Ben-e-boy
11th September 2011, 07:18 PM
hi all
well what an eventful day today. I thought I would go for a sunday drive to traveston state forrest and explore a little. To start the tracks were steep but easy. I made my way down a valley where there was a big rut I got out to assess and pick my line. I proceeded into the rut when the bank gave way undernieth and I dropped sideways into the rut. It was only just, and in the vid it just looks like I was steering left, the fact of the matter is i was steering right. Anyway this put me in a position I didnt want to be in because my bullbar was digging into the other side. I needed to reverse. so I did and straight away I heard a CRACK!!! knock.knock,knock.... Dammit CV down!!!! and im just moving across the bank deeper into rut the more I revearsed. I was well and truely stuck.
After about an hour and a half of digging and track building and giving the ute a bootful I was stiil stuck, so I called a mate who came to recover me.
We hooked up the winch and all that did was drag him down the hill. luckily he had his brother in his rig with him so we strapped the 2 together and dragged me out.
it didnt end there the hill we came down was too steep to revearse up so we had to go through the rut.
up the next hill turn around, come back through the rut again and head back home this was ok because the huge amount of track building we allowed us to pick a different line and go straight through
I left home a 7.30 this morning and didnt get back until after 2 in the arvo. what makes matters worse I was less than 15 km from home.
hope you enjoy this one
Cheers
Benny
ps
The first vid is me doing the damage, the second and third vid is the damage. there is a couple of pics of me stuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RqyaLHRCqM
warning I drop the f-bomb in this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyyDKIU2qVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW2uvWMfquI
well what an eventful day today. I thought I would go for a sunday drive to traveston state forrest and explore a little. To start the tracks were steep but easy. I made my way down a valley where there was a big rut I got out to assess and pick my line. I proceeded into the rut when the bank gave way undernieth and I dropped sideways into the rut. It was only just, and in the vid it just looks like I was steering left, the fact of the matter is i was steering right. Anyway this put me in a position I didnt want to be in because my bullbar was digging into the other side. I needed to reverse. so I did and straight away I heard a CRACK!!! knock.knock,knock.... Dammit CV down!!!! and im just moving across the bank deeper into rut the more I revearsed. I was well and truely stuck.
After about an hour and a half of digging and track building and giving the ute a bootful I was stiil stuck, so I called a mate who came to recover me.
We hooked up the winch and all that did was drag him down the hill. luckily he had his brother in his rig with him so we strapped the 2 together and dragged me out.
it didnt end there the hill we came down was too steep to revearse up so we had to go through the rut.
up the next hill turn around, come back through the rut again and head back home this was ok because the huge amount of track building we allowed us to pick a different line and go straight through
I left home a 7.30 this morning and didnt get back until after 2 in the arvo. what makes matters worse I was less than 15 km from home.
hope you enjoy this one
Cheers
Benny
ps
The first vid is me doing the damage, the second and third vid is the damage. there is a couple of pics of me stuck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RqyaLHRCqM
warning I drop the f-bomb in this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyyDKIU2qVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW2uvWMfquI