My disco's first "moment"

[long stroke]

I have been meaning to put this up for a couple of weeks now, but must have got side tracked:angel:
About 3weeks ago we decided to take my disco for a bit of a rundown on the harder more rutted tracks, the first track i tried i got crossed up strate away, don't ask me how i did it, but it's just one of those things:eek:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/1147.jpg

As usual the pic doesn't do it justice, but that angle was worse then it looks and the hill is alot steeper aswell;)

After i got winched out of that situation, the next section proved the same, and once again up on two legs and on an even worse angle, out comes the strap again:D

I drove the rest of the hill without to much trouble.
Then it was onto the next hill where i broke an axle after driving all the hard sections:mad:

At this stage the day wasn't going very well, so we decided to get home as quick as possible before something else broke:o

After being home for an hour or so we noticed that the camera was missing, so off we went in the county tracing our steps only to find it in a deep rut where my car was on a nasty angle afew hours before, i picked the camera case up and gave it a shake, my ears cringed at the sound of 2000 little bits of $700 camera jumping around inside the case, it must have fell out the door and became traction for the cars behind us:eek:

All in all a pretty bad day, atleast the memory card survived the insident:D

CHEERS TIM.

[Psimpson7]

:eek: lol what a nightmare!!

[**Discovery300Tdi**]

thats a great pic mate!!!!!!! :twisted:

Whats with the L plate???????? :o:o

the guy next to the rig looks like one of the guys from a 4wd monthly dvd, the one when they had that nissan VS Toyota battle. he said he drove a ford maverick when roothy was doing his cooking segment. lol

cheers simon

[nice1guv]

Great pic indeed! :D One of many more I suspect. :p

Shame about the axle and camera, but no one was hurt and the Disco didn't roll, so it's all good! ;)


Whats with the L plate???????? :o:o

L plate, well long stroke is a young whippa snappa after all! :p

[Chops]

Its a good pic alright,, but you know what they say,, "go hard or go home",, just too bad going hard meant you had to go home,,,:(

Thats bad luck about the camera,,, does your insurance cover it at all,,,?

[long stroke]

thats a great pic mate!!!!!!! :twisted:

Whats with the L plate???????? :o:o

the guy next to the rig looks like one of the guys from a 4wd monthly dvd, the one when they had that nissan VS Toyota battle. he said he drove a ford maverick when roothy was doing his cooking segment. lol

cheers simon

lol thanks guy's:D
and yep i'm on my ''L'' plates, that kind of explains why i got into that situation:p:angel:
Simon you must have a good memory to recognise gothy's face from the 4wd action mag:o
He saved the day and winched me out..................3times:wasntme:

CHEERS TIM.

[Cap]

I can tell by the angle of the trees on the left of the pic that its one pretty steep track. Its amazing how photos make a rutted track look like a highway and a steep angle look as steep as a driveway :(

Good to hear your all OK, shame about the camera, but at least it was only the camera that rolled down the track :o

[Slunnie]

What a day out Tim! Oh well you get that, hopefully you had fun at least.

[long stroke]

What a day out Tim! Oh well you get that, hopefully you had fun at least.

It's always fun:D
I need some upgraded axles though, not nice having that feeling halfway up a steep hill thinking that the axles are probably not far off breaking:angel:

TIM.

[rockyroad]

Reminds me of the time my Mrs fell on her butt after taking some brilliant pics of our old disco and some mates non LR piecs of poo on a steep downhill track at Kroombit tops. Her butt and ego were bruised, her legs were all scratched and so was the camera but to our surprise its stil working.

She has a bad habit of breaking my gadgets so I was glad to see one of them survive.

[PhilipA]

Tim,
Some Driver Training would not go astray.

Why not join a club and learn what to do and what not to do in those situations.

Regards Philip A

[long stroke]

Tim,
Some Driver Training would not go astray.

Why not join a club and learn what to do and what not to do in those situations.

Regards Philip A

Hey Philip:)
Yeah we are members of a club, but i don't think they do driver trainer etc;)
I'm quite happy to learn as i go, i have been a passenger while 4wding ever since i can remember so do know the basic stuff, i just need experiance and to learn the width of the car and where my wheels are etc.

CHEERS TIM.

[Fusion]

Pity about the damage mate :( . But it's a hell of a lot of fun doing it at the time :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted: .

Nice one :BigThumb:

[Mudsloth]

Nice pic, bet you got your adrenalin fix that day. My worst day was checking out tracks for the AULRO meet at Blackwood. I went through a boghole that saw water above my wipers which filled my alternator with mud and seized it, thank God I carry a spare. In the middle of changing the alty 3 toyotas came the other way down the barely one lane track ( I made em push me off the track then back on), then I got my chainsaw stuck in a tree that was blocking my next track. While I was winching the chainsaw out, yes winching the chainsaw out, the Disco overheated and burst the overflow tank. At this point I decided to go home. All part of the fun matey, at least you had the good sense to know when you were in trouble and to seek help.


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