nothing better than free stuff! especially when you can reclaim material and build you something needed and useful!

Nice detail, Great job!

That's a beautiful gate! definitely somthing to be proud of.

That's an awesome video! I'll need a bigger shop before I even think about a bigger hammer.

Great job! not many people would make a full wood mock up of there knife. Good idea, gives you more detailed look of the finish product.

Rustic gives them more character. Great Job!