How good is your 4by??

Hey MG- I have no idea if our 4wd could do that, but I do know that I couldn't do that.doc

Mark,
that is very impressive. I think my old troppy could but I don't know if I would be up for it.

You wouldn't want to cross it up reversing.

I never want to put myself or my vehicle in that position......I will leave that sort of thing for those who have a bent for that sort of thing.

But anyone can develop the 4by to do that......you put rock crawler gears in etc and the sky is the limit with any make and model of 4by....go to any 4WD show and they put on a display for you to watch up close....may even get a ride.

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This was scarey stuff just looking at it.

I actually own a Landy Defender. Maybe I should say it owns me because it is way more capable off road than I am.

Having said that, I saw on Utube from Sth Africa where a Prado just soared up a cliff face that a Defender just couldn't handle. The Landy bouncing backwards down the cliff after loss of momentum kind of summed up my greatest fear.

Gday Mark,
Easy!!!!
In fact, I reckon I could do it on a mountain bike...LOL

STUFF THAT!!!!!
Shane

Wouldn't it be just easier to drive around?

Andrew

Saw the display at Maitland as well.....looks harder than it really is....but wouldn't do it as I have an aversion to hieghts...

Hi all,
take another look at the video and watch the guy that is sitting under, and just to the left of the framework that the 4by drives up. He doesn't take much notice to begin with... then does a "double take". I sure wouldn't be sitting where he is..... if that 4by came off....???

When I first looked at it I thought no way and after watching it a couple of times I visualised a road or rocky climb and I reckon my 80 has been up slopes as steep as that. I think it is the fact that your in the air and could fall that makes it appear scarier than it really is. Having said that it's not a bad effort for the Landy to get the last steep bit. I'm sure some of you guys have been up slopes, balked, and had to reverse being very careful not to turn the wheel on the back down.

In my case, there would be more skid marks inside than outside.

I was wondering about the ominous creaking noises I could hear, don't think you would get me or my 4by up there or catch me sitting under it for that matter! Having said that I'm sure I've driven up or down tracks of that gradient before ok, but not with thin air under me.....

Wonder why they used a landy on a demonstration like that.?????.



Cheers Axle.

I'm pretty sure you will find this is a specialises Land Rover fitness program.....

It's designed to tighten the butt cheeks ;-)


Would my Discovery climb something that steep.. no problem.

Would I drive it up there on that steel do-dad with a sheer drop off each side... no way!

Mark

I'm very impressed. The first part looked to be 45 degrees. The first part of the curved bit looked about 60 degrees.