Thread: Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

Originally Posted by Rushy

On my way in to my pistol club this morning I saw this fellah in a bit of strife.
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My camera angle doesn’t do it justice but his back end was hanging over a drop to the creek.

A ranger doing ranger things… much like a mustang doing mustang things.

Wasn't a pilot by any chance was he?

Originally Posted by No.3

Wasn't a pilot by any chance was he?

I don’t know but Inhope not as it doesn’t bode well for his ability to set a plane down on the tarmac. Someone turned up, looked at it and then drove him away (probably to get phone coverage to call a towing company).

Never been offroad, raced, rallied or rolled.

Originally Posted by Rushy

I don’t know but Inhope not as it doesn’t bode well for his ability to set a plane down on the tarmac. Someone turned up, looked at it and then drove him away (probably to get phone coverage to call a towing company).

Just ? on the personalised plate, NZ4201 was an Orion...

Originally Posted by No.3

Just ? on the personalised plate, NZ4201 was an Orion...

The club is not that far from RNZAF base at Whenuapai so I guess it is a possibility.

Whoops. Just slid on the ride on mower on wet grass - straight into the side of the lean too. $400 for a new upper shroud thank you very much Brandt (John Deere part).

Prick of a design to be fair, the bonnet is made from a polycarbonate cast plastic which in the cold goes brittle as hell. One tap, and it shatters like glass!!! Didn't help that my cheap crappy boot slid forward and hit the forward pedal when I stopped on the side of the lean too - but by then the damage was done.

I looked at getting one in from overseas, much much cheaper but by the time you added freight costs it was dearer than buying from the distributor in NZ.

Originally Posted by No.3

Whoops. Just slid on the ride on mower on wet grass - straight into the side of the lean too. $400 for a new upper shroud thank you very much Brandt (John Deere part).

Prick of a design to be fair, the bonnet is made from a polycarbonate cast plastic which in the cold goes brittle as hell. One tap, and it shatters like glass!!! Didn't help that my cheap crappy boot slid forward and hit the forward pedal when I stopped on the side of the lean too - but by then the damage was done.

I looked at getting one in from overseas, much much cheaper but by the time you added freight costs it was dearer than buying from the distributor in NZ.

I made some light chains for a friends ride-on. She loved them.

Originally Posted by No good names left

I made some light chains for a friends ride-on. She loved them.

Be a good idea, except a bit rough on the concrete areas we have to cross...

I'm not actually that pissy about it as the missus dropped a swing on it a few years back and I've glued it up once already. No real loss in all honesty - the only function it serves is a cooling air directing plate and a noise baffle. If it cost me $400 every year to keep the thing going in maintenance for the work it does it's not that expensive. 100+ hours a year at a guess, so it's done almost 2000 hours so far. That's more than it was designed to do, and it's actually so mechanically not that bad a nick. Will keep it going until the transmission shits itself I think (what seems to kill these models).

Originally Posted by No.3

Whoops. Just slid on the ride on mower on wet grass - straight into the side of the lean too. $400 for a new upper shroud thank you very much Brandt (John Deere part).

Prick of a design to be fair, the bonnet is made from a polycarbonate cast plastic which in the cold goes brittle as hell. One tap, and it shatters like glass!!! Didn't help that my cheap crappy boot slid forward and hit the forward pedal when I stopped on the side of the lean too - but by then the damage was done.

I looked at getting one in from overseas, much much cheaper but by the time you added freight costs it was dearer than buying from the distributor in NZ.

Mate who services these had to source a new bonnet for one....The customer wanted a servic on his 6 month old mower and learnt that you put them on trailers facing forward rather than back them on....

Originally Posted by timattalon

Mate who services these had to source a new bonnet for one....The customer wanted a servic on his 6 month old mower and learnt that you put them on trailers facing forward rather than back them on....

I stick mine on the trailer both ways, not sure what the problem is with facing forwards? Having said that, my ramps are quite long so no issue with grounding the front or back whichever way it rolls on.

Originally Posted by No.3

I stick mine on the trailer both ways, not sure what the problem is with facing forwards? Having said that, my ramps are quite long so no issue with grounding the front or back whichever way it rolls on.

Does the bonet hinge from the front ? It'll make a good air brake if it's a little loose

Originally Posted by No good names left

Does the bonet hinge from the front ? It'll make a good air brake if it's a little loose

Similar to people moving toploading washing machines and forgetting to tape the lid down

Originally Posted by No good names left

Does the bonet hinge from the front ? It'll make a good air brake if it's a little loose

Ahhhh - that would make sense. My bonnet is very well locked down, and fits in behind the steering - whatever you call that bit, maybe column housing? Doubt it would catch the air enough to flick up and it hasn't in the past for me, but a good point to raise. I'll make a point of securing it down in future.