I saved the day, yay for me.

[Ace]

On the way to mum and dads on monday we came across a Hyundai Getz stuck in a ditch, dont know how they got there, the road was as straight as (it was raining though), there were already half a dozen people stopped helping, they were trying to push it out, with no luck. I pulled up and asked if anyone had a strap/rope or something (mine was at home in the wash) luckily there was a guy on the scene with a strap, hooked it onto the front and second later the releived couple were back on the road, the farmers fence was a write off, and the back panels of the car were quite smashed in but it was all cosmetic. So, who said 4wders were inconsiderate, non-community minded people. Matt

[lewy110]

Originally posted by Ace
. So, who said 4wders were inconsiderate, non-community minded people. Matt

A Current Affair, about once a month. Or in slow news weeks

[DiscoTDI]

You had rain :!: :!: :!: :!:

Lucky bastard :evil:

[Ace]

Originally posted by DiscoTDI
You had rain :!: :!: :!: :!:

Lucky bas**rd :evil:

Yeah, several inches over the last few weeks. I ordered it ages ago so hiline would have some mud this weekend, its been on back order for a while but the weather men finally got some stock. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[fernockulated]

:roll: we had 17 mills last nite out of the BIG storms that were supposed to be threatening the south east,hail ,what hail?

made the driveway nice and slippery this morning though style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[George130]

Its comming very hard again tonight. The back of my block has been under a few centimetres of water for weeks now. I mihgtr need to dig it out anf make a nice big pool. I get all the rain heading east. Even yass gets less than me.

[DEFENDERZOOK]

[b]<span style="color:blue">hey ace....you da man.....</span>

[Ace]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK][b]<span style="color:blue">hey ace....you da man.....</span>

Yeah, i know. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

We got about 20mm here last night, its going to make the trip around lake lyall fun. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[VladTepes]

you said your strap was in the wash :?:

This brings up an interesting topic:

How do you (everyone) clean your snatch strap ( nop being rude please style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif )

I suppose you have to take into account, somehow, that when stretched the starp may have got sand/dirt in between the fibres ?

Whats the best / easiest method ?

[disco95]

How the heck can customs let a notorious hi-jacker like Vlad into their ranks :roll:
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[DEFENDERZOOK]

[b]<span style="color:green">you throw it in the washing machine without any soap......


possibly a bit of fabric softener........




then allow it to fully dry flat in the shade(not hanging on a clothes line)</span>

[abaddonxi]

O-kay

First you have to make a rack.

Make it strong and waterproof, I'm thinking stainless. Also has to be expandable.

wrap the strap around the rack.

Now you need a frame around that and a couple of ratchet straps to put the snatch strap under tension.

Then either soak or hit with the karcher.
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[abaddonxi]

No, better

Put a really big hook in the wall of the house. Bury it deep.

Attach the strap to the wall and the Landy.

Stretch

Karcher.


Rebuild wall.




New Shed style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[sclarke]

Or do what i do.........
When it is dirty and full of grit and writen off.... Throw it out and spend the $60 odd dollars on a new one.....

Let me see now......
$60 for a new strap or keep using one that might be faulty and could cause personal or vehicle injury when it breaks....

What is a back window worth??
What is a trip to the Horsepiddle worth??

I thought i was tight..... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[Ace]

[quote=DEFENDERZOOK][b]<span style="color:green">you throw it in the washing machine without any soap......


possibly a bit of fabric softener........




then allow it to fully dry flat in the shade(not hanging on a clothes line)</span>

Thats the method i use. Matt

[VladTepes]

Originally posted by sclarke
Or do what i do.........
When it is dirty and full of grit and writen off.... Throw it out and spend the $60 odd dollars on a new one.....

Let me see now......
$60 for a new strap or keep using one that might be faulty and could cause personal or vehicle injury when it breaks....

What is a back window worth??
What is a trip to the Horsepiddle worth??

I thought i was tight..... :P :P :P

Of course I;d throw out a buggered strap, but they aren't buggered after just one use !! Mate I was just asking so I know how best to do it. Tips like D-Zook saying dry it flat, and can be done in the washer was what I was looking for. Thanks D_Zook. As for you Clarkie :roll:


I hope that didn't come across as vitriolic. It wasn't meant to.

It was meant to come over like this: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif




Originally posted by abaddonxi

O-kay

First you have to make a rack.

Make it strong and waterproof, I'm thinking stainless. Also has to be expandable.

wrap the strap around the rack.

Now you need a frame around that and a couple of ratchet straps to put the snatch strap under tension.

Then either soak or hit with the karcher.

See, simple plain instructions.

Don't forget to put it together with high-tensile bolts when you make yours mate :!: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[sclarke]

Got him..................... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

Mate i was stiring......

But on a serious note... if you have landy your front revovery poins may never get used..... But the rear..... well if there is a Toyo behind you...

Opps i forgot.... Ray gave me a tug/pull/jerk/ tow.........

