Scary moment

[BigBugga]

Tell us all your most scary moment behind the wheel.

My own was just after I got my Disco and was trying it off road with a couple of mate's and there patrols.

Tried getting up a steep hill track and slipped the frount drivers wheel into a deep rut, this started slipping and the back end twisted the opposite way.
Turning me almost all the way sideway's on the slope.
Stopped as quick as I could and then relised that the passenger frount wheel was lifting slowly off the track and getting higher.
Two mate's jumped onto the bullbar( not smart I know)
and this held it down.
The patrol who was in frount of me turned about and winched me up to the top of the track.

Went out the next weekend and did the same track, but placed the wheels better and made it up no problems at all.

[baby_troupe]

On one of my Reckies, was checking a 3 foot step & all looked to be OK, did the normal road building etc & lowerred tyre pressures.
All lined up & 2 people in front guiding me, then went for it.
Unfortunately part of the road building was thrown from under my muddies & my vehicle was launched sideways a few metres, finishing 3 inches from a 40 metre drop off.
It took about 12 goes of back & forth to get far enough from the edge to reverse back down.

[alki]

If you asked my wife, she could tell many stories, but to me they were all perfectly safe ;)

Once at Stocton, crosing dunes, I ended up going down a dune cross slop, not stright down.
That was scary as dunes are normaly very steep on the other side and I was going prety fast to make it to the top,and didn't know what's on the other side

[RobertM]

One of my very first off road experiences in a Rocky that I had only just bought up near Port Macquarie driving along the beach I saw a wash out and being stupid and inexperienced I used the brakes and the back came around and managed to slide sideways with 2 wheels stopping in the washout and almost rolling it.

Also another time during driver training in the Army Reserve after driving up a long slipery slope in a Unimog got to the top and stopped for lunch.
After lunch it was my turn to sit in the passenger seat and half way down the slope and building up speed the driver asked should I have my foot on the brake, after freaking out and yelling no get it off we made it down the slope alot quicker than intended and just afterwards he looks down and realised he hadn't engaged 4wd or anything so we were as good as 2wd, we had a good laugh about it afterwards but thank heavens for wheel ruts in tracks or we would of been off the edge.

[HSV Rangie]

One scary moment would have to be on a trip up past Wau PNG to a gold field.

2 cars My patrol and mates new paj (company cars)

Crested the hill and drove down into the valley only to be confronted by nationals wielding shot guns and machetties.

We left smarrtly.

None were smiling.
Michael.

my most funny and scary experiance happend not so long a go i was going where i shouldnt have and well there was this huge hole someone had dug in the middle of the track i tried to go round it but i kept sliding down towards the hole finaly after i tried 3 times i floored it through launching and sliding my old faith full right in to the hole funny thing was it felt like it was gonna roll but didnt when i finally changed my jocks i thought id never get out going forward backwards to move i got out the next thing i know was my old man was pissing him self laughing holding the camera videoing it the whole time he said mum didnt even go through it but was shitting herself !
i watched the tape after it looked pretty cool its only after you look back and laugh!!

[Toad]

my scariest moment was back in 95 crossing the Jardine up at the Cape. we managed to get a Defender 110 stuck smack bang in the middle, we got a 11 seater troopie through chockablock full of gear. the scariest bit was running out a connecting both winch cables. quickest water recovery ever.

[moose2]

While in the Otways in my 02 Ford Courier muddies on, climbing a very steep rutted and extremely slippery hill(probably shouldnt have been there while that wet) hit a tree root 3/4's up the hill causing the front diff to destroy itself and halt progress momentarily. The vehicle then slid down the hill with all wheels locked and engine stalled and in gear, gathering speed to about 20 km/hr estimated for about 30 metres coming finally to a stop 2 metres from a tree as wide as the rear tailgte. I shit I can tell you!!!. Dealer replaced diff under waranty thankfully.

Mine was actually Thursday two weeks ago.

Driving home from a mate's place in Kenthurst (Sydney) down Pitt Town Road (no street lights) at the legal limit of 80km/h. A car was about to come over a crest ahead, so I'd dipped my high beams in advance. The road undulated a bit, so it wasn't until I was a few carlengths away that I saw a pair of eyes and a large black silhouette standing in the middle of the road (someone had left their gate open and a pair of rottweilers had wandered onto the road.

After thinking "f***", I've braked and swerved to miss it (I was in a small car and I figured the bloody thing would destroy my car's front end), gone left onto the gravel, steered back to the right, which unloaded my car's rear end, causing it to spin clockwise. All you can do in that situation is clutch-in, lock the brakes and wait for the car to come to a stop.

So now I'm going sideways on gravel at about 60km/h, and I catch a momentary glimpse of the telegraph pole/tree/dirt embankment/fence, all waiting to kill me.

Fortunately the car continued around to the right and I finally skidded to a stop back in my lane, but pointing right back the way I came.

Cheers to the HiLux driver who passed me a few moments later, but didn't even slow down to check on the car in the cloud of dust, pointed the wrong way in its lane with its hazard lights on.

Mind you, if I'd been in a 4WD with a bullbar I would have just hit the stupid bloody thing.

Fricking people who don't take responsibility for their pets >:(

[Strider01]

OK well mine was only last Sunday 27/7/03. Finally got the 4b dirty on a Driver Awareness Course. I'd done a few hillclimbs that day and gave the wheel to the wife to have a go. The team leader for the day had decided to try another spot for us so the missus wasn't too sure but I egged her on until she caved (peer pressure!!). Fairly standard hillclimb but the hill had a rockl in it about half way up that you had to sort of bounce over at the right speed. The Pathy only has standard road tyres at the moment so up she goes. Gets to the rock too slow and next thing all 4 wheels are coughing up dirt and the car is sliding sideways across the face of the rock. She freaks a bit (and so do I on the quiet ;D). Talk her into rolling back and giving it another go which she did - this time successfully.

Doesn't sound much now but boy she'd had enough for the day. Just meant I got to drive more then!!!

[baby_troupe]

OK well mine was only last Sunday 27/7/03. Finally got the 4b dirty on a Driver Awareness Course. I'd done a few hillclimbs that day and gave the wheel to the wife to have a go. The team leader for the day had decided to try another spot for us so the missus wasn't too sure but I egged her on until she caved (peer pressure!!). Fairly standard hillclimb but the hill had a rockl in it about half way up that you had to sort of bounce over at the right speed. The Pathy only has standard road tyres at the moment so up she goes. Gets to the rock too slow and next thing all 4 wheels are coughing up dirt and the car is sliding sideways across the face of the rock. She freaks a bit (and so do I on the quiet ;D). Talk her into rolling back and giving it another go which she did - this time successfully.

Doesn't sound much now but boy she'd had enough for the day. Just meant I got to drive more then!!!


