Idiot In The Entiat!

[_TONY_]

The fee to carrier it out of there is probably 100 times more expensive then the ticket he might get for trying to drive it out of there... I've got my money on him trying to sneak it out.

up to a $5000 fine, and if civil charges are filed by forest service, he will be liable for restoration costs.

Well, he drove it out there, so he's already guilty and liable for restoration costs 

[bigtex]

Years ago on the West hill in Kent (516) I was maybe two minutes late to watch a guy roll a brand spanking new, tag in the window Pathfinder. Dust was still in the air....Guy made it maybe 20 feet up one of those end of road/ steep gravelly hillsides begging for testing your 4wd.... Uh, yeah he screwed the pooch and somehow got is sideways and rolled it....His wife was not too happy looking, "chatting" him up from the pavement. Sometimes guys do this to themselves.....

Amazing how many ATV/ORV tickets one can write in the cities. That situation is one example.

I don't get it bigtex, What does a Nissan Pathfinder have to do with an ATV/ORV ticket?? Two different classifications of motor vehicle.

Make or model of the vehicle has no bearing on the offense. When you operate a vehicle off the road you fall under the same laws as ATVs/ORVs. State law defines a "nonhighway vehicle" as any motorized vehicle including an ORV when used for recreational purposes on nonhighway roads, trails, or a variety of other natural terrain

RCW 46.09.470(1)(g) states it is illegal to operate a nonhighway vehicle "on lands not owned by the operator or owner of the nonhighway vehicle in any area or in such a manner so as to unreasonably expose the underlying soil, or to create an erosion condition, or to injure, damage, or destroy trees, growing crops, or other vegetation;"

So the individual who drives the Nissan Pathfinder up the gravel hillslide falls under the same laws as the guy who takes his quad.

[Band]

I don't think that vehicle is even stuck, I think it broke down.  I mean it IS a Jeep after all.

[antlerking]

Come on everyone look at the bright side, I picked up a 160+ brown set 300 yards from that there jeep yesterday!!!!!
If it wasn't for the jeep I would have not hiked over there!!!!!!

Ribbion cliff gets hammered more then oklahima gulch!!! I amaized to find anything up there little alone a monster WA
BUCK

[BULLBLASTER]

Come on everyone look at the bright side, I picked up a 160+ brown set 300 yards from that there jeep yesterday!!!!!
If it wasn't for the jeep I would have not hiked over there!!!!!!

Ribbion cliff gets hammered more then oklahima gulch!!! I amaized to find anything up there little alone a monster WA
BUCK

pics or it aint true!!!  

[quadrafire]

Has anyone spoken to him? What was he doing up there? Dicking around in a new 4x4 or shed hunting?

That is a crazy place to try out a new set of wheels  alcohol influenced or impressing a new girlfriend???

[fastdam]

First off, I do not condone what this jack wagon did, and this is going to  



BUT


you all sound like a bunch of 


Its dirt and sage brush, not a meadow of lushes grass being fed on, or the middle of the feel area for deer wintering deer in 2 feet of snow.




Get that thing up that ridge, and have the dumb arse take a shovel, some seeds and take care of the dirt he disturbed.

Rent a dozer and get ot out of there....jeesh......

And you gusy would be suprised what a capable jeep can get through or up 

I 100 percent agree with this post. It's not the huge deal these guys make it out to be. No need to try and ruin his life.

[Buckmania]

First off, I do not condone what this jack wagon did, and this is going to  



BUT


you all sound like a bunch of 


Its dirt and sage brush, not a meadow of lushes grass being fed on, or the middle of the feel area for deer wintering deer in 2 feet of snow.




Get that thing up that ridge, and have the dumb arse take a shovel, some seeds and take care of the dirt he disturbed.

Rent a dozer and get ot out of there....jeesh......

And you gusy would be suprised what a capable jeep can get through or up 

I 100 percent agree with this post. It's not the huge deal these guys make it out to be. No need to try and ruin hid life.

x100.

Talk about hitting a fly with a sledge hammer.  Yeah it's critical habitat but he most likely made a poor decision that SNOWBALLED into a costly/embarrassing/horrible situation.  I highly doubt there's going to be huge die off as a result of this damage. I don't know the guy so maybe I'm wrong, but be sensible and get a dozer and get his rig out of there.  Obviously it's already going to be costly, no sense on making absurdly costly by making him use a friggin helicopter that he could possibly have to pay (depending on his  financial situation) on the rest of his life.

[bobcat]

Talk about hitting a fly with a sledge hammer.  Yeah it's critical habitat but he most likely made a poor decision that SNOWBALLED into a costly/embarrassing/horrible situation.  I highly doubt there's going to be huge die off as a result of this damage. I don't know the guy so maybe I'm wrong, but be sensible and get a dozer and get his rig out of there.  Obviously it's already going to be costly, no sense on making absurdly costly by making him use a friggin helicopter that he could possibly have to pay (depending on his  financial situation) on the rest of his life.

Well said.   

I sure hope we get to hear the final outcome of this.

[Whitpirate]

I'm told that the Jeep is still  there because he's been told the only way the Jeep is coming off of that hill is via air carrier. Rumor from a relatively solid source. He's not allowed to try and drive it out.

the fine for driving it out is sure to be less then th cost of flying it out.

Yup

[bobcat]

I'm told that the Jeep is still  there because he's been told the only way the Jeep is coming off of that hill is via air carrier. Rumor from a relatively solid source. He's not allowed to try and drive it out.

the fine for driving it out is sure to be less then th cost of flying it out.

Yup

Besides, he already drove it in there, so I assume he won't be fined anymore for driving it out. 

[BULLBLASTER]

 

Talk about hitting a fly with a sledge hammer.  Yeah it's critical habitat but he most likely made a poor decision that SNOWBALLED into a costly/embarrassing/horrible situation.  I highly doubt there's going to be huge die off as a result of this damage. I don't know the guy so maybe I'm wrong, but be sensible and get a dozer and get his rig out of there.  Obviously it's already going to be costly, no sense on making absurdly costly by making him use a friggin helicopter that he could possibly have to pay (depending on his  financial situation) on the rest of his life.

Well said.   

I sure hope we get to hear the final outcome of this.

[fastdam]

Chaining up and driving out is the best idea i have read.

[mountainman]

Chaining up and driving out is the best idea i have read.

[timberghost72]

 

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission. After all, he probably was just following his in dash GPS for the shortest route to the hwy