well guys I'm finally able to get to a computer and I'm glad to see you all have opinions (though some may be narrow minded, they are still valid opinions). Thanks to all my buds that defended me through the ignorance being portrayed here.
The point of me starting this thread was to not brag or boast about "stealing" parts. It was suppose to inspire some of you unexperienced guys to use your head to get your broken rig off the trail. I was hoping to hear some other stories about how some of you got your broken rig off the trail, but some didn't quite get that point apparently.
As for this XJ, I actually debated overnight before taking the spring (thanks for making me feel like a complete piece of crap for doing it by the way). Over the course of the night I had 3 different people stop by where I was on the trail head asking if I needed help and each one told me about this XJ, and each one of them had about the same story as to why it was there.
From what I gathered the reason it was there was that some guys bought it for 200 bucks already totaled with no title. They drove it up there with another rig following them and they just beat the hell out of it, rolled it, smashed it against a tree and it finally died. They towed it back out to 109, took the tag off it, beat the rest of the windows out of it, left the keys in the ignition and ditched. Granted, yes this was a dick move and I don't condone any person to act like such a fool. The rangers were out there late Saturday afternoon and saw it, they knew it was there and it was to my understanding that it was going to be towed on Sunday. Throughout the course of Saturday night people came by and took parts, gas tank got dropped (because it had a full tank of gas), someone came and took both driveshafts..etc etc.
I will not elaborate or argue this "issue" any further. But thanks again to the guys that actually know me and my personality.
So can we get back to keeping this thread about how YOU got YOUR rig off the trail, and help give all of us a nice guideline of what we can do in case something breaks?