Wet Season Problems

So you've provided the NT with another "curio"....

And right now it's P......DOWN rain again

Well Doug at least you shouldn't have to worry about some lowlife knocking it off

(;-))

Cheers Pop

Hey Doug that is gold.

I will come and pull you out in a couple of months when things dry up a bit, It has been raining hear since early this morning, by the way we got 4 fish yesterday but no keepers, we are going again on Sunday.

See you soon

An excavator would be a pretty handy bit of recovery gear there I reckon.

Regards
Peter

What type of vehicle were you piloting?
That's a fair piece of mud you're pushing up at the front.

Heee....heee...harrr.. bloody hell.... I'll be there tomorrow with the prawns and things cold. Oh don't ya just love the Territory....

Noel K,

Was with a proffessional fishing tour operator when he got stuck outside of Kununurra, in a similar manner, 2 years ago.
The winch died with clutch and battery problems (lack of regular testing and maintenance) plus other retrivial gear and communication equipment was nonexistent or missing – would have still been there if a couple of young blokes from a nearby station hadn’t snatched us out.
Valuable lesson for me.

At least its only a little bogged on one side :) hope you got plenty of amber as I feel it will take some time to get to the other ute :).

Or as my mate would say ............ sucks to be you I'm out lol.

Be easy digging that stuff and want stick to the shovel ......... much :((

Brian

Serious question Doug.
Did you have diff locks?

Doug T (NT)
would it have been any easier if you did carry a shovel with you??

Maîneÿ . . .

The joys of the wet season and having a heavy Cruiser.

Go get the grader or loader and skull drag her out mate.

That looks like fun Doug :-)

Maybe a set of Muddies would help a little more than the slicks :-))

I bet Dusty would have been loving all that excitement.

Good luck.

Pfffft......Toorak Tractor. (with tongue firmly in cheek).

Tyre pressures Doug....... you obviously didn't air down, did you.... ;-))

Just LOVE your adventures Doug....... you have all the fun!


Cheers

Brian

I think you answered the question when you said not much good in this stuff.

Please correct me if i'm off track, with diff locks I assumed they were best suited for hill climbing where the surface was dusty or loose covering to give that extra grip with all wheels working together.

No so good in mud and sand? not trying to be funny.

Thanks
Brian

For want of a winch on the rear , nice one.

Talked to Doug on the phone a little while ago...
Unfortunately the truck is still stuck like super glue...

As an ex navy man I appreciate the "bow wave" effect you have acheived in the mud - very stylish.

Hope you have some luck getting both vehicles out.

I got stuck last winter near Adelaide in a similar bottomless bog but was within a easy pull of solid ground and had company that put some teniosn on a tow rope to help me back out, but with all the rain at up there the moment it will not be getting any drier.

I was caught in the same rain on Friday morning walking to the terminal at the airport and got drenched.

Regards

Pete

To all who replied to my post.
Here is the update, my Troopy was extracted from the mire at 1:30 pm today.

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