Rhino on a stick

[thump]

Was out Sunday cleaning trails behind my place when I picked this up Pictures not so good from cell phone. Sure glad I was just rolling to a stop. Didnt really break anything, log came through where the plastic joins together under the dash.Had to cut it apart with a chainsaw to get it out.

 

[Snowdin]

Holy Christmas you must of had a mess in your drawers.

 

[arff]

Thanks for the pictures.
My wife is always worried about that happening.

 

[mudboy]

wow you got lucky. The stick on mine from the weekend came right throught the floor board and left a hole the size of a baseball

 

[Cameo]

that looks a little familiar...I was crossing a creek near Ruby Lake about 12 years ago in my lifted Blazer, going around a blind corner, and came to an abrupt hault. a log from a beaver dam poked through my grill, missing my winch mount/ grill guard and $120 D/C headlight, under my battery, over the inner fender. it ripped through my heater, and put a huge dent in the floor board/firewall on the passenger side. When I backed out, the whole log came with. had to cut it off with the axe, took a long time to get the rest out.At least my fire wall was steel, or the girlfriend would have had an exciting morning

 

[Orrin]

Buy a lottery ticket, that could've been way worse than what it was.

 

[gforce]

ya i seen that on quite a few quads..some really close calls but this is a first for a sxs..makes ya want to try to put something in there for protection..a person could become impaled driving or even a passenger...i bet that got yer attention really quick..glad yer o.k....see ya on the trails!

 

[SLEDBUNNYRACING]

I'll bet that made a bit of a "Thump"

 

[tayco]

Nice one! Had a similar thing happen this past summer to me and the wifey going through a tight trail. Unfortunately the stick passed through the opening on the pass side seat grab handle and went into the wifes leg about 4-6 inches. Lucky I was only crawling through the bush, she screamed! I stopped and had to back up while the stick slid out of her leg and jeans! Was nasty!! Good thing is, I'm still living, and she was o.k. too! Still has a brutal scar on her thigh, tho kinda hot, not recomended. Lesson for all of us UTV people, keep your eyes out for those nasty trail twigs!!

 

[Puffer99]

I had the same thing happen too! Branch came through the dash just below the glove box and accross the Rhino and got me in the ribs. Picked me right out of my seat. Good thing it wasn't sharp!

 

[catzuki]

Wow that is crazy guys. Glad no one got hurt that for sure. Never seen that happen before.

 

[scoobienorth]

well this is good reminder for this winter, flooboard guards are needed on my rhino, a friend had one a bad one come through this summer, pinned his gas and break to the floor.

 

[oldernotwiser]

Getting floor guards is a good idea. This happened to my friend this summer. Good thing his wife stayed home and he brought the chainsaw.

 

[Snowdin]

Holy Moly I can't believe how many people this has happened to.

 

[scoobienorth]

wow those are some gooders, i think that my rhino is the only one that i ride with that has a complete floor intact, very common,i wish that someone at yamaha could see a thread like this with these picks and maybe update or fix this on the newer models they come out with.

 

[SavageCanuck]

Those are some nasty pics.I run full skids plus fenderwell protectors but they still would not stop some of those.I had a large tree go thru the back and get wedged between the rear shock and the CV.It was stuck so good that the only way I got it out was to get the front wheels on it and drive it out in reverse

 

[AreWeThereYet]

These pictures give me wood haha.

Glad no one got hurt.

How are you guys not seeing these logs? When I drive I scan the ground constantly at least 10-15ft in front of me up and down examining the terrain when I drive, no matter what speed. I started doing this back in the early 80's when I rode BMX bikes, then atv's.

I guess its one reason my wife hates driving while I ride shotgun cause I will tell her to watch out for obstacles that we haven't even gotten to yet, and she slams on the brakes saying "where, what rock, what branch wtf are you talking about?"

 

[scoobienorth]

it is easy to happen, with the ground clearence these things have you can easily just run over those logs sometime you sink in the soft stuff and stuff catches the floor boards or the most famous one is someone gets stuck in a mudhole and jams everything they can under their tires to get out and leaves then you come along putting through and you get scewered.Pretty hard to see those in 2 feet of water and mud.

 

[catzuki]

Now im not trying to point out the obvious, but it seems to be all yamaha's in the pictures. I think this says something. Jk that is crazy how many people this has happened to.

 

[green-horn]

Getting floor guards is a good idea. This happened to my friend this summer. Good thing his wife stayed home and he brought the chainsaw.

Well thanks for freaking out my WIFE