Floods up the east coast

**dobbo** · 11th June 2007, 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by p38arover

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

Ron

Thats right he did say 0.6metres

Originally Posted by Bushie

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** · 11th June 2007, 10:20 AM

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** · 11th June 2007, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

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** · 11th June 2007, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

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

PS...we had our 180B floating like that in floodwater once

With us all inside...daddy why is there water coming in the car

The windscreen fogged because the car took water in through the fresh air intake and ran it over the heater core - mobile sauna!

**p38arover** · 11th June 2007, 05:52 PM

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** · 12th June 2007, 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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

**wovenrovings** · 12th June 2007, 01:17 PM

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** · 12th June 2007, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 12th June 2007, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Reads90

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** · 12th June 2007, 01:57 PM

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

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