Nice little hill that one.
I went up as a helper a few months ago & had a play on that in the rain & boy was that fun.

[RobertM]

I am still trying to teach my wife how to drive a manual with out the off road bit as that is scary enough for me at the moment. Last time I rushed her and she ran into the local servo and I had only had the car 1 week :-[

[BigBugga]

:o :o :o



:-\what can I say?

[RobertM]

I think it was somthing about the wrong pedal :'(
I can laugh about it now I have almost forgotten how much it cost me

[Humpy]

Driving on the F3 coming down into mooney mooney bridge in the rain at 90k in my subaru. hit a patch of water, spun hitting the center guard rail with the front left then the rear left, spun again. finished spin facing the right way at around 60k and drove home with the front guard rubbing on the wheel. I think the sign says its 70m from the bridge to the river underneath

[RobertM]

I can get a little hairy along there in the wet.
I have seen a car with caravan facing the wrong way with the caravan half on top of the guard rail, it had taken a nice chunck out of the side so was wedged there but I imagine that the driver was worried that the car might follow.

[rock runner]

It was when i first got my 4-runner was'nt use to the top heavyness and i went around a corner to fast getting the thing on 2 wheels on dry road somehow i managed to get it back on to 4 wheels and all can remeber is lookn at the side angle on the dash reading about 45 degrees and it only goes upto 30. :o

[brianonpatrol]

Hell...its ALL scary at the moment for us novices!!!!! ;D ;D ;D
I think for me the scary bit was being at home last weekend while my wife took the Patrol on a club run to the local forest.... ;D ;D ;D Nah... I am kidding... she is the better driver of the two of us... even off road!!! ;)
(She sensed a little mirth when she arrived at the meet up... particularly from two young guys... she pointed out to them much later that it was her women driven Patrol that towed their men driven Toyota up a hill!)

I once slipped a twin power scraper over the edge of a stockpile of clay at Craigieburn brickworks. Just managed to get the nose around and drive it down sideways with the nose just in front. No ROPS either in those days so my cheeks had a good grip.

Hey forget that last post. Some bastards will not stick to format! I just thought one on something like that would inspire more of those cliffhangers and backward, sideways lifters.

Did not mean to kill off excellant thread.

Please come back, I'll put my spoiler away!

[Humpy]

Way too much stress Battla

wasnt an old terex was it battla.... ;D

wasnt an old terex was it battla.... ;D




No shed, Cat 637 but i learnt on terex in the west. Man were they a monster! Only suspension was seat and that a small shock absorber not air. Only one way to drive them over coronations was to hang on (seat belt was useless as it would cut you in half), give it stick and it would eventually float over coronations. Fun for a twenty year old though with 871 either end.

Came in on my shift once and opposite shift guy must of had a rough time. Machine was sitting at bottom of ramp (another reason for givin them shit was to climb ramp) with waterlevel load and lifting rod busted.

He would have had it at full tilt when rod busted, bowl hits deck and load (top half) moved slightly north thru cab (seat and windscreen), over bonnet and up the ramp twenty or thirty feet. No damage to windscreen so he musta been holdin on.

Most of the time they were boring but every once in a while along comes a bit of adrenalin pusher.

[lilgirl]

this part not so scary. more silly really..
I use to own a terios(i know a baby car & not so much a big 4WD) :'(, but hey we all start somewhere..Anyways, first off road trip with it was into a national park in NSW and i got to this lil(and i mean lil)creek and i turn to my friend and ask if it's sfae to cross, her reply was, 'Gees mate my ute could make it thru. that little thing.' what can i say it was my first time off road while driving, might add that i had just driven up and down muddy hills that afternoon and was worried about a smalle creek..lol..

Scary now, doing 80km down a busy road in my terois on my way to a party and BOOM back left tire blows out and with in seconds terios is on other side of road and i am rolling 3-5times along it..No one was hurt TG, and the people that saw it all happen came back for us, was so glad that they were there.. Just a reminder to stay safe while driving anywhere.. :'( :'(

[bbushy]

Ok, i have more than one and i cant decide!
I had the almost exact same as moose happen to me in the otways and i would have said that but that story has already been told >:( joking!

In the Navrun, I know it was stupid but it wasn't my idea, we only had one more photo to get and we knew by the GPS that we were within about 20m of it but had poor coverage and couldn't find it. Anyway, it was down this huge and i mean huge hill that was a steep, clay downhill and the other car that we had with us his wife wouldn't let him take it down (but that's another story!). So we left the car on the side of the track and me and my mate started walking down to find it. Anyway long story short, we ended up having to cross a creek-river thing at the bottom, well me and him jumped on the side steps of the car and crossed all ok. Then on the way back, we had to come back through so me back on the steps, well we went through and had to get a bit of a run up to get out, there were really deep ruts on the other side and dad ended up losing it and dropping into one which threw me off the side and I landed about 10m over, well i couldn't move cos i've got a stuffed back and temporarily paralysed it from bum down, the car started to tip towards me and the guys ran and dragged me out of the way just as the others jumped onthe otherside and tipped it back. pretty scary at the time, cos they reckon it woulda killed me if they hadn't pulled me out

[mud magnet]

The scariest moment i had ever come across was when my old man was bitten by a Centrepied at Cahills Crossing the
border river to Arnhem Land. My old man was going pretty
pale in the face and being a father and son trip there was only one person to drive the Old Nissan G60 back to Darwin
this was when i thirst learnt to drive a 12 years of age. so
away we went dad was hardly speaking but i managed to change the gears and keep it straight. i must admit i did hit a few trees around the bends. Anyway about 1-hour later
i spotted a an old bloke in his old tojo having a billy on the
side of the track. i pulled over taking out his camp fire and
nearly his dog. I jumped out to let him know what was happening and he took over from there. My old man was alright the next day but he was wondering where the burn marks came from underneath the vehicle. :-[

[Casper]

my scary moment was when i was in my brothers car and he had just bought it, we where about to come down a step hill and thought we would walk it first.. as we went down the hill and left me sisternlaw and my niece in the car we turned around as we heard screaming... the handbrake had given way and the 4wd was rolling down the hill we had to run after it as the girls couldnt reach the brake we just got to is before it ran off the edge of a large drop off.... we decided it was then time to have a break and lunch

[cuttin loose]

Scary moment for me and my mates...

