you were never going o make it, ground to wet/soft/landcruiser, now a Lada maybe
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you were never going o make it, ground to wet/soft/landcruiser, now a Lada maybe
Why don't you just say it, a Suzuki would have been up there, like, well it just would have....Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
(Disclaimer, I don't own or actively support Suzuki) and I think most VEHICLES can go anywhere. I don't think that most drivers can go everywhere....
Oh and ladas go anywhere, due to the fact that many hands can carry/push them where ever human feet can travel enmass......
Ya right it was a black double cab but mines blue now:DQuote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
From my perfect armchair position I'm going to say too much right foot and not enough 80 series :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Only a half hours walk away, so was quite handy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Haha, yeah my 105 series (80 in 100 clothing) might've got up - it had triple lockers. If I'd avoided the tree I would've got up 2nd time round though!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
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Originally Posted by Gapped axe
First time I've been stuck on that hill, had a bit of rain since I went up a fortnight ago. Once you break the surface in a Landcruiser on that type of ground things do get interesting as the mud/clay is so sticky you can't clear your tyres fast enough. A lada or suzuki with decent tyres would potter around those tracks easy as, they stay on top, but bugger driving one of them 1000 or more kms every week! Haha.
I grew up in the area and on the farm we run tractor tyres on our landcruisers year round as even in summer there are soft spots to catch you out.
I hope you didn't cause any bark damage on the poor tree with your tow bar ......... In 20 years time that tree is going to be significantly more valuable than the cruiser (actually it probably already is ......:thumbs:)Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Man there's some water around aye @JoshC . That looks like the track my dogs making around the yard atm
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Made a similar mistake last year, realised chains on BEFORE starting would have been a good idea, no fun slithering around in the mud, covering the seat steering wheel and everything else in shit but at least got out without help. Lesson learned or so i hope.
How much is a mature pine worth? Thought it wasn't that much? @Barefoot?Quote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
Yeh mate got wet real quick!Quote:
Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie
Heaps and heaps of variables that dictate a trees value mate. A tree pruned on time and of average size might have a couple pruned logs at ~$150/tonne, a couple export logs at ~$90/tonne and a chip log at ~$45/tonne, less costs of getting that tree to market. So you're taking a ballpark of a couple hundred bucks in the hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nibblet
Hahaha tree was a ugly bugger with big branches and serious butt sweep - should never have been pruned! Tow ball hit below felling cut height too! Lol. I'd bet this truck will be worth 30 times what that trees worth when it's cut down in 8 years time! HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
Yeah I thought they were like $1000 max as that's what woodhill 4wd park use to charge if you fucked their trees with a winch etc.
And a Lancruiser about $20/tonne .......... I guess the cruiser weighs more than the tree though ........ A nice Series III landrover or a Lada on the other hand would be worth far more on a dollar to weight ratio :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
I wish I could find some nice slippery track to play on, you lucky bugger. I'm jealous!
Yip lots of scrap ally in a Landrover!!Quote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
On Facebook is a page called "Truck Fuck Ups" with some good vids etc.
I'm not into the ones shown what must result in horrific injuries or certain death as I think of their families etc and that they were just trying to earn a living to survive in life. Seriously think I have got soft in Fatherhood :wtfsmilie:
Hahahahaha! The only reason a landy or a lada are worth anything is because they're full of new parts just to keep em running! Lol. I'm not a fan of playing (working) in mud, much prefer high country driving, river beds and river crossings. Some river crossings get the adrenalin pumping and the butt clenching! Where are you based?Quote:
Originally Posted by hotbarrels
Yeah well living in Southland, at this time of year if I stopped to put chains on every slithery moment I'd be in and out of the truck like a friggin meerkat out of its burrow! Haha. I'll always throw them on if there is a slight chance of things going pear shaped, they're more a back up if I get caught out on clay, in rain or snow. This was the first time in about six years I've needed a tow and I drive on tracks like this several times a week - not a bad strike rate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marty Henry
Was laughing though, this is the first truck i haven't put a winch on, because I never seemed to use them. If I had one yesterday i'd have been out in 5 minutes. I've thrown my hand winch in for the rest of winter though! ;)
Yuk, hand winch brings back horrible memories. Got the pudgy stuck once and took me and my mates 6 hours of hand winch work to get out.
i used to use the hi lift jack instead of the handwinch, take a while and every metre you need to take the strain on a seperate chain and reset the hilift, works a treat though
Yup been there...waist deep in a glacier fed river. HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
@Nibblet Yip that's about right, otherwise described as Sweet FA, once roading costs, hauler and transport is taken out.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Always used to take a tirfor winch with me for year. When I came to a hard spot I would look at it and made sure I got through, so I didn't have to use the bloody thing :)Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
Better off to fence the pines and put deer in there :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barefoot
If we weren't within spitting distance of Auckland we would have done it years ago. They just attract the poachers and fuckwits who think all forests are public and they can do what they like :(Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmsaum
Whack up some trespassers will be shot signs. Draw up a roster for us. Sorted!Quote:
Originally Posted by Barefoot
Trees are already getting to big for you to shoot over, and I don't want you completely blowing them to bits with your new canon (the trees that is).
Trip going well?
Based in Auckland (unfortunately)Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
I used to run a modified Range Rover as a club truck a few years ago. Had a brand new warn winch on it for about three years and never used it. Got myself in a right pickle one day while out with my brother down in Rotorua climbing the track at the back of Rainbow Mountain. Ended up out the side of the track with a 4' bank to climb, truck on a close to roll over angle and a heap of pine trees in my reverse out escape path. My brother had no hope in getting to me with his truck and I was at the point of sorting out which pine trees I was going to have to cut down to get out. My brother then pipes up saying "so I suppose you are going to have to use your winch now ......." Bugger me, I had forgotten I had a winch on the front! 15 minutes later we were on our merry way again. Felt like a right dick.
Yep but she's hotter than the Hobbs of Hell.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barefoot
Hearing on the UHF,two caravans off road.Attachment 50707Attachment 50708Attachment 50709
Big caravan towed by Ford Teritory got the wobbles on the downhill run,collected the Landcruiser coming the other way.
Head photographer didn't do so well
That's going to take a bit of buffing out. Looks like you're in for a windscreen too.Quote:
Originally Posted by madjon_
It's the 'down hill' bit that has me curious, thought you were in Aus at the mo? ;)
Just over the Drummond Range between Emerald and Alpha,not flat anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
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Originally Posted by Rushy
Are hand winches any good? I don't do serious enough offroad work to be worth putting a proper winch on, but was thinking about getting a cheap hand winch as 'just in case' insurance.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
I have a tirfor style winch, got me out of a few places. Only problem is it is slow and only has about 20m of wire rope. But it was cheaper than a fixed winch and I can winch from any angle not just from the front.
Hand winches will get you out of most trouble, just takes time, sweat, more sweat, more time and you'll also need something like a tree strap and a non elastic rope or synthetic winch rope/chain to get to whatever your going to retrieve yourself from
And the first 10 mts is taking up slack and stretch . But do work , I have used mine to winch boat up lake edge away from pending waves/ storms . ,just don't be in a hurryQuote:
Originally Posted by stug
Truck tiedowns are amazing what you can do. Easy to take up slack and sometimes you just need a little help to get moving again
I used those to winch a Landrover onto a transporter. Took a while as had to keep swapping between them. And yes I did ask if the Landie ran before accepting the mission to go down to Aromoana to collect it for my brother since the trailer he hired didn't have a winch. :XD:Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
