when things dont quite go right
Submitted: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 10:24
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ro-dah-o (WA)
Ladies and gents,
the following link is a video of a section of a day trip that I completed on the weekend outside of
Perth. It is a good example of how a small misjudgement can have the potential for disaster.
hopefully that worked!!!
As ascending a
hill, it was necessary to stradle a rut (note that another vehicle made it to the top prior to my attempt). as nearing the top, the front right wheel hit a smal
rock, which inturn kicked the rear right wheel into the rut, causing the vehicle to overbalance.
My only saving grace was the fact that the rear right corner of the larger than standard tray fitted to the rodeo met the side of the rut, not allowing me to rotate any further.
PURE LUCK!!!
Call me what you will, an idiot, bloody lucky, or even try to convince me to buy an engel, I dont care, I just wanted to share my experience with the rest of the forumites and show that very small laps in judgement, could prove to have very grave consequences (such as the potential divorce I nearly had when my partner saw the video file)
Happy 4wheelin
Mike