We were up at Halidays Point on a mates property. Had a brand spanker Toyota Prado at the time.. one of the guys decided to be a smart ass and do some circle work in the paddock with us all in the car... rear left went into a ditch and we rolled the car onto it's roof.. 1 broke his arm, and 2 of the others needed stiches to deep gashes from the busted glass windows..

the car was 2,00 bucks away from a write-off

[cuttin loose]

oops...meant 2,000 bucks.... my bad.. ;D ;D ;D

[fourbyphil]

Went out with my mate and we were doing some circle work in 1in deep mud. he broke traction and went straight for a ditch he was trying to steer away from it but no traction so his wheel sank into the ditch and he got it up on 1 wheel, back down to 2 and thankfully back onto 4. He had his 3yr old twins in the car aswell. no real damage but his kids where bawling their eyes out. but 5 min later they where begging him to do it again. he wasent game though.

[Troopy93]

6.15 in the morning, 45minutes from the end of a 12 hour night shift, ;D ;D

hit the Westinghouse brakes on the lead Locomotive of a 2 loco 16 truck coal train, little bit of condensation on the track mixed witth coal dust, not condusive to good braking, Hmmmm we don't seem to be slowing down ??? ??? whole kit and caboodle keeps sliding under the Loading station taking the roofs off both loco's turning them into convertibles :-[ :-[

Scared Faark ,Yikes, Me and the fireman had never had so much glass and metal falling around us in our lives, and the noise was scary as buggery.

Well almost as scary as the boss man doing his nana a 1/2 hour later. But we came out of it without a scratch ;D ;D, just a fair arse reaming from management and a grilling from work cover....

[BigBugga]

damm I dont think that one could be beaten

[baby_troupe]

Yikes

[RobertM]

I have seen the result of a Army Land Rover 6x6 with the top of the cab taken off when a winch cable broke. They were not hurt but I wouldn't like to be in the cab when that happened. But I think you know how they feel

6.15 in the morning, 45minutes from the end of a 12 hour night shift, ;D ;D

hit the Westinghouse brakes on the lead Locomotive of a 2 loco 16 truck coal train, little bit of condensation on the track mixed witth coal dust, not condusive to good braking, Hmmmm we don't seem to be slowing down ??? ??? whole kit and caboodle keeps sliding under the Loading station taking the roofs off both loco's turning them into convertibles :-[ :-[

I remember hearing one in Melbourne a bit similar

Scared Faark ,Yikes, Me and the fireman had never had so much glass and metal falling around us in our lives, and the noise was scary as buggery.

Well almost as scary as the boss man doing his nana a 1/2 hour later. But we came out of it without a scratch ;D ;D, just a fair arse reaming from management and a grilling from work cover....


I remember one a little similar to that in Melbourne once Troop. Only this guy was a bit of a dick. Tramdriver thought he would teach a lesson to car driver turning over HIS tracks. Waited till last minute before applying brakes and slammed car. Only prob was car had some plainclothes pulling into the police station. Also the little pile of sand only in front of his wheels, not along track behind wheels, was a bit of a give away to anybody investigating it.

Another one, in Melbourne again (where else do you find the most adventurers), Semi driver had his Looselybuilt converted to convertable by slightly inebriated container jigga driver at the wharf. Seems the driver forgot which end was the back and drove through cab. Needless to say he was spirited away for hte day by his mates and all was covered up!

I don't quite understand why your bosses would be too put out. Bet they had queu after that to drive the only convertables on the line!

[camo]

Was ment to go on 4wd trip with mates from work but ended up having to work. Mate had a duel cab hilux with ifs and were about 1/4hr into trip when he came out off a creek and up the bank. Went right of a drain and left of a tree and front left dropped as a big chunck of dirt under it collapsed. Car went down and apperantly bounced up and over onto it's roof into the drain perficatly.drain was only as wide as car so they had to kick out back window to get out. Driver ended up on passenger roofside and passenger upside down on drivers, dog in back seat ok. only back tail gate not damaged and an hour and three 4wds to get it out. Started it (with a lot of smoke) and drove to cop shop than home. Insurance paid out .

[Troopy93]

Our biggest problem was the sanders hadn't been working for a while b4 this happened ::), but miracuously in the 3 hours it took to get work cover on site they were operable ??? ???. part of the reason we got reamed was because we (didn't use them) and no amount of defending ourselves was going to work >:( >:(...Oh and we drove them with tarps over the top till they got roofs made for them.Boy did that make for a cold lot of night shifts..

[KGal]

If you asked my wife, she could tell many stories, but to me they were all perfectly safe ;)



I have to agree there I Have a few stories but everyone else would probably say they were safe to hehe

[Fenring]

Driving my Navara dual cab out pig hunting at night, in the North of Bourke NSW (yeah, way out back 'o' Bourke) we were crossing an artesian bore drain. Crossing over what passed for a bridge, I was a tad far left and the left side of the car slid off and we were hanging off the side over a two metre drop. I'd had the car for about a month at this point, and was a tad nervous. So was the bloke on the passenger side, who was hanging out in space. We couldn't winch it up as it was caught underneath. A combination of a bottle jack, scissor jack, bits of wood and half a dozen blokes (and my deeply furrowed brow) got it back up. Suffered a bent swaybar mount (and endless highly embellished retellings of the story for some time). That "bridge" is now known as Nissan bridge...... >:(

[baby_troupe]

You should be able to laugh about it now though Fenring

[Fenring]

Yeah, still haven't had the swaybar mount bent back. Might laugh (or not) when I get the bill..... CHING CHING!
The boys showed me the bridge in the light of day. Funny thing is, during the day, the bridge was wide enough to drive a combine harvester over. I reckon it wasn't the same bridge...
Couple of days later at about 5 in the morning, I hit one on the way home at about 60 kays, without even knowing it was there. :-X Christ, it was that narrow if me tyres were wider I would have straddled it.

[chappie]

was away for the weekend to run some dunes, on the way there I staked a front tyre, my mate(usual off road buddy) offered to change to the spare, and I boiled a brew, before we knew it we were off again, time to climb some dunes (well so I thought). as we descended down the last small powdery dune onto the beach we felt a concering wobble and befor I knew it the front wheel had come off and the drivers side of the car took a nose dive into the sand, well i nearly shat myself as the back end of the suzie pivoted towards the air. moral of htat trip, mates that have had a gut full of the "square bear " the night before have a tendancy to put wheel nuts on backwards.

cheers :o :o :o :o

[Baldeagle]

Mine was a head-on a couple of years ago about 900 kms east of Laverton on the Anne Beadell in the middle of the Great Victoria Desert. I was travelling west, mid-arvo, on a pretty corrugated section, thick scrub right to the edge of the track, sharp right-hander, probably doing about 30-35 kph, 100series Cruiser wagon. Because I was on the inside of the bend, vision obscured by scrub, the sar-major saw the vehicle heading towards us a split second before I did and squawked, loudly. It was one of the older square Subaru wagons, probably doing about the same speed as I was. I made a split-second decision to dive left between the Subaru and a bloody tree but at the end of the day the gap was about 18'' too narrow and my front right hand collected his front right hand. My bull-bar and front right-hand wheel took the full force and the tree re-modelled my left-hand side. Needless to say the front right-hand corner of the Subaru was a helluva mess with about 30 degrees negative camber and 30 degrees toe-out!! My front housing and steering gear were bent, tyre U/S, etc, but drivable. We hooked a chain on to the Subaru and pulled the bodywork off the wheel etc and miraculously the front drive shaft hadn't pulled out of the gearbox, so we used all the available adjustment to get his wheel pointing roughly in the right direction and the bloody thing actually drove!! That was the end of his holiday so he turned round and followed us to Laverton and then actually made it back to Perth, chopping out several tyres in the process. About $13000 damage to my Cruiser and the insurance company wanted to write the Subaru off, but I think they fixed it in the end.