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Ace
we came across a Hyundai Getz stuck in a ditch, dont know how they got there, the road was as straight as (it was raining though), there were already half a dozen people stopped helping, they were trying to push it out, with no luck.

I came across one a few years back on a bend near my house. The were in a ditch, the driver&#96;s father had arrived to help but to no avail (he was in a car).

So I hooked up the Rangie and pulled him out. Then I told him to get going as I&#96;d just passed the police who had someone pulled up a bit further back. If the cops had come across him in the ditch, he&#96;d have been booked for neg driving.

(Sorry about the backward accents instead of apostrophes. The keyboard driver on this computer has mapped the non-alphanumeric keys really weirdly and I can&#96;t find the apostrophe).

Ron

[Yabbie]

typical 4wdriver unprepared and needed to borrow equipment to get out of **** when in trouble.

most drivers carry thier own equipment everyday Ace,

or should we rename Ace as the NRMA

[Ace]

Originally posted by jason
typical 4wdriver unprepared and needed to borrow equipment to get out of sh*t when in trouble.

most drivers carry thier own equipment everyday Ace,

or should we rename Ace as the NRMA

I always have the strap in the car, but Murphy's law would state that the only time i would need it when not off road is when i left it in the washing machine.

Welcome back Jason, WTF have you been, and more importantly WTF were you on the weekend? Matt

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Ace+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ace)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-jason
typical 4wdriver unprepared and needed to borrow equipment to get out of sh*t when in trouble.

most drivers carry thier own equipment everyday Ace,

or should we rename Ace as the NRMA

I always have the strap in the car, but Murphy's law would state that the only time i would need it when not off road is when i left it in the washing machine.
[/b][/quote]

Better than that, Ace left the very clean strap in my car today.

Ron

[Pedro_The_Swift]

nice score Ron!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[RoverOne]

Originally posted by VladTepes
you said your strap was in the wash :?:

This brings up an interesting topic:

How do you (everyone) clean your snatch strap ( nop being rude please style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif )

I suppose you have to take into account, somehow, that when stretched the starp may have got sand/dirt in between the fibres ?

Whats the best / easiest method ?

Best way to clean exactly like abseiling ropes after a play in a muddy cave,......bath of warm water, submerge, liberal sprinkling of Lux Pure Soap Flakes (and only this brand), agitate strap by hand a number of times to loosen dirt, let soak a while more (as long as you like) then thoroughly rinse a number of times in cold water to get soap out thoroughly.

Mine has been washed now many many times still looks white and is ten years old, but the latter probably due to quality bought at the time.

Cheers
Bryce

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Pedro_The_Swift
nice score Ron!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

Yeah, but the mongrel wants it back. :cry:

Ron

[George130]

OK just read about cleaning the straps with interest. What is the best way to clean the plasma rope in my winch??
I beleive this is the biggest killer for the rope.

[kaistuff]

George130 try the washing m/c and then untangel thr big knot style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif

[RoverOne]

Originally posted by George130
OK just read about cleaning the straps with interest. What is the best way to clean the plasma rope in my winch??
I beleive this is the biggest killer for the rope.

I'd back the Lux Pure Soap Flakes method as above exactly as described to make sure. Only pure soap flakes not detrimental to ropes that you hang your life on over a cliff face, I'd trust the same method to clean a winch rope properly.

This method was only approaved method by Scout Association on all abseiling ropes after each use to properly clean any grit from fibres on ropes. I was a qualified Caving/Abseiling senior instructor for many years without incident (snapping ropes) style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Ace]

Originally posted by p38arover+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(p38arover)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Pedro_The_Swift
nice score Ron!!! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

Yeah, but the mongrel wants it back. :cry:

Ron[/b][/quote]

Enough of the mongrel Ron, i have feelings you know. :wink: style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[p38arover]

Oh, sorry. Umm, I was thinking of the mongrel that peed on my swag.

Not naming anyone but Gizmo sounds familiar. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

Boy, did my dog ever give my swag a good sniff when I got I got home.

Ron

[Ace]

Originally posted by p38arover
Oh, sorry. Umm, I was thinking of the mongrel that peed on my swag.

Not naming anyone but Gizmo sounds familiar. :)

Boy, did my dog ever give my swag a good sniff when I got I got home.

Ron

Innocent until proven guilty. Gizmo is on the phone to his lawyer. Matt

[VladTepes]

Originally posted by jason
typical 4wdriver unprepared and needed to borrow equipment to get out of sh*t when in trouble.

most drivers carry thier own equipment everyday Ace,

or should we rename Ace as the NRMA

NRMAce :?:

[p38arover]

Originally posted by Ace+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ace)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-p38arover
Oh, sorry. Umm, I was thinking of the mongrel that peed on my swag.

Not naming anyone but Gizmo sounds familiar. :)

Boy, did my dog ever give my swag a good sniff when I got I got home.

Ron

Innocent until proven guilty. Gizmo is on the phone to his lawyer. Matt[/b][/quote]

Innocent? INNOCENT?

I saw him do it! style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif

Ron