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The snow above home was just a bit deeper than I was expecting
Good thing I always have a small shovel in the back
Belly plates eventually held the tyres off the shingle road when I hit this drift
Quite a bit of shovelling later I got just enough traction to skid it out
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I wish I had evidence of the worst whoopsie I did - I was in one of my old company work utes, just popped up to the tank that supplied the plant area with water and gave the ballcock the obligatory thwack to unstick it as you had to do with that one when the supply stopped...
All good up until that time, but the farm track that I drove up on was on one of about 4 little hillocks - and you sidled around the four before you came to the farm track. And, all good up until I mistook a cattle track for the farm track being a young dumbarse and not looking properly. Now this was about a 40m drop over the side at about an angle of 40deg off vertical with cattle tracks around the side of the hill every meter or so, steep enough that you can't get out of the vehicle and expect it to stay on handbrake but with the odd cattle trail that you need to get a bit of power on to roll over. Real nice stuff, very close to arse end falling over the top of the bonnet Barry Crump level sh1te.
So just to set the scene a bit more, this was a fairly new 05 Courier High Country - first of the push button 4wd systems and suicide door extra cabs with all the bells and whistles for the time. And the boss had just turned up in time to see me roll over the edge of the hill and go Fu...
So there I was, virtually suspended not being able to see the ground below the bonnet line (apart from terra firma 40-odd meters away). I couldn't reverse, couldn't get out, and was rather suddenly less than brave. I think the phrase is "at that moment he knew he f-d up...". But the ute actually handled it brilliantly, careful use of the brakes and only the odd touch of throttle to get over a particularly deep cattle track and 10minutes of driver's seat cushion plucking later and I rolled off the bottom of the drop like a boss.
The boss disappeared as I rolled around the corner, not a word said - ever. I made a point of marking that farm track drop with a hivis post the next day!
Watched a guy go to sleep in front of me on Thursday night, drift across the road and do some full on Dukes of Hazard shit before hitting a tree.
He was ok(ish), and walked into the ambulance after waking up. A bit bloody, but I was expecting a corpse.
Quite the advert for airbags.
Good thing you were there probably, I'm assuming you called the fire service and ambo's?
There was a car behind me - I asked her to call while I got the door open and checked the guy.
Had to commandeer a tractor today to pull the Punimog out of a ditch, its a ditch I've driven through a number of times but not recently, I was trying to find a Hare that I'd just spooked so was just crawling along and not really paying attention to the track. Had I have hit it with a bit more power it would have been fine but by the time I had realized what was going on it was too late, beached on the rear diff and very slippery clay that wasn't giving any traction. Once I figured out the controls on the tractor (it's been a long time!) It was all easily sorted. Gonna have to look at portals I guess
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A hand held battery powered winch, or a turfor if time isn't an issue. Portals create more issues than they solve for the one time in a blue moon when they actually help you.
On the factor of not watching where you are going, well on that I have no comment!!!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-d...PJPGDYTD6PHOA/
I'll just leave this here.
We lost power with this muppet.
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Whats a portal?Quote:
Originally Posted by No.3
A portal hub puts the centre of the wheel lower than the centre of the axle with a gear ratio drop aswell. Brilliant for true extra ground clearance under the diff. Most unimogs have them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
A doorway in time used for crossing the universe AKA wormholeQuote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Stargate = One of my all time favourites.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Think jeep on 86" tyres and the standard 1.8L motor haha. The portal hubs are an additional reduction gear at the hub that balances out increased power requirements of big arsed wheels and a side order of more ground clearance under the diffs with more likelihood of rollovers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
Portals https://youtu.be/9ZUcd1son_s @No.3 why do you say they cause problems? Surely clearance is a good thing
Increase in height and weight on the axle assemblies, increased loads on suspension components, increased maintenance needs, increase in potential for mechanical failure and can result in piss poor steering and handling characteristics... There is a reason they aren't more common on standard road vehicles and are mostly seen on special purpose vehicles. But if you are willing to handle the trade off they can be a good solution.
After watching that video wouldn't a winch just be a shit load cheap you could probably put one at front & back & still be shit loaded cheaper
Or one soft mounted on a bracket and attached with slings to rated tow points and a dedicated power connection at both ends. That way minimal weight gain on the front axle and only one winch that can pull you back out of the shite as well as further into it...Quote:
Originally Posted by hunt08
I slid off the drive trying to be a hero and hoon up in 2wd.
Thats what you get for being a smart arse.
Is dork in Norwegian djork? Asking for a friend :)
Was a bit wet for a load of concrete posts. Yep, I knew it was going to tip over.
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Lucky its only on its side!
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this was on the news - Friday I'm down to the New World on Chaffers St getting a spot of lunch and observe this prize twonk's finest work
He must have been doing at least 70 plus in a 50 zone going down Cambridge Tc into a 90 degree corner then hit the low bank where the pohutakawas are and airborne into the wall
He looked a bit like this fuckwit Corey Worthington
https://i0.wp.com/youberelentless.co...size=619%2C386
I was going to ask him not to breed so as to refine the gene pool but he was busy being comforted by his g/f
They walk amongst us
Definition of an "accident" (from the ACC):Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamehunter
unsafe act/unsafe conditions/ error of judgment..or any combination of these.
Shows a need for a bit of chlorine in the gene pool, methinks..Quote:
Originally Posted by 308
So that explains why my tearing of something under my shoulder blade isn't an accident it's an injury haha. Nice to know.Quote:
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Good skills, saved the fence ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamehunter
Baler/wrapper got a bit hot.
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That looks it's wrapped up quite nicely.
Toasted bales might be the new in thing
Might be a drug dealers hay baler ...... they seam to leave their cars burnt out around the place these days......
Its a bit wet out there.
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Reduced to wheel barrows at work today bro !! Wet as 40 fuckin shags !!
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Had to happen….
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it's always good to pull the boss out ?
@kukuwai What are you planting?Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Natives. That job was 12,000 going into cutover pine.
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Pulling the young fella out..he was spraying weeds n got stuck....Quote:
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How’s this for a tale of woe.
I bought a 2009 Suzuki Escudo with 140k on the clock from a dealer in Nelson. They gave it a mechanical look over when they got it, and I paid to have a pre purchase inspection done. All looked good.
The car was delivered to Chch where my father in law took possession and was going to deliver it to me in Timaru.
He made it about 2/3 of the way when there was a loud bang, and complete loss of power. Gave the old guy a hell of a fright!
We had the car towed back to Ashburton to be looked at by the local garage.
Apparently one CV joint seized causing the drive shaft to pop out, which in turn damaged the auto trans beyond repair.
I am extremely grateful that I bought full mechanical breakdown insurance with the car, not just hoping the insurance company doesn’t try to wriggle out of it, though I don’t see how the possibly could!
I haven’t even seen the car yet!
prepurchase inspection....hmmmm might have a bit of clout because of that.and onus on dealer too...hope it goes well for you.
@Delphus I remember reading in the AA magazine back in the 1980's about a LTD Ford that had been taken in for a WOF. The "inspector" tested the handbrake by engaging it, selecting "D" and stomping on the gas. The torque twisted the driveshaft like a corkscrew shortening it so that the trans spat out the splined coupling, the 351 then over-revved and did in some valves before Ol' Mate managed to lift his boot...