[Fenring]

Mud terrains and wet roads.....
Driving home from Melbourne on the Calder Hwy at Faraday in pretty heavy rain, in my old 88 Hilux ute. Had a set of 11R15 Hankook Wild Countrys on it. Wild's right. Hit a gentle right hand sweeper at about 90, guess it was a bit slicker than the rest of the road. Around she goes, swapping ends on me. End up steering it backwards at 90 on a road that gets a lot of trucks, on the wrong side of the road. Off the road I go down and embankment and stop about a foot from a big tree still arse first. Luckily nobody was coming the other way. Had to double diff my way out. Needless to say I got some new hoops the next day.

[Baldeagle]

Hey Fenring, by the time you stopped I guess you needed to snap off a brownie?!

[Fenring]

Yeah, the turtle had his head out. It was raining too hard outside tho. :-\

[2 BRUTAL]

2 of my scarriest moments didn't even happen on a dirt road
the first one was about 5 k's from home, travelling on a bitumen road doing about 120km/h. no hang on 100km/h just in case anybody reads this. the missus is in the passengers seat and pulls the sun visor down and theres a huntsman spider about the size of a monkey on the underside of the visor. she didn't say anything she just undone her seat belt and opened the door at 100 or so km/h and started climbing out of the car screaming. i shit myself cause i didn't know what was going on and it wasn't until the tyres stopped smoking when i pulled over that she was able to say anything, by that time she was already about 50 metres away.
the second time was when i ran over a huge brown snake in the middle of the road and didn't see him come out the back. we drove to the nearest servo jumped clear of the car and went in to get a torch to see if he was tangled up under the car. thankfully we didn't find him because i reckon he would have been a bit pissed off.

[BigBugga]

she didn't say anything she just undone her seat belt and opened the door at 100 or so km/h and started climbing out of the car screaming. i shit myself cause i didn't know what was going on and it wasn't until the tyres stopped smoking when i pulled over that she was able to say anything, by that time she was already about 50 metres away.



I hate to do it but


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA now thats a funny read.

Understood it would scare the shyte out of me if it happened in my car.
But it is funny to read about it

[Fenring]

Fell out of the back of my ute while out spotlighting one night with a loaded shotgun in hand. Gun went off when I hit the deck (thankfully pointing up in the air) Knocked the bejesus out of me, and scared the shite out of me mate. :o

[cuttin loose]

the second time was when i ran over a huge brown snake in the middle of the road and didn't see him come out the back. we drove to the nearest servo jumped clear of the car and went in to get a torch to see if he was tangled up under the car. thankfully we didn't find him because i reckon he would have been a bit pissed off.


we ran over a king brown once... it's head was the size of your computer mouse... it was about 7 feet long too... monster!!
One of the guys took it a chucked it in his freezer... then had it stuffed to show the kiddies when they came down to the property for their camps.... absolute classic...

[Fenring]

I was pig hunting in Goodooga NSW a couple of years back. One of the pig hunters hit a king brown on the motorbike. It ended up hanging on for a while. They told me "If you get bitten by a king brown, find a comfy spot." I wanted to know why. "'Cos that's where your'e gonna DIE." :-\

[baby_troupe]

Learn First Aid & don't travel alone.
Corect treatment of a snake bite (including brown, taipan & the like) & you can live for several days while you await treatment.

[cuttin loose]

yeah BT's right...

i did a couple of courses a while back for bush stuff and general first aid... always very handy..

[Fenring]

So what would you recommend, out in the middle of nowhere, alone, with a king brown hanging off you?

[cuttin loose]

personally i hate snakes...so i'd probably freak out before the damned thing got close enough to bite me.. ;D ;D

just carry a length of chain and stomp them feet when you're walkin.. best way is prevention.. and if required..
a pounding with the chain..

i'm not goin home in a body bag.. ;D

[Fenring]

I've normally got a high powered rifle with me while pigging- works better than a chain! I hear there is a new and fairly cheap anti venom available for dogs. Not available for people though yet.

[baby_troupe]

So what would you recommend, out in the middle of nowhere, alone, with a king brown hanging off you?

Pressure Immobilization of the bitten limb.
Then calmly try to get to medical aid. If possible, try to get them to come to you.
Sit calmly in a shady spot until they arrive & try not to move too much.
If you have to travel, then do so, but calmly & if you see anyone, flag them down & get their help.

[RobertM]

Just do the opposite to the Toyota 100 series ad!

[Zookmad]

Well i was with 2 mates, it had just had a heavy rain fall and we decided to have fun with hill climbs. After 2hrs of hillclimbs we found a kick ass hill. my 2 mates erged me to attempt the hill first. Little did i know that the surface of the hill will be 5 inches thick of mud.. Being young and foolish i flawed up the hill in the little zook untill the frount wheels lift off the ground. natually I stomped on the brakes so i don't go over (very foolish but worked for me) i then started to slide backwards down the hill with the front end of the zook trying to overtake the back. I find myself sliding down the hill sideways with only 2 wheels on the ground. To this day i still don't know how i managed not to roll it And i never have attemped that hill again

[bonza]

Sorry Baby but presssure immobilization went out with the invention of the wheel. Up to date treatment says stabilization of patient without undue stress (which includes stress created by pressure). Glad i wasn't bit with your assistance at hand!

[baby_troupe]

Sorry Baby but presssure immobilization went out with the invention of the wheel. Up to date treatment says stabilization of patient without undue stress (which includes stress created by pressure). Glad i wasn't bit with your assistance at hand!

I have just (2 weeks ago) completed an Occupational First Aid course with NSW Ambulance service.
Pressure Immobilization (not tornequet) is still the correct treatment.

