Piccadilly Wood 2nd April 23

[solarman216]

Hi all, as this site is quite dead at the mo I thought I might inject a bit of life, this is me and my trusty Patrol getting well and truly muddy

 

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If you would like to see more just say, Rick

 

[panelbeater]

yes please rick.

 

[jims-terrano]

Always good to see a bit of mud action :thumb especially going vertical :doh

 

[solarman216]

Not quite vertical Jim but suffice to say the washer jets were gushing fluid, this is the rear end in the mire

 

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Pics are from my phone and for some reason are 90 deg out, sorry about that, this pic tried a single winch pull but no way, it demanded a double line and as the line was on the drum = 12 Tonne pull

 

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Just a point of note my Troll comes in at just over 3 Tonnes, this is what we left behind

 

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Stuck in a rut and heading for a tree so another block for a part side pull

 

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Just steep

 

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This is what we came through

 

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Once we got out of that lot we emerged onto deep ruts at 90 deg to our direction and due to being on a fairly steep slope could not get the rear wheels into the correct ruts so got rathe close to a miss placed tree, no we did not touch it

 

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But single pull to the rear was not working so

 

[jims-terrano]

That Patrol does really well and after all that if you were away it would then drag your caravan home.
I keep looking at Patrols but they don’t half hold their money don’t they.

 

[solarman216]

Double pull to the rear was called for

 

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Coming out

 

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This is my rear diff on Tuesday before jet wash

 

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2nd shot

 

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Never seen mud on top of the diff before, this is the gear box X member, hope you all enjoyed my pics, suffice to say myself and my co driver had a fantastic time all the best Rick

 

[solarman216]

That Patrol does really well and after all that if you were away it would then drag your caravan home.
I keep looking at Patrols but they don’t half hold their money don’t they.

Yes Jim it does well, as for dragging a tin tent, not any more, sold it and hotels are for us now, we like our creature comforts far too much, hope Zac is going to organise some laneing trips this summer, time will tell, Rick

 

[jims-terrano]

Yes Jim it does well, as for dragging a tin tent, not any more, sold it and hotels are for us now, we like our creature comforts far too much, hope Zac is going to organise some laneing trips this summer, time will tell, Rick

I don’t blame you at all mate, keeps Mags in the comfort she deserves buddy.

If you do have a laning trip I might be tempted to come along for a catch up.