by "mtdrift" (mtdrift)
Published 03/10/2017 at 11:58
by "mtdrift" (mtdrift)
Published 03/10/2017 at 11:58
Tags: Jeep
; XJ
; Walls
STARS: 1
This image comes from
a recent NYT article
about the architecture of Trump’s border wall. The caption reads:
A Jeep Cherokee making an attempt to cross the wall near Yuma, Arizona in 2011, using a foldable ramp that was attached to the truck. The suspected smugglers, driving from the U.S., escaped into Mexico leaving behind 1000 pounds of marijuana.
Cherokees don’t normally struggle with breakover angle, it looks like they could have used a little bit of a lift. Or maybe some more MaxTrax?
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/10/2017 at 12:01, STARS: 12
I feel like this could have been avoided with a tape measure a napkin and a pen.
"random001" (random001)
03/10/2017 at 12:02, STARS: 3
Or grappling hooks. What isn’t cooler with grappling hooks?
"Tripper" (tripe46)
03/10/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 4
Has quality product gotten so sparse in Mexico that they’re getting it from US now?
"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
03/10/2017 at 12:06, STARS: 2
I have a pen.
I have a napkin.
UNH.
Border crossing.
"mtdrift" (mtdrift)
03/10/2017 at 12:07, STARS: 4
Also, 1000 lbs of Marijuana plus two smugglers is getting awfully close to running out the max load weight. C’mon, safety first, guys. SMDH.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
03/10/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 1
What I was wondering.
"Alfalfa" (alfalfa-romeo)
03/10/2017 at 12:10, STARS: 7
I for one, learned trig so I could smuggle illegal substances across borders. Not for machining, as I lead people to think.
"Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (cyclonefan94)
03/10/2017 at 12:11, STARS: 0
To them, they got the drugs across and them back, the vehicle just would have been icing on top. Just steal another one, now.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/10/2017 at 12:12, STARS: 1
Quite honestly, yes. Over the past 10-20 years, most people have switched from low-potency Mexican outdoor weed to more specialized, stronger American and Canadian stuff. I haven’t smoked in a long time, but this is a pretty publicized shift in the news. I can imagine it’s hitting the Mexican economy pretty hard.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
03/10/2017 at 12:14, STARS: 1
You throw the weed over the wall and THEN you will be properly committed to the crossing. Plus your truck will be lighter. YOLO...er...SUV (Solamente Unavez Vives!)
"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
03/10/2017 at 12:16, STARS: 1
Well... At least it was a valiant effort
"leicester" (leicester)
03/10/2017 at 12:25, STARS: 0
“Our opponent is an alien starship packed with atomic bombs,’ I said. ‘We have a protractor.’
Okay, I’ll go home and see if I can scrounge up a ruler and a piece of string.”
"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch)
03/10/2017 at 12:29, STARS: 0
whats the one, I pride myself on obscure quotes but I don’t know that one.
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
03/10/2017 at 12:30, STARS: 1
Yes. The cartels are now growing here, there have been several busts of Mexican grow operations in the Sierras. It still comes in from south of the border though, we’ve had Pangas land a couple miles from my house. Legalizing weed, in theory, will help reduce this because it’ll squeeze the black market and the American growers are going legit.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
03/10/2017 at 12:38, STARS: 2
Walls are sooooo Ming Dynasty
"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw)
03/10/2017 at 12:39, STARS: 2
With a little more speed they’d have made the jump. Might not have stuck the landing, but hey, freedom.
"leicester" (leicester)
03/10/2017 at 13:00, STARS: 0
from Neal Stephenson’s novel ‘Anathem’ - dunno - the quote seemed fitting....
"BigBlock440" (440-4bbl)
03/10/2017 at 13:38, STARS: 1
Looks like it worked.
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
03/10/2017 at 21:05, STARS: 0
quality has stayed the same. watching a Vise piece an odd side effect of indoor growing using Co2 generators the indoor grown weed has much higher thc/cbd content.
Also weed is large volume and hard to smuggle/hide, so now the majority is grown in the US and Canada. the cartels have focused on meth/ cocaine which is much smaller and easier to hide.
"benjrblant" (benjblant)
03/14/2017 at 17:18, STARS: 1
Just seeing this.
This is awesome.