Floods up the east coast

[disco_ute]

Good mate of mine lives in inner Sydney thought he would take a drive up the east coast to visit the ship that ran a ground and drop in to the estate he has just purchased house and land in :o:o:o:o:o:o never made it to Stockton beach as the rain was just getting to full on and the hwy was turning into a car park with all the 2wd cars pulling over.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-qVtFRIFt4
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-qVtFRIFt4)



Will go blacj for a little while as he gave a lift to a cop and wasn't sure how she would take him filing while he was driving....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ6Z29wHGLw



He drive a 2000 model SR5 TD Hilux.... filled with water and head unit and amp drowned! IMO it did well he ended up in 1st low foot to the floor!!



Some of you might notice the same footage on CH10 (he works for them)




Mick

[Quiggers]

Crikey! hope its not his own car........

GQ

[disco_ute]

Crikey! hope its not his own car........

GQ

Last re payment next month!! :(:(:(

[Utemad]

He went awfully quiet for a while :eek:

He must have been absolutely ****ting himself. I know I would have. Not that I would have gone in unless I saw someone else do it first.

[Reads90]

Wow
Nice footage and hats off to the bloke
Been in that same situation where the marker was not right and the same in the 90 1st low foot flat down. and as he said that is scary
And you want to get out at the end and kiss the bonett:)

[SSmith]

engine dosnt sound very happy when he gives it a bootfull towards the end. might pay to have a look see inside the filter housing etc

a lesser driver probably would not have made it thru from the looks of things

[DirtyDawg]

Ask for Rain and thou shalt get Rain..lol

[DiscoTDI]

And to think they want to ban 4wds in cities:rolleyes:

[Reads90]

The only thing with snorkles is you don't know if they are water tight or fitted corectly untill you do somthing like that
The amount of people that put snorkle on to a defender and then think it is ok to do that stuff . But forget to seal up the rubber value (dust value) on the bottom of the air filter and then the water gets in there and damages the engine anyway

[DirtyDawg]

The only thing with snorkles is you don't know if they are water tight or fitted corectly untill you do somthing like that
The amount of people that put snorkle on to a defender and then think it is ok to do that stuff . But forget to seal up the rubber value (dust value) on the bottom of the air filter and then the water gets in there and damages the engine anyway

Great point...Rattling roads up north caused me to lose a bolt..only noticed it yesterday when I was re tightening everything.. the bottom of the Snorkel had come away from the body seal.... Im going to silicone it in place when I replace the fitting to make double sure.
Also the moisture outlet on the Air cleaner canister is nearly always fatigued...

[DiscoTDI]

The only thing with snorkles is you don't know if they are water tight or fitted corectly untill you do somthing like that
The amount of people that put snorkle on to a defender and then think it is ok to do that stuff . But forget to seal up the rubber value (dust value) on the bottom of the air filter and then the water gets in there and damages the engine anyway


Funny you should mention that, when I had the snorkle fitted to my D2, they never connected it inside the guard, quick way to check is put a bit of paper accross the intake and see if it stays there with a few revs up, mind you the only reason I checked it is the stuffed up the side steps and the bullbar at the same time so I figured nothing else would be right:mad:

[Reads90]

He was breathing pretty hard towards the end...windscreen was pretty fogged up.
I think he's pretty lucky. Who knows whats under water like that...could have been a bloody great hole in the road that would have swallowed him up :(

It was pretty stupid to drive though really....but then we all do stupid things sometimes :D

PS...we had our 180B floating like that in floodwater once ;):p With us all inside...daddy why is there water coming in the car :D:eek:


Land rover tell you that if you are going into water more than 2.5- 3 foot than open the doors to fill the car with water to let it sink and therefore keeping traction with the floor and stop you floating

[cartm58]

before he started the crossing he new the depth was at least 1.6 meters in depth which anyone would realise would go close to being bonnet covering so he was foolish to attempt it from the beginnning.

He was lucky as to depth in getting across

He was lucky as to not being side pushed by the flowing water

By him crossing it may have encouraged someone else to do same less well equipped on the basis of he made it so could l

He potentially could have hit something submerged under the water floated there by the water like a tree

Unless there was something dire emergency to get to on the other side of that crossing he was overall being rather reckless foolhardy and stupid

[barryj]

Not the smartest thing to do. With water half way up the wind screen It's a wonder it did not float away.

And what about others that might try as well? If it was life or death it might be understandable but in this case he should have not trusted the side markers.

And as others have said, what about anything in the water, logs etc, let alone a washed out roadway.

[p38arover]

before he started the crossing he new the depth was at least 1.6 meters in depth which anyone would realise would go close to being bonnet covering so he was foolish to attempt it from the

No, he definitely said "point six of a metre" (0.6m)

Ron

[Bushie]

Not the smartest thing to do. With water half way up the wind screen It's a wonder it did not float away.

And what about others that might try as well? If it was life or death it might be understandable but in this case he should have not trusted the side markers.

And as others have said, what about anything in the water, logs etc, let alone a washed out roadway.