[baby_troupe]

Also for further information see http://www.usyd.edu.au/anaes/venom/snakebite.html

[cuttin loose]

don't forget that good ol' common sense plays a large role in survival too... ;D ;D

My scariest moments, two that come to mind so far, was both times fighting fires. The first time i was patrolling a fire that was almost out during the night in a cat9 appliance. which is basically a Land Rover Discovery with a 900 litre tank on the back and a diesel water pump and hose reel. Well..... on this bulldozed fire trail that went over a ridge and down hill REAL STEEP!! it was loose as hell and 6 inches thick with bulldust. as i started to go down the hill in too high a gear, i think 3rd low, the vehicle started to slide a little, and, being the FIRST time i had driven a 4WD off road.......... hit the brakes...... needless to say, the vehicle went completely sideways and out of control down a long steep hill. I narrowly missed a protruding tree root that would have flipped the thing over for sure!! i think i must be a masochist, because that was were i first got the bug for 4WDing ;D
Second one was also in an RFS vehicle.... i was driving along the edge of a grass fireon the side of a hill....... i was watching the guy with the hose in the side mirror to make sure i didn't get too far ahead of him.....well i didn't see the hill get steeper and steeper through the smoke, by the time i noticed...... i was canted way to the side, i think they say that those trucks tip at about between 17 & 25 degrees i think i was at about 24.99!!! i hit a tuft of bull grass and the front wheel hung for what seemed forever...... but was actually about 5 seconds..... i near shat myself!!! i have no idea how i got it across and up the hill........ but i soon learned from it!! i had the skid marks to prove it!! 8)

[ttcelica]

Scariest moment??

2.5 weeks ago when i rolled the 80 series in the Watagans, Going up the Powerline Track (frequent rollover track), stradling a rut, front wheel bicked up 2 foot high rock step. This would have been fine if the rear wheels (diff lock ON) hadnt decided to drive themselves to the right, into the rut. Front drivers wheel popped up in the air, and it ALMOST stopped right then and there on 3 wheels. But, of course, it went all the way over, landing hard (as a 2.5 tonne cruiser does ;D)on the edge of the rut. I remember having to pull my girlfriend back into the car as we were going down, cos she kept sticking her arm out the window to try and stop it from going over (natural reaction i spose!). Any faster, and it would have rolled ALL the way over and into the bush, on its roof.

Verdict.....$12,000 damage. In the smash repairers now, and SHOULD have it back by Friday

Phill

Thats gotta suck Phill :-\ hope ya get it back soon!

[baby_troupe]

Scariest moment??

2.5 weeks ago when i rolled the 80 series in the Watagans, Going up the Powerline Track (frequent rollover track), stradling a rut, front wheel bicked up 2 foot high rock step. This would have been fine if the rear wheels (diff lock ON) hadnt decided to drive themselves to the right, into the rut. Front drivers wheel popped up in the air, and it ALMOST stopped right then and there on 3 wheels. But, of course, it went all the way over, landing hard (as a 2.5 tonne cruiser does ;D)on the edge of the rut. I remember having to pull my girlfriend back into the car as we were going down, cos she kept sticking her arm out the window to try and stop it from going over (natural reaction i spose!). Any faster, and it would have rolled ALL the way over and into the bush, on its roof.

Verdict.....$12,000 damage. In the smash repairers now, and SHOULD have it back by Friday

Phill


Ahhhh so was this you?

http://www.offroader.com.au/overlander/WatagansTT.jpg


I heard about this one from some of the guys on the other board.

[ttcelica]

Woooot!!! Thats me alright!! ;D

Got it back on friday, driving it home, BANG!! Front drivers wheel comes off the car!! No panel damage, just rooted brakes.........panel shop is fixing it free of charge....AS THEY SHOULD!!! >:(

[zook37]

Driving down a lonely dirt road in my Vitara in the middle of the nigh when it was two weeks old, less tha 3,000klms on the clock, roundind a bend doing 80kph (was a 100kph limit) The left rear wheel caught a rather large pothole. One minute i was facing the road, the next I was sliding completely sideways facing the scrub spottin possums with the narva's. I did the first thing i could think of and just jammed on the brakes, all of the sudden the car leaned sharply to the right and I thought she was a goner! Through some miracle the front right caught the road shoulder and spun me around backwards and to a complete stop. With nothing more to show than hugely dented pride I continued home very slowly :(.
Two years earlier I got run of the highway by a truck over taking a bus at 100 kph. He claims he didn't see me. Yeah I could understand that with a big XF falcon headlights blazing. Only cost me a new sump and crossmember that fell victim to a hidden rock o the way down the 2m embankment. Built tonka tough that one! ;)

i had a very scary moment yesterday.... i wasn't gonna post it cuz it wasn't off-road...... I got stuck behind some dear old bird driving an old Corolla...... 30kph ALL THE WAY INTO TOWN!!!! about 4 kilometres :-X No risk to me or my vehicle...... the scary part was.... as i turned onto Kelly St in Scone..... i went to go past the old bird..... and sure enough, in the right hand lane..... a VOLVO DRIVER!!!!! with bowls hat and cardigan going just as slow!!!! now THAT is scary shit!!

[zook37]

Isn't a sequence of events like that the first sign of the apocolypse or something... ;D

nahhhhh first sign would have been TWO Volvos!!! :-X

[2 BRUTAL]

hey ROE DAO that sounds like my mum and dad. i wondered where they went. thanks mate.

hahahaha moved to Scone it seems!!

[Safariboy]

A couple of years ago went 4wding with a mate in a bj40, none of us had really done any before, went down a really steep firebreak, mate hit the brakes, truck skidded sideways, then slowly rolled onto its side, then kept going over, don't remember anything else, but mates said it went over about 10-12 times, luckily FRP roof flew off and we all flew out top except me who went thruough side window, managed to gash under armpit scratching my lung and break a collar bone. I was the worst injured. Rescue helicopter flew over and asked where the bodies were, reckoning noone could survive it. Went back next day and realised how lucky we were as bonnet came through front window and took out front seats. Insurance company had to get a bulldozer to tow it down hill, and driver said it was pulling it down the hill it was so steep. Pretty cautious when 4wding now needless to say.

[Fenring]

Yeah, that's certainly pretty scary.

[BLU-125]

In about '75 I decided one of these LJ50 Suzuki's would be safer than my dirt bikes in the bush. First day out using some tracks on the western (Kenmore) side of Mt CootTha(?) I tried one of the climbs that was a bit testing on my RT450 Ducati, which ended at about TCN9.

Couldn't make it to the top so I tried to turn around to drive down.

Fortunately a tree stopped the rollover!

Hated sideslopes ever since.

........ went down a really steep firebreak, mate hit the brakes, truck skidded sideways.......

I made that same mistake the first time i drove off-road. It was also on a fire break..... but in a 1999 Disco TD with a full load of water and fire gear on it..... luckily for me the truck slid sideways all the way down the hill and narrowly missed a tree root sticking out of the trail, that would have flipped us for sure. see post Nov 18.
My Rodeo did a similar thing the other day, started to slip sideways under brakes, but before it got any chance to go sideways i powered out of the slide, but i managed to pound a few rocks with the underside of the car though as it bounced down the track. I ended up managing to slow it down by just letting the engine stop me without touching the brakes hehe Scared me a little, but i'd never admit it to the wife or kids ;D

[nqgu]

A King Brown Story for you-

This article actually appeared in a newspaper in Darwin, Australia.

