Scubaroo posted:

Has that been rolled in the river, or had an engine fire, or both?!?

Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns posted:

G'day Scubaroo , they tryed to cross when the water was way too deep and fast , i guess this is where experience comes into play !!

Neil ..

Toytruck posted:

Must have been a strong curent.....even sucked the blinkers out of the bullbar. Looks like a setup to me. Must have been a strong current to suck the hood off also.

Could be wrong
Toytruck

Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns posted:

Ever thought it might have alreadt started being raided '

could be wrong but !!

Neil ..

Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns posted:

I just posted the pics Jon , i haven't seen it myself but thats what the mate was told up there ,, as for the model , i don't know , maybe they bought it 2nd hand 4 days befor ,, as i said , i just posted the pics ,, maybe i shouldn't of !!

Neil ..

Footloose posted:

Neil, anyone who has been around will have seen that sort of damage before...hopefully they got out Ok.
Details aren't that important, you've just reminded us of the perils of water crossings. Thanks.
On a lighter note, I was waiting for the tide to go down in the Bloomfield years ago. I was always wary of salties there. A guy swam across from the other side to tell me that it was shallow enough for me to cross ! He pointed to about a foot of steel hanging out of the river, he'd crossed at the wrong time.
I elected to finish morning tea and watching someone else cross before I did. And even then my better half was not happy.

Members-Neil & Margie-Cairns posted:

Thanks Footy , more or less just put them up so people could see what it was yesterday ,, as for Bloomfield crossing m was there last July , short wheel base cruiser off the edge ,, same thing ,, too deep !!

Neil ..

Footloose posted:

Neil, I know that Archer River crossing slightly. And thats as familiar as I'd like to get with it !
I thought that the Bloomfield had a different crossing now ? Sounds like the one I know too well...the only time I re started a diesel engine in the middle....and got away with it. Saw the rising tide, and the croc sign, had the family with me...so I figured it was worth a try.

David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along posted:

This vehicle was washed off the casueway- I can't remember the date, but at the height of the flooding on the cape a few weeks ago. It would have been in the water a fair while.

Footy- the Bloomfield does have a new causeway, which take all the fun out of crossing it unless it is flowing fast and deep.

Gramps (NSW) posted:

Here you go Sam



A lot of us have problems with it now and then