Aberfeldy Weekend Trip 27/03/15 - 29/03/15 - Vic

[Winnie]

It's time to let the cat out of the bag... I am posting this with Roofy's permission.

We had just driven Deep Creek 1 twice and headed into Deep Creek 4. We came across one huge, steep, rocky hill. It looked insane!
I was first up and got hung up in one spot, hit it with a little more speed and scrambled my way to the top.
Rossco was next and with both lockers in, made it look way too easy.
Then was Roofy's turn to try out his new locker. In true Roofy fashion, it was balls to the wall and he came flying up! But the front of the car started to bounce a little bit too much and before we knew it he had gone head first into a tree! Oh crap! He backs up for another go and comes flying up the hill again!
When he gets to the top he jumps out and says, "well the locker worked!!!"







We limped Roofy back to O'tooles as we were about 45mins away from camp and it was getting dark, Jane was back at camp and Roofy had the swags and all the food in the car!
Amy and I were first into camp and Jane knew that something had happened. It was dark at this stage and as Roofy rolls into camp Jane says "OH NO he's smashed a headlight!!" Ummm it's a little more than that Jane-o!!

All I can say is thank god Roofy did not panic, and kept driving because if he hadn't, there is no doubt he would have gone rolling backwards.

Fortunately it was not as bad as it looked (still not good) and insurance has approved for it to be repaired... good outcome to a shitty situation.

[AB]

Good to see insurance is all sorted and it's not a ride off Roofy!

Pretty decent hit old mate.

[Sir Roofy]

Good to see insurance is all sorted and it's not a ride off Roofy!

Pretty decent hit old mate.

if it happens don't panic just steer it out if possible

[lucus30]

Bummer Roofy that sucks mate. At least the patrol lives on

[Winnie]

[Stropp]

Fark I would have stopped at that, shit Roofy you are mad 😜 glad it's sorted mate.

[jay see]

You trying to make that thing fly roofy? Sometimes you just have to go for it.
Good to see the insurance co is fixing it and no damage to yourself.

[Rossco]

we did some killer tracks!!!

Had a smashing time yesterday

Ah yes, we sure did!!

Seriously tho, very glad to hear that that repairs have been approved, she will be back in action better than ever in no time. However the most important thing is that everyone is OK. It was pretty scary to watch from the top, it even looks steep in the video, so that's saying something. It's easy to get complacent, but it's a good reality check to make you realise just how quickly things can turn ugly. However it's how you react and Roofy did a very good job to stay composed and keep going with the climb in a calm manner, despite the bonnet being folded up towards the bonnet and nasty noises of the fan hitting the cowling. On that hill there is only small margin for error and rolling back or getting crossed up would have resulted in a very bad rollover, it has happened before on that hill.

After a bit of discussion after it happened and also looking at the video, we thought that worn / too soft shock absorbers is probably a very large contributing factor. It certainly looked like there was a lack of dampening control / a lot of bouncing.

Sunday morning we had a fair crack of bush panel beating, courtesy of the highmount and got it looking pretty reasonable really. I was quite amazed, we got the bar back to pretty much perfect!! I think Kat has some photos.

Anyway very happy that the old bus will be back in action and everyone is O.K.

[jack]

Have to agree, that would have won last months photo comp. Glad it turned out ok and you got it sorted Roofy.

[katwoman]

A special mention, ( I think) should go to Rossco, Ben, Stevo, Cameron, Rossco's winch, a snatch block and a big arse gumtree for making the Beast a little safer to drive on Sunday morning..










The beast will rise again