A Darwin man told yesterday how his left arm was amputated after being bitten nine times by a deadly snake. Gordon Lyons said he almost died after his heart stopped three times on the operating table at Royal Darwin Hospital.

He spent seven weeks in a coma and was kept alive with a dyalysis machine and a ventilator after a king brown bit his left arm two months ago.


Mr Lyons, who has not regained movement in his legs, said doctors revived him three times on the operating table. He said: "I'm lucky to be here right now." But I still can't believe my arm's been chopped off just for one snake. I still have my life and I guess that's the most important thing."

Mr Lyons said he was bitten by the snake, considered to be one of the most venomous, after he picked it up from the side of the road near Litchfield.
Mr Lyons, who admitted he was drunk at the time, said he and a mate had been driving from Mandorah to Darwin when they saw it.


He said: "I remembered the guys at Mandorah Pub wanted something to put in their huge fish tank. "But I made the stupid mistake of grabbing it with my left hand because I was holding a beer in my right one. I had its head in my hand but it got loose and grabbed the web of my left hand - its fangs were that big it ripped my hand open.


"I tore it off me and put it in a plastic bag and threw it in the back of the car.
"For some stupid reason, I stuck my hand back in the bag, and it must have smmelled blood, and it bit me another eight times."


Mr Lyons said he started vomitting and suffering diarrhoea "about three seconds later". He said: "My mate was trying to keep me awake by whacking me in the head and pouring beer on me."


Mr Lyons said his last memory was passing out, covered in blood, at the Noonamah Hotel moments before being taken by ambulance to the Royal Darwin Hospital.


RDH specialist physician Bart Currie said the venom had caused severe damage to Mr Lyons' muscles, which led to his left arm turning black and becoming "dead".
Mr Currie said: "Of all the snake bites in Australia I'm aware of, this man is the sickest to have ever survived.

it's kinda ironic that i read that story after just getting home from doing my "Responsible Service of Alcohol" course..... kinda makes sense after reading that hehehe

i missed an opportunity to take a good picture on the weekend!!!!! i got rather pissed off actually..... cuz i always take my camera with me when we do training.......
We were going out to do pumping training (on a fire truck!!! get yer minds out of the gutter) and the guy driving the Cat1 tanker drove around the top of the dam and turned down towards the water where the cat7 had just gone (Canter) i was behind in my fourby..... he turned left off the bank, and how the truck didn't roll down the hill i will never know!! scared the shit out of me and i wasn't even in it!!! it lurched and slid a little.... luckily, we had a little rain a day or two beforehand and the wheels bit in a bit and he managed to turn it down the hill without flipping it...... woulda been fun tryin to explain how we wrecked a $250,000 truck :-X
The photo would have been friggin brilliant!!! from now on i'm gonna MAKE SURE i carry my damn camera with me!

I watched a foreign family that where in a vehicle that was.....manufactured in there home country, rav four(rented). they where on stockton beach, could not even speaka de english and they where in a position that would terrify me. had attempted to drive down a steep dune on 45 degrees, the thing had a wheel in the air and the wind was literally blowin it forward and back with two blokes holding the weight down to avoid rolling. I backed my 4b up at the top and was about to join my strap and take up the slack, the beach ranger and i could not find any proper tow points, only shipping tie downs. this crazy ranger jumped in to the toy and feathered both the throttle and the brake(it was auto) but in stead of pointing it in the right direction, down he actually steered it up???? but it worked and i would guess he comes across this all the time and has an idea. after this the ranger took off in there car an done laps driving down the dune twice just to stick the knife in. it was definately a learning experience and i wish i too had a camera.

[Wilesy]

I don’t really have one that sticks out…I have rolled, burnt, flooded, shunted, tipped over, blew up, and every other bad thing that can happen whilst out in the bush…

The only scary thing that really comes to mind is crossing a fairly deep river at Yolwal, after it was raining for a couple of days, and about half way across, (The water was level with the windscreen…) :o the vehicle lost traction, and the current pushed us sideways about 50 metres until we hit hard ground again……That time, I really was scared as I had the kids in the truck!

My wife nearly divorced me that weekend. :'(

My wife just won't go 4WDing with me any more :-X dunno if thats a good thing or not LOL shhhhh YIKES.. she's coming!! *runs away*

Funny thing about that snake story up there..the king brown at darwin...
nowhere in that story did it mention he ever put his beer down ;D
even when it was shakin itself loose.. ya gotta cling on to that beer ;D ;D
woohooo I wanna meet this bloke he's done well! ;D

hahahahahahaha ;D ;D ;D ;D too funny

[MUDRIG]

Hey Roe good to see your still scared of ya missus! ;) ;D ;D

Just kidding mate! *gets slapped on the back of the head by his missus*

[zook37]

Taking my fourby off road for the first time was pretty scary. 89klms on the clock and sneaking in between some rather large trees and rocks being careful not to scratch the three day old duco. :(

That wore off pretty quick, I soon forgot the vow to the missus that I wouldn't scratch it until we owned it. ;D

She didn't though............. :( :( :(
That was a long and lonely weekend, i split a seam on the muffler after hitting a rock. Let's just say you coulda cut the tension with a knife. :P
This was when the car was 12months old but she just didn't let me forget it for weeks.

damage done off-raod is different!! you wear it like a trophy, even if it was done through stupidity!! hehe I flew off the handle at a scratch done in the carpark..... but today while i was out, i ran over a big mother of a branch that flew up and came within a whisker of knockin my head off..... left a mark, and i showed the wife (with a smile) as soon as i got home ;D

[zook37]

Exactly!!! Each scratch and dent tells a story, thankfully the missus did come round eventually and realised that's what we bought the damn thing for! Now at times she scares me off road!! ;D She doesnt drive the fourby much, but is always at me to push it a little harder. most recently only last weekend whilst touring through a local national park, past over an old cattle grid that was raised up like a bit of a jump. Hit it doing about 60 and got the stomach in the throat sensation. To my shock and dismay she looked at me and said."20k's faster and we coulda gotten air over that! whats wrong with you!" :o

Whats wrong with me??! I chose not to remind her of her over reaction to the muffler incident years earlier, little did she realise that is pretty much how the damage was done in the first place. :-\
oh how te tables turn ::)

hahahahaha mine was so impressed with her first 4WD outing that she won't go any more LOL she usually feins working or study as an excuse....

[DIRTY]

Either that or they get bored because tou spend an hour recovering off a "dry weather only track" just after a thunderstorm. ;D Gotta love the chalenge whilst not damaging the track.

