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he he you can't educate pork!!!!!! http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/images/albums/hiriklux/another_mu_moment.mpg
coming for another play in morn dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! can't beat starting the day with a good laugh

damn!! Lucky for the rut that straightened you up Dude was your seatbelt on?

looks like steves having fun now he can actually go 4wheelin the failed descent training didn't work though

where u doing all this stuff?

in my little back paddock you should come and try dude

what was the noise we heard when the front started bouncing.... wasn't a front diff grinding ???

Cheers Reece

no drive shaft flopped out its probably the sound of it beating the tranfere case

nice... that must be the almost roll on with the MU then?? u looked pretty damn close there... did u end up on top??

That was just a spectacular way to NOT climb a steep bank with a lip on the top... was trying to get up where three locked up trucks had just gone... open diffs not doing it for me.

I have some lokkas coming in from Oz at the moment, so hopefully next time I attack this little hill I can crawl up rather than nail it at the last bit, which did not help The other thing that killed me was the driveshaft falling out (again!) at the top. 2WD is not a good look in that situation.

Seatbelt? I normally do but I can't say for sure, if I didn't that was a huge error of judgement or slip of my mind... not something I would normally do while attempting tricky climbs.

Steve

u wanna see a triky climb...here u go



that l/b zuk is welded, mine is welded with locker in front...let me tell u it takes sum real finesse to get up the creekbed

Just watched that video, and I have a few thoughts... it shows up several things all 4WDers should know.

1. Failed climb descent tecniques... know them, and practice so you do them automatically when you need them.

2. Know your trucks limitations and don't push the boundaries unless you are prepared for the consequences

3. Wear a seatbelt when attacking things (other than the usual 'no seatbelt' times, like deep river crossings etc) - I was horrified to watch this after the fact and realise I wasn't wearing it... I almost always do.

4. Don't involve other people in your silly "I can do that" ideas... I think my dog would rather have watched and laughed from the top with everyone else...

5. Fit a rollcage if you intend to do steep hillwork.

Note: I will not be doing this again until both my rollcage is completed (mandrel pipe bender on route from USA - will probably make a full exo), at least my front Lokka is installed, and I have resolved the front driveshaft "falling out" issue. I'm taking the fact I still have a truck as a sign that I have been warned from above

I hope others learn from this too... Once you get over the shock of what almost happened you will probably laugh yourself stupid at me... go ahead, be my guest I laughed myself stupid then started to analyse what went wrong... which I figure everyone can learn from.

Steve (Still doing stupid stuff when around Rik ) :pale:

hey to be fair to steve he's been looking at that hill for a few days but thought his drive shaft would flop out but gave into pier pressure today but locked up he'd whizz up it in the monsterouse utility but good on him for the amusment
we'll have to do a trip when you get down here turtlezuk
rik

why is it always my fault????? he he

hiriklux wrote:why is it always my fault????? he he

cos yer nothern english.... "go on" "gooo onnnn"

he he always up for a laugh

SupraLux wrote:Just watched that video, and I have a few thoughts... it shows up several things all 4WDers should know.

1. Failed climb descent tecniques... know them, and practice so you do them automatically when you need them.

2. Know your trucks limitations and don't push the boundaries unless you are prepared for the consequences

3. Wear a seatbelt when attacking things (other than the usual 'no seatbelt' times, like deep river crossings etc) - I was horrified to watch this after the fact and realise I wasn't wearing it... I almost always do.

4. Don't involve other people in your silly "I can do that" ideas... I think my dog would rather have watched and laughed from the top with everyone else...

5. Fit a rollcage if you intend to do steep hillwork.

Note: I will not be doing this again until both my rollcage is completed (mandrel pipe bender on route from USA - will probably make a full exo), at least my front Lokka is installed, and I have resolved the front driveshaft "falling out" issue. I'm taking the fact I still have a truck as a sign that I have been warned from above

I hope others learn from this too... Once you get over the shock of what almost happened you will probably laugh yourself stupid at me... go ahead, be my guest I laughed myself stupid then started to analyse what went wrong... which I figure everyone can learn from.

Steve (Still doing stupid stuff when around Rik ) :pale:

I wasnt being a party pooper, but you saw what happened to rotazuk's freshley built zuk between hazards (I had just completed hillclimb) before he rolled 2 1/2 times over - lucky him and codriver were still wearin deatbelts and helmets. Happens when you least expect it

you wont beat the wheel base of a surf for hill climbs

Diff locks aren't the answer to all 4WD failed attempts as in hill climbs they can cause the vehicle to go sideways. The other warning, taken from the video is when it goes wrong on the ascent , select reverse,look straight ahead, KEEP YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE, and drive down.
All good fun till it goe's wrong. and 4WD helps.
Get Dirty, FITZY.

isnt that the truth... i watched a guy roll his cherokee on the creekbed...without his seatbelt on ...let me just say it wasn't pretty and he was a really lucky guy to be still entact....his truck was completly writin off....amazingly he drove it home though.....best of luck to u on yer next attempt steve...hope im there 4 it.....cheers turtle

Haha... yep will be good to take you out for a run up that hill when you get here Turtle NOT!

...but I'll show you where it is... and you can walk up it

As for the difflock thing, what it would have allowed me to do was apply the power to the ground in a more controlled manner.... nothing more. I know diff locks are not a magical cure-all... it took rik 3 or 4 goes to get to the top before me and hes twin-locked!

As for correct decent tecnique, I was back at the bottom before I had a chance to think about it... I really don't remember to well what happened, and while I know what you are SUPPOSED to do, I can't tell you exactly what I did do, other than try to remember not to stomp on the brakes too hard so the steering could straighten me up...

Oh well, all done now... live and learn... just gotta keep away from Rik

Steve

is rik a bad influence then? or is he like me ....might as well go 4 it, whats the worst that could happen, if it does happen then deal with it.....

Not so much a bad influence, its just that he has a way of saying things that makes it seem so easy

...yeah, I guess that makes him a bad influence

Steve

i just spread a little corn
you always catch a pigeon
rik

wouldn't that b like enticing a fat kid with a smartie?

youve already met steve then turtle!!!!!!

That was a lucky day for you Steve ...
hey, im happy to see the MU is finally done....looks awesome.

turtlezuk...nice 4x...i like your tyres. really!

cheers:afro:

I know what this is like.... . Sometimes things happen faster than we can think and i'm damn sure we have all been in a situation like this!!!!
The day the river claimed my truck it was a case of "f$%#" what now??? :
I was lucky..... and i caught some of it on video which i will post here once i can convert it from tape to computer. Good for a laugh if nothing else. As you said its not till the adrenaline stops pumping that you sit back and realise just how close that was.........Lucky, lucky, lucky

kinda off topic.. whats 4wd sysems charging for lokkas these days.. going to order another one.. for the front of the cruiser

callum007 wrote:kinda off topic.. whats 4wd sysems charging for lokkas these days.. going to order another one.. for the front of the cruiser

if lokkas of the auto variety are what ya want, try supralux or contact through the '4wd stuff' link up top of some pages..

gotta support our sponsors..

anyway, back on subject.. sorry..


as you were..........

you need to be careful what type of locker you fit to the front end as it affects your turning radius in 4WD.........I'm sure others can elaborate on this.