Whats your thoughts on this, Would you do it ??

Gday
That's how Wes lost his car up the Avon. He didn't have a boat..

Looks like fun Kimba

I can't quite figure out what the motor did to help fix the problem.

I presume that the boat hull being in the water effectivily reduced the downforce on the towball which probably was base reason for the floating.

Can't see if thrust of motor at rear helped much or if car was already thru the hard part.

I would have anticipated that issue during the 1 1/2 wait , and put more weight into car by shifting stuff from boat etc , and made sure boat could float a bit

We followed the SES through floodwater of a similar depth but they were in a heavier Troopy so were better grounded with their boat & trailer floating on a 20 degree angle behind :-)
While the depth was just within the capabilities of this vehicle, the faster flowing water in the middle was enough to cause them to lose traction. Starting the engine was a master stoke which they may have planned although taking the boat off the trailer would have made it far easier for the Hilux in the 1st place.
Without a boat the moment the car started to float I would have opened the doors to get it back on the ground to regain traction as if you're drifting down stream you're going to get wet anyway.
Cheers Craig..............

Kimba,

Initially thought they may have been a bit careless, but noticed that the road there is 2 lanes wide, so had a bit of room for err.......mistakes.

Did something a lot more stupid myself, some years back, travelling down the Diamantina River road, in a 79 series ute. About 20 km south of Old Cork, had to cross a short causeway, about 25M long, that was well covered by water. Knew it wouldn't be shallow, so selected 2nd gear, low range, and idled into it. At point of no return (which was, in all honesty, 5 kms back!!!) had water build up, and start to run over the bonnet.

Kept going, with jaw hitting my chest, not game to look anywhere, except straight ahead. Was brought back to reality when a stream of water sprayed up the steering column, giving me a good soaking.

In hindsight, often wondered how much fuel was in the rear tank, because it didn't appear to move at all. Maybe the tray was full of water too???

Bob