[nqgu]

Scary moment No 1- Picture this- early 80's car rally. More scary for my navvie than for me! ;D but still scary.

I am driving Toyota rally car we are on a transport section ie non competitive but we are having fun so we still travel at a fair rate of knots. Don't want to let on too much, lets just say we are doing more than 100k/h.

Navvie calls "Caution grid x distance"
My reply "have we been over this one before"
Navvie" yep"
Me " is it flat?"
Navvie "Yep"

throttle stays in same position.

Now this is the early 80's and the car is older than that and not quite as well balanced as they are now :'(

We hit the grid which is far from flat (not navvies fault as we are travelling in the opposite direction). Car is launched, rear wheels rise and rise and rise and front sinks and sinks and we land on the bumper bar and somehow the front wheels make contact at around the same time :o

Navie who is always looking down only looks up to see dirt in front of the windscreen and it appears to be raining gravel on the windscreen.

New jocks all round!!!

i had a similar experience a few years back, although no navvie.... was in my Commodore...... was hooning along a dirt road trying to do my best rally driver imitation ::) i came around the bend and headed towards a grid..... came around sideways.... striaghtned up (woulda looked good from outside) and floored it as i went through the cattle grid, the road dropped off a little on the other side of the grid and cuz i was still under power.... the rear broke loose and around i went :-X about 3 or 4 times....... all i saw was trees and dirt and trees. How i didn't hit one is beyond me! needless to say.... i kinda backed off doing my rally driver imitations after that!

[bonza]

WOW

[yellashorty40]

Mine was at Lancelin WA cruisin ova the dunes and i didnt see a drop off before it was too late. It was about a metre and a half drop and i hit it at about 50 klicks and had a head on with the ground ... roo bar before wheels damn was that a hard knock. Ripped me rear spotty off and folded my number plate in half and oh yer i bent and engine mount about 5 mils and i think i cracked a bit of the body but she still went and still goes. Good old 40 series ey!

On stockton beach and someone i was with was flyin over the dunes like he knew what was on the other side. My g.f. and I are cursin him watchin him from behind. Eventually we catch up within 10 mtrs of him and back off before the lip of the dune. All we can see is the underbody of his rodeo(work vehicle), dune was like a cliff and he went straight down it. Pushed the bullbar back far enough to smash both guards, the bonnet and the grill, and the poor puppy sitting on the back seat......... ended up on the dashboard. And this is why I made a pact to never go to the beach with him again.

[baby_troupe]

OK I had a new scary moment yesterday.
While driving out of a carpark, I saw a person on the other side of the road, collapsed on a driveway.
I found somewhere to park safely & saw a guy trying to roll this guy over to his side, when I asked what is going on.
He said he came across this guy who had collapsed & the guys skin was starting to turn blue / grey.
I gave him a a hard pinch to see if he was conscious (no response) & helped roll him to the recovery position & he started bubbling from the mouth, but unfortunately the guy at the head end (who claimed to be an ex army medic) didn't give the proper head tilt.
Unfortunately this caused him to stop breathing, so we performed EAR & kept him alive until the Ambos arrived about 15 to 20 minutes later. (I personally did not give EAR, but I did give the guy doing it my mask I carry).
One of my observations was a puncture wound to the inside of his right arm & a needle connected to a sirynge with about 20ml of a clear luiquid with what looked like traces of blood in it.
When the ambos go there, we continued EAR until they got set up, then they took over.
They gave him a quick check over then gave him a dose of NARCAN & I was amazed at how quickly he came around.
When the ungreatful sod did come around, he basically gave everyone there a hard time, swinging punches etc, which is when I decided I would ask the paramedics if they have it under control before leaving.
When you see a person in the state this guy was in, I was glad I helped out, but when you see what sort of jerk he became after you save his life, you wonder is it worth it.

[zook37]

Sad state of affairs when that sort of thing happens. And do-gooders wonder why people become so hostile towards the poor junkies. Personally I have no sympathy for them, I do however have sympathy for the people who are left to pick up the pieces like the paramedics, police and bystanders who do nothing more than try to help and as you saw BT, With these scumbags more often than not becoming violent towards those that are trying to help. Might sound harsh but sometimes you have to wonder if it's better to leave them be. Unfortunately as you saw in this case, It's not always easy to tell at first. :(

[grumpy221]

mmmm......flipped a HK Holden Monaro end over end once 3 1/2 times .....ouch.

[zook37]

:o very ouch!

Bet you were sore after that little episode. :o

[BigDaveChal]

Back in 1988 I had a 1969 MkII Cortina, on the highway from SYdney to Newcastle, doing about 110 kmh (legal) and surrounded by trucks. Next thing, wham, the real wheel comes flying off!!!!! :o manged to come to a sliding halt in the repair lane, changed dacks and towed home!!!

David

Speakin of scary moment. I am the worlds biggest pussie when it comes to side slopes an the truck leaning. Went out with muzza an lachie an I near shit myself on an angle. Apparently I was nowhere near the point of no return, it just feels worse from in the cabin ;D

[zook37]

You're not alone there, I can stand being just about vertical forwards or backwards, but I hate side slopes. Actually probably the main reason would be I'm thinking of the cost of genuine parts like, electric mirror assembly, roof rails, windows, doors. also explaining to the missus why the Vitara is 2 inches narrower, now THAT scares the crap outa me. ;D ;)

Speakin of scary moment. I am the worlds biggest pussie when it comes to side slopes an the truck leaning. Went out with muzza an lachie an I near shit myself on an angle. Apparently I was nowhere near the point of no return, it just feels worse from in the cabin ;D


I'm the same matey...... when we went to Stewarts Brook with the club a few weeks back we went on a mountain trail that was overgrown and washed out on a few places...... we had to drive on the washout to get back onto the track.... the car was leaning badly!! and when you drive over a friggin big rock that you can't avoid.......... i tell ya... i was sitting a few inches higher after that trip... was good though!! hehe

[LoveMyLux]

Driving along the banks of a river after an overnight storm. The track goes around a bend between a big gum and the water... reverse camber. Needless to say I was only going about 10 ks but that was obvioulsly too fast and the back end wants to overtake the front... :o on the low side of the incline. Brakes on!! and just stopped with the back wheels out of the water (only just... it was a very steep slope off the track) and the front poining up towards the tree. Thought I was going for a really big swim that day.

RD

[Fieldsy]

Came home from the pub and told the missis I just spent 2 grand on a rusted 40 series :o

Came home from the pub and told the missis I just spent 2 grand on a rusted 40 series :o


SHIT!!!!!! that must have been REAL scary!! :o :o
How long was ya in hospital for?

