Thread: People don't listen.

Originally Posted by Trout

Slap it in reverse,right hand down abit,use the current to push you slightly out down stream into the shellows.Dont fight the water,use it to yr advantage.In reverse you have the engine weight above yr front diff to give you better traction and the force of water to push you backwards.

Yes, looks quite simple to ease it back and around to the right. Maybe the engine had a drink on the way across and it's not driving anywhere by itself.

Originally Posted by Trout

Slap it in reverse,right hand down abit,use the current to push you slightly out down stream into the shellows.Dont fight the water,use it to yr advantage.In reverse you have the engine weight above yr front diff to give you better traction and the force of water to push you backwards.

Exactly, slap in reverse real fast and see if you can back out. The other advantage of a vehicle going backwards downstream is that it doesnt tip over, the front wheel simply act as dolly wheels and it stays on its feet.

Snow,hope not.

Brrrrrr!

Max temperature today about 18c,nice.

I watched three utes turn up to a camping spot this weekend. Two late model Nissan Navara’s and a Hilux. The two Navara’s had snorkels. One of the Navaras decided (against our advice) that the river was only knee deep and they could drive through it. Shortly after entering the water the Navara became a boat and started floating down the river. Luckily it caught on the bottom a short distance down, nose into the current. They had to tow it out and then tow it all the way home. The driver and owner was an early 20 year old girl who had only owned it for a week. I suspect she was egged on by her passenger who was liquored up as he was the one who mathematically measured the depth. The Ute was in the water for a while and a whole heap of water came out when the doors were opened. An expensive $50,000 lesson there I’d say.

Yep, they'll learn through experience. I've crossed the Cascade and Hope down Haast way, Wilberforce, Rakaia, Poulter, Godley, MaCaulay and other major rivers multiple times...you soon learn to read them and it's surprising what you can determine by biffing a good size rock in as well. Having said that we have a hut down the river on the South side of HH and while it's relatively shallow it's bloody unpredictable and has caught me out more than once over the years lol. That river and the soft spots constantly change after a flood, I've got a cracker photo which i'll post when I find it.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

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Should have just mulched it

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

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Yep that's another pocketful of experience right there!

Originally Posted by Mistral

Yep that's another pocketful of experience right there!

Yep, wifey came looking for us on her quad after an hour or so..it's only 4km from the hut to a gravel road so we were late.....my boy whom was maybe 17 at the time & I had an extremely icey reception and were under instructions NOT to talk on the way back to the hut, my MIL wasn't too impressed either when we got back to the hut. As for uncle Gary..he was 70 at the time and on an 800cc Can Am, we have no idea where he went but the wife phoned his house to see where we were and he was tucked up in bed lol well before we were found. Now we all laugh about it.

I like to see the big ripples from big stones befor i cross a river,not the smooth surface of water floor over small stoney or sandy soft river beds.Even better to be able to see the river bed in clear water first.

Now thats a sand pit(paddock) what the f were you doing in there.lols

Originally Posted by Trout

Now thats a sand pit(paddock) what the f were you doing in there.lols

Getting stuck by the look of it!

Originally Posted by Trout

Now thats a sand pit(paddock) what the f were you doing in there.lols

Well it was like this...we were at the hut and my wifes uncle had my son & I on the drambuie and a few other fizzies, uncle was heading up the river on his quad so son & I followed him (or tried to) to make sure he got across the river ok.
Pitch black and long story short we knew the bloke who had the digger not far away lol.