Thread: Patrol killed at big river

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

Cool - thanks for posting this video. Wish some of the clips hadn't been short - i wanted to know what happened to the Patrol at 1.15mins, started sliding backwards ominously.

There were no problems, as he just slid into a spoon drain.

Originally Posted by carjunkieanon

Can someone help me in my 4wding ignorance, it looked like most ppl were taking even the dry rocky parts at a fair speed. Is that because it was steeper than it looked & they needed momentum, or would a 'slow & steady' approach have worked better? Looked like there was a lot of bouncing around.

It is rather steep, but it's also loose. Just after the shot of my 90 going up the dry hill, it stalled in low 2nd, I need a bigger motor! The white defender was bouncing around quite a bit, I'm not sure why though.

Originally Posted by 29dinosaur

As a matter of interest what is the track graded in terms of difficulty and for you who are in a club what are minimum rig setups to tackle these places??

This trip was rated as hard, according to the club magazine vehicle requirements are Front and rear recovery points (rated). Basic recovery gear. Mud Terrain type tyres. hand or electric winch, drag chain and tyre chains an advantage. All vehicles except one had at least a rear diff lock and quite a few had front and rear.

How low would you go with tyre pressures in that mud with those muddies on & would it help much? Reason I ask is that I got stuck in Otways mud last weekend on BGF all terrains but after dropping down to 25 psi I got out no worries. That vid was great but I wouldn't put my D2 through that yet, I wasn't at the front of the line for the big balls.

Originally Posted by Ricey

How low would you go with tyre pressures in that mud with those muddies on & would it help much? Reason I ask is that I got stuck in Otways mud last weekend on BGF all terrains but after dropping down to 25 psi I got out no worries. That vid was great but I wouldn't put my D2 through that yet, I wasn't at the front of the line for the big balls.

But the Otways are in Victoria?

Originally Posted by Ricey

How low would you go with tyre pressures in that mud with those muddies on & would it help much? Reason I ask is that I got stuck in Otways mud last weekend on BGF all terrains but after dropping down to 25 psi I got out no worries.

Tyre pressures are a relative thing. I dropped my Silverstones down to 15 PSI, which is where I generally start, but my car is lighter than a D2 and I run tubes. The shorty with the 38" boggers dropped them down to 6 PSI from memory, but he runs second air bead locks, and again, he is lighter than a D2. If you are running tubeless, you have to worry more about popping a tyre of the bead, and about getting muck in the bead causing it to leak. Tyre construction also plays a factor, as radials don't need to be let down as much as cross plys. So as you can see unfortunately there is no easy answer that is suitable for everyone.

Originally Posted by Ricey

That vid was great but I wouldn't put my D2 through that yet, I wasn't at the front of the line for the big balls.

It's not a case of big balls, it's just as you get used to four wheel driving, you start to push the envelope a bit, and eventually you are doing stuff like that.

Originally Posted by cmurray

as you get used to four wheel driving, you start to push the envelope a bit, and eventually you are doing stuff like that.

same as insanity starts off by thinking that voice in your head telling you to buy another landy might be onto something?

Thanks for the great Vid.....and those are some fantastic Landy's. THe two shortys with V8's are awesome and the classic comes in a close 3rd for me...great stuff and top tracks

Great vid there, love that type of action

Who is the owner of the white Rangie, is hes name Victor?

My bro would love that track, hes got a 2 door rangie with lockers etc.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by def90

Thanks for the great Vid.....and those are some fantastic Landy's. THe two shortys with V8's are awesome and the classic comes in a close 3rd for me...great stuff and top tracks

The three you listed were the only ones to get up the by pass on short cut 1, no one could get up the hard part. The shorty with 38 boggers ran out of ground clearance! If you liked that video, you'll like this one.

Originally Posted by stooge

Who is the owner of the white Rangie, is hes name Victor?

No, Victor has sold that car, he has the bob tailed rangie ute in this video.