Thread: What was he thinking?

in the pics theres a strap of some sort getting attached, what was the out come of that?

and yes Pipidinny is illegal to drive has been for years at least 5-6 that I know of. I was also told that the fine is $1000 per wheel but cant confirm that

would some tracks (maxtracks or whatever) under down hill wheels in particular and slow reverse have worked???

Originally Posted by whitakerb

i could swear i saw a prado floating in the ocean yesterday avo cheers

I think I saw it too, it's amazing how much sewage there is in the ocean these days

He obviously thought he was better than he turned out to be and hopefully his girlfriend cut off his nooky supplies until he's got some sense between his ears.
Actually this thread has deeply hurt me, just because he's D*** HEAD it's no reason for you lot to heap abuse on all us dopey Tojo Prado owners.
Now stop it or I'll sulk.
Alan.

I've been stuck in pretty much exactly the same situation with our old Suzuki XL7 on Moreton - driving along the top of a 1 metre drop off, hit a rutt and got bounced a meter or so sideways, slam on the breaks with the front wheel right on the edge - the tide was also coming in and slowly taking the bank away, and the wife was close to tears at the though of losing our car! I tried reversing out a few times, but in addition to moving backwards the car would also move sideways, sliding closer to the drop off. The solution ended up being the same as the problem - SAND! It really is easy to move a fairly large amount of it in a pretty short time, so with the help of some other guys who had shown up I just dug some pretty deep tracks away from the drop off, and also built up a fair amount of sand around and underneath the front tire so it wasn't quite on the edge any more, then reversed out. The tracks we had dug were deep enough to stop the car sliding sideways as we reversed.

Gave the guys who helped a couple of beers, then away we went!

A friend of mine was on a trip at Teewah Beach years ago and told me what had happened (had photos of the result).
The group of vehicles was driving on the dry sand beside a drop off like that after a storm. One vehicle (a Ford Explorer) got too close to the edge and hit the brakes which skidded him right up to the edge looking just like that Prado. However in his case the sand almost immediately gave way and the Explorer rolled over the edge and caved the roof in.

Everyone was ok and they managed to drive it back to Noosa like that.

Originally Posted by mojo

I just dug some pretty deep tracks away from the drop off, The tracks we had dug were deep enough to stop the car sliding sideways as we reversed.

Excellent solution !

That was a good idea... i will keep that in mind, if i ever come among a person in that situation again.

Well, i heard from my mate that does voluntary work for the SES. They got called out and took them 5 hours to get it out. They had to use ropes, winches and snatches to hold the 4wd up. It was very near roll over and had support arms holding it up.

The bumpers got damaged on the side and the roof got dented as the support arms hand to go through the window.

He said pictures were taken, not by him. He said he will try and source them out and share

Also even he said what a knob he was, as he said he just stood back and let them do all the work and didnt even buy them a carton. (Now thats Jack )


Dorko