Always check the depth

[growler2058]

I've seen a depth sounder (4wdaction mag nayb)you put on a fishing rod and troll across and shows you the depth in different spot

[TUCK]

thanks for the vid and pics, good way of driving home the lesson.

[Sir Roofy]

These novices demonstrate how not to drive in the bush, not only do they not check the depth of the water, but they also do a risky dangerous recovery

and heres another classic DIDNT EVEN HESATATE JUST DROPPED THE STRAP OVER THE TOWBALL SHE,LL BE RIGHT( DOH)

[Splashback]

True all the above comments but to be fair it wasn't really a high loading recovery. there was no 'snatch' just a nufty in his city shoes stuck in a puddle. I would say there would be more newtons on the towball pulling out a medium size runabout at your average ramp.

josh

[YNOT]

True all the above comments but to be fair it wasn't really a high loading recovery. there was no 'snatch' just a nufty in his city shoes stuck in a puddle. I would say there would be more newtons on the towball pulling out a medium size runabout at your average ramp.

josh

Maybe, but you just don't know if there may be a hidden fracture or some other fault in the towball. If a towball fails while your pulling a boat up a ramp the trailer falls off and the safety chain catches it (hopefully), but if the towball fails while there is a streched snatch strap attached to it you have a missile - it's a chance I and most others are not willing to take, its just not worth it.

Tony

[Dirty Driver]

What I don't get is why these nuckleheads even attempt to drive though this in the first place! What does it achieve? It just wrecks the roads for everyone else and gives the broader group of folks who use their vehicles to see the sights that a family sedan cannot get to a really bad name. I've never had a winch on either of the Patrols I've owned and have enjoyed a motto that if I've gotta put it into 4wd then there is a good chance the road is not in a suitable condition to be traversed and therefore we need to reassess if we can find another way to get to our destination. Like so many others in this forum, I too have had to pull so many people out of holes or sticky situations that they need not have had to get in to in the first place. I go back to backing head against red dot on the wall!

[Bigrig]

What I don't get is why these nuckleheads even attempt to drive though this in the first place! What does it achieve? It just wrecks the roads for everyone else and gives the broader group of folks who use their vehicles to see the sights that a family sedan cannot get to a really bad name. I've never had a winch on either of the Patrols I've owned and have enjoyed a motto that if I've gotta put it into 4wd then there is a good chance the road is not in a suitable condition to be traversed and therefore we need to reassess if we can find another way to get to our destination. Like so many others in this forum, I too have had to pull so many people out of holes or sticky situations that they need not have had to get in to in the first place. I go back to backing head against red dot on the wall!

True mate - when leaving Landcruiser Park last time, just as we finished packing up, a lady from a neighboring campsite came over and asked if we could go recover her husband who had just drowned his brand new Hilux .. drove into one of the water holes in the pig pen - standard lift, no snorkel, and no idea!! Hydro locked the engine and it was only a couple of months old ... just dumb ...

[nowoolies]

True all the above comments but to be fair it wasn't really a high loading recovery. there was no 'snatch' just a nufty in his city shoes stuck in a puddle. I would say there would be more newtons on the towball pulling out a medium size runabout at your average ramp.

josh

these guys are absolutley WRONG all round mate bloody dangerous nomatter how one looks at it

[Splashback]

All right Mr worst case scenarios out there, not every one is perfect like you are but guys like these give other better prepared experienced legendary unstuckable guys like us something to laugh at eh? I am sure if we were there we would mention this to them. Education and experience doesn't just happen. It has to be shared.
Sometimes though it pays to just stay out of the way.
Went out with a group the other day and one friend of someones came along, you know the type, no gear, bald spare. That was actually hanging on at the start of the track by one loose nut. Oh' that always come loose.!!!!! A quick spin of the cross brace, some big cable ties and a you stay behind me sorted it. Large bulge in right rear tyre. At thye end of the track we all aired up and went our ways. Found out old mates bulge blew on the way home..... Didn't know that was gonna happen...
We all know of these sort of stories and we all have learnt from them. Whats the point of getting all worked up about something we weren't even witness too? If we were there the right words given the right way can well avert disaster and if they want to be negative, we tried.

Of course all of the above gets thrown out the window when its our kids not listening to our advice and damaging our trucks or themselves.!!!

LOL Happy Fathers Day

Josh

[BIGARCH]

What I don't get is why these nuckleheads even attempt to drive though this in the first place! What does it achieve? It just wrecks the roads for everyone else and gives the broader group of folks who use their vehicles to see the sights that a family sedan cannot get to a really bad name. I've never had a winch on either of the Patrols I've owned and have enjoyed a motto that if I've gotta put it into 4wd then there is a good chance the road is not in a suitable condition to be traversed and therefore we need to reassess if we can find another way to get to our destination. Like so many others in this forum, I too have had to pull so many people out of holes or sticky situations that they need not have had to get in to in the first place. I go back to backing head against red dot on the wall!

apart from the recovery i dont see the problem in this?!?!

1. if I saw that i'd drive through it
2. if i measured that id still drive through it it wasnt very deep, that gutlux just never had a hope though