Thread: Coffs 'Impossible hill' conquered

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Idiots.







Shamo

As a responsible Jeep owner, OK who was laughing?
I don’t approve of the guy in the “Ugly Wrangler” effort at the hill once called impossible.

The owner / driver of the first car is Michael Bowen, who did a tremendous job to crawl his early Cherokee Chief up previously impossible hill.
I had the pleasure of following Michael and his chief around Coffs several weeks ago. We did the power lines track, broken and looked / walked Koala. (Koala is beyond extreme now)
Michael is a very professional trip leader / event organizer (he had over 200 vehicles at his event this year) and a great driver himself, spending all of his time running around trying to avoid such incidents.
We were firmly told that we could not attempt Koala.

Michael had a chat to me regarding the guy in the “Ugly Wrangler” (it’s actually a CJ7) apparently the main problem with his initial attempt was that the motor was not running smoothly, misfiring ect.
In a fit of push on regardless the “driver” (I use the term loosely) compensated by using loads of throttle. Mistake number 1!

Mistake number 2 is less clear but seems to relate to how several snatch straps were joined together. With no drive shafts left on the CJ for engine breaking and no motor running for break boost. When the snatch straps separated, away went the CJ and “the Fun Stopped” to quote Michael.

So what can WE learn from these mistakes

Firstly it seems that the “Ugly Wrangler’s” effort shown, was not his first go. (I am betting third or better)
I am sure (at one stage or another) we have all watched someone, (regardless of what they drive) have go, after go, after go……… at something their stuck on.
And each attempt will be accompanied by more and more noise, as the driver “Tries Harder”
By the third go, most likely there is a big risk of something on the vehicle breaking or rolling over.

I would like to suggest a THREE TRY POLICY

It could go like this,
Try, get stuck.
Try again, no better.
Try again, Still Stuck. Three tries you out. Back out or secure the vehicle and have a THINK.

If you have a new idea of how to tackle the problem spot, or have gotten someone to spot for you, then Three more tries are in order.
If unsuccessful - time for a snatch or winch or drive around.

Originally Posted by CheekyD1

I would like to suggest a THREE TRY POLICY

It could go like this,
Try, get stuck.
Try again, no better.
Try again, Still Stuck. Three tries you out. Back out or secure the vehicle and have a THINK.

If you have a new idea of how to tackle the problem spot, or have gotten someone to spot for you, then Three more tries are in order.
If unsuccessful - time for a snatch or winch or drive around.

wise words there

Well said Gaz
Probably a very good idea to not let anyone have a go at Koala at the moment it is pretty scary, still drivable though

TIM.

Originally Posted by CheekyD1

As a responsible Jeep owner, OK who was laughing?
I don’t approve of the guy in the “Ugly Wrangler” effort at the hill once called impossible.

The owner / driver of the first car is Michael Bowen, who did a tremendous job to crawl his early Cherokee Chief up previously impossible hill.
I had the pleasure of following Michael and his chief around Coffs several weeks ago. We did the power lines track, broken and looked / walked Koala. (Koala is beyond extreme now)
Michael is a very professional trip leader / event organizer (he had over 200 vehicles at his event this year) and a great driver himself, spending all of his time running around trying to avoid such incidents.
We were firmly told that we could not attempt Koala.

Michael had a chat to me regarding the guy in the “Ugly Wrangler” (it’s actually a CJ7) apparently the main problem with his initial attempt was that the motor was not running smoothly, misfiring ect.
In a fit of push on regardless the “driver” (I use the term loosely) compensated by using loads of throttle. Mistake number 1!

Mistake number 2 is less clear but seems to relate to how several snatch straps were joined together. With no drive shafts left on the CJ for engine breaking and no motor running for break boost. When the snatch straps separated, away went the CJ and “the Fun Stopped” to quote Michael.

So what can WE learn from these mistakes

Firstly it seems that the “Ugly Wrangler’s” effort shown, was not his first go. (I am betting third or better)
I am sure (at one stage or another) we have all watched someone, (regardless of what they drive) have go, after go, after go……… at something their stuck on.
And each attempt will be accompanied by more and more noise, as the driver “Tries Harder”
By the third go, most likely there is a big risk of something on the vehicle breaking or rolling over.

I would like to suggest a THREE TRY POLICY

It could go like this,
Try, get stuck.
Try again, no better.
Try again, Still Stuck. Three tries you out. Back out or secure the vehicle and have a THINK.

If you have a new idea of how to tackle the problem spot, or have gotten someone to spot for you, then Three more tries are in order.
If unsuccessful - time for a snatch or winch or drive around.

Yep have recently discussed that very protocol

I would like to suggest a THREE TRY POLICY

It could go like this,
Try, get stuck.
Try again, no better.
Try again, Still Stuck. Three tries you out. Back out or secure the vehicle and have a THINK.

If you have a new idea of how to tackle the problem spot, or have gotten someone to spot for you, then Three more tries are in order.
If unsuccessful - time for a snatch or winch or drive around.[/QUOTE]


i am not interested in promoting the madness of the video in this, a public thread,
however gaz, in the quote above, we are acting on this and have some preliminary guidelines in place, you have highlighted one of them,

this psychic stuff has got to stop.

Just to be clear in the public arena

Originally Posted by harry

{snip}i am not interested in promoting the madness of the video in this, a public thread,.

Neither am I

Originally Posted by harry

this psychic stuff has got to stop.

I am not suggesting that any GCLRO members behave in any gung ho manner.
I have found myself, if she aint going to go after the third try, A little time out and a think does not go astray. This has saved me damage before, that’s why I am recommending the practice because "The Fun Stops" when things break and we are here to have fun… right

Originally Posted by long stroke

Well said Gaz
Probably a very good idea to not let anyone have a go at Koala at the moment it is pretty scary, still drivable though

TIM.

Thanks Tim
but I do have to question the "still drivable"

I was speaking to the last guy who claimed to have done it recently, he claimed that he needed some bodies hanging off his side to keep the front down, this crosses the line from extreme drivable to Crazy for me.

As I said to Michael Bowen about the step on Broken, (Which is worse now than when Cheeky did it a few months ago) I would be happy to try it, but the sensible way would be to motor up to the step, may be have my three try’s, then hook up the winch, a little winch and drive the rest.
(Actually the easiest way after watching others would be to skip the three tries. Motor up, winch, drive on)

Same with Koala IMHO the only sensible way to do the top of Koala (in present condition) would be via winch, not risk people on the mudguards, just to prove that I could "Drive it"

Its should not be seen as some sort of failure to break out the winch so as to not damage a vehicle, some things are just better winched than bashed over.

Just to paint the picture for people who have not seen Koala (at the moment) its very steep water rutted section, with about 4 Cross axle, wheel steps.
The guy who was boasting to me that he had done it, showed me marks on the walls where he had been trying to get up the vertical steps, the marks he showed me, were of his 35’s where he had been biting into the walls on the side of the track tiring to get traction.
Grimaces dream 40 inch tyres would not have helped because the step was about 8 inches above the middle of where his tyre had been with an over hang to stop the tyre climbing.
All he had been doing was pushing his tire into the wall. I can only imagine how much noise was used to bash over this step.
Clearly, this is a case of think a bit, and break out the winch! Safer, Easier, why not?

As a postscript to this story I latter found out that this “Driver” (again I use the term loosely) had later spun his ARB center for the second time, and when We had a look inside His Pinion had been cutting itself a second set of teeth in the crown wheel.

I am thinking his “Driving” Koala cost him more than it was worth.

PS, What sort of MT's are you running Tim? PM me.