Not that I would have gone there, but

Other than the depth I don't think there were too many problems, there didn't appear to be any flow. It looked as if it was low lying ground that was inundated by rising water, not a creek/river channel.

I would think the worse case scenario was a flooded car and a wet walk to higher ground.


Martyn

[Quiggers]

Made the TEN news at five today... with a bit of editing....

Kinda feel a bit sorry for him, gonna be up for a big drain on his wallet...

and no I wouldn't have done it, all the stories of souls being washed away to their death, in this disaster around Newcastle and before.

My mum reported in from god knows where (normally she's at Chittaway Bay) - no power and not much else.... holed up at higher and drier friends place...

GQ

[LandyAndy]

Very lucky there wasnt much of a current flowing,he was sailing real close to the wind!!!
That gutlux will be stuffed,2 mins submarining isnt good at all.
Sounded pretty rough towards the end of the crossing.
Andrew

[Blknight.aus]

Land rover tell you that if you are going into water more than 2.5- 3 foot than open the doors to fill the car with water to let it sink and therefore keeping traction with the floor and stop you floating

yeah they do but theres no real need to, theres enough leaks in the body work to take care of it automatically...

[disco_ute]

Hilux is having all it's oils drained today. the damage so far isnt that bad just damp carpets inside..... it depends if any water made it in the engine some how..

[dobbo]

No, he definitely said "point six of a metre" (0.6m)

Ron


Thats right he did say 0.6metres


Not that I would have gone there, but

Other than the depth I don't think there were too many problems, there didn't appear to be any flow. It looked as if it was low lying ground that was inundated by rising water, not a creek/river channel.

I would think the worse case scenario was a flooded car and a wet walk to higher ground.


Martyn

Your right It is just an undulating road surrounded by paddocks no creeks/ storm drains or rivers around that area of road. It is just a big puddle, not saying I'd do it, I'd find someone else to walk it or drive through it first

[disco_ute]

The mate that was driving has been in the army for a very long time! He knows what he is doing!!! He would not have driven in to a creek crossing. Like it was said it was just a low spot in a paddock not currents etc.

.6 of a mtr was the 1st crossing he did (not filmed) and it barley came up over his tyres. (std hilux tyres) so when he saw the .8 he thought well thats about head light level an the 1st sign was wrong!!! AS you can see from the video the .8 sign was wrong too!!And as most of us would have done if put in that situation was to keep going forward to keep the bow wave going not stop and go back an probably drown the thing.

The clip showed on the CH10 news was edited (like most things) to sound good!

[Reads90]

yeah they do but theres no real need to, theres enough leaks in the body work to take care of it automatically...

yeah i have always thought that was nice of them to make that mod, so to save you time :)

[scrambler]

He was breathing pretty hard towards the end...windscreen was pretty fogged up.
I think he's pretty lucky. Who knows whats under water like that...could have been a bloody great hole in the road that would have swallowed him up :(

It was pretty stupid to drive though really....but then we all do stupid things sometimes :D

PS...we had our 180B floating like that in floodwater once ;):p With us all inside...daddy why is there water coming in the car :D:eek:
The windscreen fogged because the car took water in through the fresh air intake and ran it over the heater core - mobile sauna!

[p38arover]

He was able to change to low range on the move. The P38A transfer case is computer controlled. You'd never get it to change in that situation - I suspect you'd have to come to a halt.

Ron

[BigJon]

He was able to change to low range on the move. The P38A transfer case is computer controlled. You'd never get it to change in that situation - I suspect you'd have to come to a halt.

Ron

The P38A is also auto, torque convertor slip would keep you moving.

[wovenrovings]

Aren't free-wheeling fans a god send if you want to do that. In a older vehicle, with a fixed fan it might have eaten some of the radiator.

[Reads90]

He was able to change to low range on the move. The P38A transfer case is computer controlled. You'd never get it to change in that situation - I suspect you'd have to come to a halt.

Ron

All defenfers/ rangie classic /disco 1 Manuals (don't know about autos) you can change from high to low on the move , and back again for that matter

[disco_ute]

All defenfers/ rangie classic /disco 1 Manuals (don't know about autos) you can change from high to low on the move , and back again for that matter

you can in autos as long as you chuck it in neutral then shift then back in to drive..... can be a hand full!

[cookiesa]

Main thing is he made it through..... Lets not forget at least 1 family (when you could still see crash barrier each side didn't. That is how easy it can turn to tragedy.

Again this guy obviously has a LOT more experience and possibly knew the lay of the land and was watching to see if there were any unusual currents that could be a washout etc.

The other point I think we all need to remember (and I don't know the area or reason he went, suspect it was to check out his proerty though)

Did he need to go there and was there another way in/out? We love to spectate at things like this but we need to remeber we are making it more difficult for emergency services to do their job (although he also helped out!)

We could end up just adding to the number of people who need help

[p38arover]

you can in autos as long as you chuck it in neutral then shift then back in to drive..... can be a hand full!

Yes, I've done it on the RRC and the D1. I tried it on the P38A but by the time the P38A has done the change, the car has come to a halt.

With the drag of the water, it would be worse.

Ron