Stuck stuck stuck !

[makeitfit]

Just a few pics for Zippy :augie
Went off roading yesterday at a new site near us in Carmarthen and er got proper stuck
It's at time like these you really do find out who your friends are:thumbs
I'm more than happy to say I'm lucky enough to have a few absolute corkers
We'd been trying out some tight n twisty wooded sections when this little muddy track caught my eye:naughty
I walked it first and it just seemed er muddy I started off down the track and all was well ...............until................I found a huge bomb hole 4ft deep or more.................I found it by dropping straight into it up to the bonnet :doh
Escaped through the roof and then asked my best friends for HELP.
There will be loads more pics n vids later Zippy

On the way out you can see the hole now:doh

Anyway the steering works a treat:clap
We borrowed the farmers tractor and got that stuck too:lol
So I had to call in Thunderbird 2 who came to help just as soon as he'd finished servicing the mare:augie
6 hours later we were out.:bow:bow:bow:bow
Cheers go to Alan the farmer, Adz n Lynn (Essex types who dont do flies and wellies :lol), Stuart Helen and Sam :bow:bow:bow:bow
I eventually got home for the remains of fathers day and a bit of a wash:lol
Thanks again guys, I've not had so much fun playing in the mud ever

 

[rustic]

Would a winch have helped in this situation, assuming it wasn't on the front ?
If you had a tirfor or similar, what strength would this needed to be ?
There are plenty of trees around to act as anchors.

What could the rest of us had done in a similar situation, especially if we are off roading alone ? ( I can see why we should go in groups). :nenau

 

[zippy656]

oops

well just wash it off all will be ok....

 

[clivvy]

brilliant, if that had been me, id have papped mi pants!

 

[stevecrm]

Blimey, are you sure it wasant a bear trap? 6hours to get it out sounds like a lot of hard work, well done :thumb2

 

[makeitfit]

Would a winch have helped in this situation, assuming it wasn't on the front ?
If you had a tirfor or similar, what strength would this needed to be ?
There are plenty of trees around to act as anchors.

What could the rest of us had done in a similar situation, especially if we are off roading alone ? ( I can see why we should go in groups). :nenau

Trouble is that even with a winch at the front I needed to haul the car AND tens of tons of porridge like mud infront of the truck, so that way was a no go.
We did try the trifor winch too but it takes about twenty minutes per inch:doh
The landy had a 10,000 lb winch on it, we had that on a 2:1 pull most of the time and for a while 3:1 So pull load was about 8 tons ish upto 12

We were in a group but the mud was just too er muddy:lol It truely did stick like shit to a blanket

The real answer for the rest of you is ..........................DONT GO DOWN THAT TRACK :sly
The farmer told us that his land is at the end of the last ice age glacial front and has wonderful bogs around the place, cheers
The army had used some of his land for tank training years ago but lost too many and moved elsewhere:lol

 

[4wheel]

Black hole

I think you found the black hole in the finances the government is on about !!!:naughty

 

[makeitfit]

I think you found the black hole in the finances the government is on about !!!:naughty

You could be right there:lol
I've just pulled out another few tonnes of muck from the engine bay and the under chassis, which equates to about £1.75 billion I think

 

[extreme-4x4]

who you trying to kid pete..... no one believes you walked it first.

some of us have been here long enough to know you dont look before you leap.

remember ???

 

[zippy656]

thats not a leap.



more like a roll

 

[makeitfit]

Just parked it that way to adjust the torsion bars :augie:lol
Anyway, it's another ickle bit more experiance











































of digging:lol

 

[Muckypup]

Haha that is some bomb hole! More like a nuclear bomb hole lol!

That photo lower down with the truck on its side is awesome! I bet there were brown trousers that day :lol that drop on the right hand side must have added to the adrenaline rush slightly... :thumb2 :thumb2 :thumb2

 

[Loz]

Well if your going to do something it's worth doing properly. :lol

 

[zippy656]

maybe it was a TEST pit

 

[rustic]

who you trying to kid pete..... no one believes you walked it first.

some of us have been here long enough to know you dont look before you leap.

remember ???

Quote to go with the picture, Famous last words...

"If you remove the Anti-Roll Bar it gives greater suspension articulation"

:doh

 

[MudLifeCrisis]

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In tests for new super glue ,results look promising

 

[makeitfit]

LMAO

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

i wish i had your hair, is it a wig? will you lend it me?

though if it was mine i'd have pulled it all out stressing over getting that stuck :lol

 

[makeitfit]

i wish i had your hair, is it a wig? will you lend it me?

though if it was mine i'd have pulled it all out stressing over getting that stuck :lol

Yep it's all my own work:lol
Getting stuck is all part of the fun, just a little test of resolve:augie

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Yep it's all my own work:lol
Getting stuck is all part of the fun, just a little test of resolve:augie

yes but i'm a born quitter, no 'stick-at-it-ness' at all, but then again i have been married for a very long time so i must have a little resolve some where, but the Mrs probably put it away so i'll never find it now :doh

oh and i still think you have cool hair, i used to have long hair but gave up on it when i started to feel like Bill Bailey :thumb2