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djwhyte Member Since: 24 Aug 2010 Location: Brisbane Posts: 336 |
Heh, I think I am happy just imagining what fun I might have going off road. Too many stories on here make me wince in pain
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12th Oct 2012 2:29 am |
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mikehzz Member Since: 04 Sep 2009 Location: Springwood Posts: 749 |
Good pics but 7 hours? Should have been 20 minutes Did you have the Jackeroo as close to your car as possible and the strap bundled loose in the middle? Then Jackeroo takes off and causes the strap to really stretch and catapult you out. Don't use the towball on the Jackeroo or it can break off and fly through your window. Quite a few people have been killed by doing that. I snatched a Defender out of a bog like that not long back. I was doing about 15kph by the time the strap got tight, then it stretched to nearly twice its length and recoiled and the defender shot out of the bog. You have to have good anchor points on both cars as there is a lot of kinetic energy in the strap. Also it has to be a snatch strap, not a tow rope or winch strap as neither of them stretch. |
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12th Oct 2012 12:15 pm |
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Strah Member Since: 12 Sep 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 41 |
Like I said it was the first time we did a recovery so we took it easy and tried not to take any chances
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12th Oct 2012 12:49 pm |
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chicken george Member Since: 05 Dec 2007 Location: N. Yorks Posts: 13291 |
a word of warning if water gets into the footwells it ruins the sat nav dvd under the seat,, £2800 to repair, yes £2800, my employee is just in the middle of getting his replaced after the car drown in a flood. for once he was driving his own vehicle instead of one of mine when disaster occured At work
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12th Oct 2012 5:33 pm |
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Strah Member Since: 12 Sep 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 41 |
After refueling the car today it no longer wants to turn on??
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13th Oct 2012 6:50 am |
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MihaiB Member Since: 30 Jun 2011 Location: Bucuresti Posts: 137 |
You washed the engine bay with high pressure? I thought this was a definite NO-NO for gasoline engines.... |
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15th Oct 2012 7:30 am |
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Strah Member Since: 12 Sep 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 41 |
Got some news on my car from the mechanic, looks like the starter motor was filled with mud....
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15th Oct 2012 9:24 am |
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jaksbak@freel2 Member Since: 26 Dec 2010 Location: Fraser Coast Posts: 225 |
That's a real shame about the starter motor. At $1000 I would have tried to get someone to rewind the motor or something. Wow!
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16th Oct 2012 12:49 pm |
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LRswe Member Since: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Sweden Posts: 360 |
For hardcore recovery with no winch I ALWAYS use a kinetic rope.. They are designed to stretch like a bungee and give an extra tug without the harsh snapping of a solid snatch line. Easy to use, you basically floor it and use the recovery vehicles weight and momentum to give you the extra force needed to move a bellied car.
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16th Oct 2012 2:26 pm |
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mikehzz Member Since: 04 Sep 2009 Location: Springwood Posts: 749 |
The one thing I won't do any more when 4wdriving is deliberately drive into a mud puddle. I've been there and done that and you can end up with stinky muddy water all through the carpets. Getting out to help recover is a treat too. There's plenty of fun to be had without that. |
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17th Oct 2012 11:53 am |
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Strah Member Since: 12 Sep 2012 Location: Perth Posts: 41 |
I have to agree with mikehzz on that one, think I will stick to the dry stuff from now on
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17th Oct 2012 1:19 pm |
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