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Gavlad · Last edited by Gavlad on Mon Mar 01, 2010 16:11; edited 1 time in total

To be fair, I should have know better than to put mine & MUX's off-road cherry in the hands of such a pair of obvious charlatans like Jimbo4x4 & REX...

But I did & we had a great laugh mooching about the local mud pit for half-an-hour or so once the scramblers had left us to it Smile

Right up til Jim says 'Right, I'll follow you for a bit now eh?' No backing down from that really is there... Shocked

So off we pop, back to the top of the hill we started from & thats when my decision making lets go... There's two drops off from the top of the hill, Jim had taken us down the LHS route & we'd come back up the RHS so I figure we try & do it in reverse - there's quite a side camber on the RHS of the RHS route so I stay to the LHS of it... Just a little too much... In the dark & we start to climb the banking & slew sideways...

I thought MUX was going over; Jim thought MUX was going over; REX, if he could have, would have th... You get the picture? Instead, I must have floored it & we shot off over a lovely silver birch tree... Drove straight over the darn thing & up it popped behind us, (almost) right as rain!!!

That new front bumper project looks like it might be about to happen quicker than I thought... Embarassed

There appears to be no other damage & the new skid plate, without bracket (still), has protected the transfer box beatifully Wink

You see how seriously we take our product testing here Wink

Thanks for the invite Jimster, we'll do it again soon but for now, where's me valium gone Wink

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'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...

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garystockton · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:37 Post subject:

Oooer missus (as LC would say)!!!

At least you did it to yourself, and were having FUN!! Laughing

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Gavlad · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:57 Post subject:

Indeed

No wuckin furries Wink

Talk about being in dire need of instruction in offroad driving techniques though Embarassed

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Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...

aroscow · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 11:51 Post subject:

Ouch (for the tree and the bumper)

Bumper looks impressive!
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Gavlad · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:12 Post subject:

Quite arty really Wink

Will see how much can be straightened out at the weekend...
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Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...

Jimbo4x4 · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 21:07 Post subject:

That silver birch was fairly meaty to be driving over, Gav. Razz

Its trunk must've been 8" in diameter so I'm very surprised and impressed that there wasn't any more damage! Just shows to go how tough these yota's are Cool

Good luck with the hammer this weekend, let's do it again sometime.
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Landcrusher · Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 19:27 Post subject:

I feel a steel bumper coming on..

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Gavlad · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:09 Post subject:

Indeed you do sir Smile

Maybe sommat loike this...
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Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...

Gavlad · Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2010 16:11 Post subject:

Wait til you see tonight's/tomorrow's post of the 'temporary' bumper... Shocked

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Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...

Gavlad · Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 15:23 Post subject:

I guess I forgot to post the hydrofoil design piccies...

Ha ha ha ha!!!

I have been busy this morning trying to work out how my new bumper will be built & have chopped the hydrofoil about a bit to get the new Goodwinch sitting in there to measure up...

I was a bit constrained as to what I could do with the metal available as I had already chopped the hydrofoil up a bit last weekend...

But, I think I know where I'm going with this now so watch this space Wink

Cheers
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Gav
'98 90 - family truck, 275x75 BFG AT's, homebrew aloominium roofrack
'94 HDJ80 - homebrew rear bumper fitted (but not quite ready to recover off!!!), +4 IronMan & 35 MTs ON!!! - front bumper still in the offing...