These two are a bit like Aussie Laurel and Hardy at times but the programme it's taken from looks good.

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PLONKERS Ex 2010 Freelander2 GS-e Diesel manual Silver owner

Phew! That wore me out just watching it! Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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Least he admitted what an idiot he had been, impetuous youth

Would it not have been simpler to have strapped the vehicles and then use the winch to pull them both, or would the winch not have been able to handle that? 
Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse.

why the hell do you want to offroad with a boat on the roof?, maybe in their cases so they can get home when their trucks are swamped? At work
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Those 2 go unbelievably remote. You're talking 100's of kilometres off road into the Gulf country up north. No real trailer access and the fishing is extremely good. The coastline is all untouched, no people, heaps of crocodiles and big fish. They set up camp and film the fishing as part of the show. The only way to get the boat in along the tracks is on the roof. I think you guys might find it hard to comprehend the scale of the distances involved and the pure lack of any amenities.
Having said that, we discussed that clip on the LR forum a few months ago wondering if it was a setup. I don't think so...everyone does stupid things sometimes. It probably helped their ratings too.

Given a bit of panic induced by the rising water I can quite easily see how they might end up in that situation, and at the end of the day they did get both vehicles out with minimal damage. Hindsight is one thing - being there with a stuck vehicle and a rising tide is quite another!

The one thing which does make me wonder if it was quite all it seems is that there would appear to have been a film crew and a number of other vehicles about, but no one seemed to be lending a hand. Surely in a situation like that everyone would pitch in...

As for winching the stuck vehicle out, given a suitable anchor point (a couple of the film crew vehicles perhaps?!) one might have anchored the recovery vehicle and then used a pulley block to increase the pull. But in the (real or not) absence of other vehicles there may not have been a suitable anchor available, and that truck was well stuck.

seen that before, its the risks you take i suppose been so far in the outback, but why risk it for the camera man missing his shot

I think they did bloody well. Literally running from one plan to the next and the panic certainly seemed genuine enough! Easy to criticise from the armchair but another matter when you're 'in the moment'..

... Am I the only one thinking the camera man should of helped but kept filming?

Not sure how worried he was as his tripod was left in the middle of the water....

T Terran



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It's a fine line i think,the show is supposed to be reality the two guys and their trucks against the elements but if the film crew help out when theres trouble how real is it ?