Toyota's to the Rescue

Snatch strap between the cars to lessen any shock on the "middle" car's chassis.

Maybe they only had a snatch strap to put between the cars.

And maybe the reporter didn't have a clue. Now that's not the first time.

Phil

Hi Phil,
Yeah, I know it should of read Snatch Strap.
You'd think someone would of proof read the article, but then again.
When i purchased mine a few years back, the look on the young females face at the counter, when I asked for the recovery kit that they had on special which included the snatch strap, well it was priceless.

Made my day!!!!

Phil

I'm not the NT News reporter, some of them reporters wouldn't know SH from Clay.

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Fair enough Doug LOL
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Not for the first time!!!


Not quite the feat of pulling a truck but good for a laugh!

Neither of us were Doug.

To move on:

This is a perfect example why kids have parents. Dad says it will break down one day. Son doesn't listen. Son breaks down. Dad DOES listen and rescues him.

Isn't parenting great.

Phil

OH WHAT A FEELING

I must admit I have never seen one of them thar "Kenilworths" until now either...lol

Cheers
Pop

So the truck has a lisp or a cold. Maybe even the hickups.

A lisp is better.

Phil

Hi wasn't going to touch that.

I did notice that it took 2 yes 2 Toyota's tp move the kenilworth

The truck isn't bogged as such just cant get traction.
This is bogged and couldn't be pulled out with a grader, we had to get a tow truck to winch it out.
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Cheers Dave.

My "other" Toyota. Would it do. I used to offside in it.

Phil

Yeah Pil,
That's pretty much what was used to get it out, being loaded and a single hole tank the liquid just ran to the front puting most of the wieght on the drive wheels.
Cheers Dave.

Dave

This is a bit OT so I hope I do not get, hung dried and quartered. Do you know if tankers have surge plates or baffles to stop the fuel surging around and becoming quite dangerous?

Saw a bit on that Ice Road Truckers show and the driver was explaining that a thump that was heard every now and then was the liquid hitting the front of the tank on the back. I thought that they had baffles.

The M543 was a great truck to drive. Where the tanks went so did we. That's a look alike to ours. And mine was used to pull my sons car out of a valley up near Oberon. Only cost a slab and a couple of JWs black. The WO saw my name as first driver and that helped. They stuffed a winch on the old study that they took also. Had to "double up" with the study half way down the bank.

Phil

Phil,
Fuel tankers have separate compartments, That photo is of a Bitumen tanker and they are only one compartment with offset baffles to minimise the sloshing around. The sound they could hear would be the liquid sloshing forward and slapping against the top of the tank and the baffles plate usually in a single hole tank. Tankers are supposed to be loaded less than 1/3rd or more than 3/4 full not in between.
Cheers Dave.

That's what I thought. Not too different from around the 60's when I drove that wrecker. It was one hell of a whack though. The cab shook each time. The load was diesel which is quite thin so I guess that they do not have much surge inhibiting baffles for yankee land.

Phil

Dave
I thought it might have been a Milk tanker seeing as though it was on a dirt track, all nice and shiney like a milker.

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Hi Doug,
The "Dirt track" was a stock pile site, When I turned up it was raining and the RTA said to pull in here till they worked out wether to send it back or unload it.
As soon as I pulled in it sank, Then they told me they had a front end loader bogged there yesterday, Neadless to say I wasn't very happy.
Cheers Dave.

Well that made a lot of sense and I am not even having a drink.

What I want to know is what you were doing on a back road at Mt Fox considering what they product that used to be grown in that area.

Should read.
What I want to know is what you were doing on a back road at Mt Fox considering the product that used to be grown around there.

Me and another bloke had to go up there 2 times and pick up 4 ATCO dongers that they used when they put the power lines through back around 1987/8.

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bloody fat fingers - must be what that plurry NT News reporter had.......