[Fieldsy]

only a week and the doc says i might be able to have kid's when the swelling goes down. that is if my body dosen't regect the transplant's ;)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *falls over laughing*

thats priceless!!!


That would be like me coming home and saying "honey..... i spent 700 bux on a front lokka" instead of saying... "honey... can i PLEASE buy a lokka? won't cost much" hehe

[2 BRUTAL]

side slopes are definately worse than up or down hills. went playing last weekend and got stuck on a pretty mean hill. back right wheel was in a big hole and the front left was about 5 foot off the ground. i thought we were going over backwards for a minute. i felt a lot safer when the winch got connected.

[2 BRUTAL]

filling your pants on a cold day isn't all bad. it helps keep ya warm.
for a while any way. :'( :'( :-X ;D ;D

[Fieldsy]

:'( :'( :-X ;D ;D
pmsl that says it all.
It's a step by step!

[FJ60]

My scariest moment is when we bogged our 2inch lifted crusier up past the side steps at dunbogan nsw. It was a resonably hard beach and we didnt let the 33 by 10.5s down. The tide was about 5metres away on the run in and we had no snatch strap, winch,CB or other vechile within range. we managed to move it just in time with a bottle jack and some drift wood. We now always air our tyres down

[Smitty]

This didn't happen to me but a mate of mine in his MQ patrol. We had spent the best part of the day four wheel driving with no dramas and were just about to head home but thought we would give one last track a go. There were 3 vehicles - my 80 series, a GU Patrol and the MQ. We ended up coming to a track that followed the power lines and lead to a really steep hill. This day was very wet so this made the hill - best part of it being grass - extremely slippery. I was leading and stopped at the crest of the hill to take a look. My mate in his GU also pulled up but the MQ just drove straight on past us and over the crest. We were screaming out to him to stop but he just kept on going. Before we knew it he turned slightly to try and follow a track that went down the hill - but the back end slipped out sideways. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. We were running after him as his forby started to gain speed sideways going straight down the hill. Even we were having trouble standing as it went straight down. The car then started to 360 as he had his foot planted to the floor (out of fear). He slid about 50 metres down the hill until he finally smashed into the road that lay at the bottom. Somehow the MQ didn't tip over and he ended up hitting the road with the corner of his bull bar which ended up bending his whole chasis and front end.

One of the scariest things I've witnessed.

This didn't happen to me but a mate of mine in his MQ patrol. We had spent the best part of the day four wheel driving with no dramas and were just about to head home but thought we would give one last track a go. There were 3 vehicles - my 80 series, a GU Patrol and the MQ. We ended up coming to a track that followed the power lines and lead to a really steep hill. This day was very wet so this made the hill - best part of it being grass - extremely slippery. I was leading and stopped at the crest of the hill to take a look. My mate in his GU also pulled up but the MQ just drove straight on past us and over the crest. We were screaming out to him to stop but he just kept on going. Before we knew it he turned slightly to try and follow a track that went down the hill - but the back end slipped out sideways. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. We were running after him as his forby started to gain speed sideways going straight down the hill. Even we were having trouble standing as it went straight down. The car then started to 360 as he had his foot planted to the floor (out of fear). He slid about 50 metres down the hill until he finally smashed into the road that lay at the bottom. Somehow the MQ didn't tip over and he ended up hitting the road with the corner of his bull bar which ended up bending his whole chasis and front end.

One of the scariest things I've witnessed.


Sounds particularly nasteh!!! scary to watch, but damn gratefull it wasn't you :-\

[taziiy]

very scary glad to hear everybody is ok :o

[kitch76]

They always say its the last attempt or track that will break something

[dogbreath_48]

Coming round a corner in my 75 a few months ago, onroad, going about 20 since it was practically a hairpin and i had about a ton of bricks in the tray. I heard the screehing of tyres and looked in my mirrors (thinking somenoe was coming into the back of me since i was going so slow) but then looked up so see an out of control falcon, wheels locked up, comnig straight across the double lines. Anyway he must have hit me at about 30-40 (quick enough!), back of the falcon got 1.5 meters in the air before landing and rolling back into a bank. The cruiser got pushed about a meter to the side (he hit the front drivers side). Me and my dad were ok (just bruising and sprains), the falcon people were hospitalised (not too bad, neck/rib/shoulder injuries). The cruiser was a near writeoff; the chassis twisted so badly the passenger door split open, the front diff rolled back in to split open the sump, engine mounts twisted, tray collided with the back of the cab (we're lucky it didn't come off completely and crush us). Almost written off for 13,000.
Neway that wasn't the scary bit, i got scared when i went round the same corner that night driving a mere VK commodore...

-Stu :)

[Fenring]

Coming back from Hay lone night ast week this semi was coming the other way, and was a tad far over our side I thought. I didn't move too far over as I was towing and didn't want to hit the gravel shoulder as it was a right hand sweeper. To our horror, the semi was a road train and the second half (which we couldn't initially see) swung out real wide, kind of like a big Chinese dragon. I reckon we had about 6 inches b/w the truck and my side mirror. I hope he enjoyed his eggs and bacon at Hay roadhouse.

I once ended up on the wrong side of the road facing an oncoming vehicle....... i was trying to get a fly out the window...... bastage was pissing me off....... anyway...... as quick as ya like..... i was almost completely on the wrong side of the road, luckily it was before i got the fourby and i violently swung the Commondoor back onto the correct side of the road with the guy in the car going the other way leaning on his horn....... scared the spit out of my mate, he was still as white as a sheet when we got to Coonabarabran :-X :-[ you don't realise how easily it can happen.

[kitch76]

Me and a mate were heading to Redbank from Ipswich one afternoon in his lux, anyhow he decided to over take slower trafic up hill with poor visability of the road ahead in a 2.8 Deisel. Well this was never going to happen, so when a car came from the other direction and when the fool behind us closed up the gap we came out of we had no choice but to go right up an enbankment and into a paddock. One set of clean undies on order!! :-X :-X

everytime my missus wants to drive an A grade track, ive had to change my undies several times. she is starting to get better though.....

Had a VERY scary moment yesterday!!! i was doing a delivery for work..... well........ i saw....... *sigh* this is so distressing to talk about..... it fills me with fear and i get panic attacks..........


i saw 3 cars full of bowls ladies!!!!!! all wearing hats and cardigans!!!! i swerved all over the road!! i had to pull over and take a deep breath :-X Was the most frightening thing i have EVER seen on the road! And they were travelling at the great rate of knots of about 35kph!!!!


*goes off for some serious counselling*

[zook37]

Holy Crap Roe!!! :o

Now I know this is hard, but you're gonna have to try and be strong and stay focused. Remember, it's over now and you can get on with rebuilding your shattered life. I don't envy you pal, the next few months will be the hardest. You need to understand that the night terrors you face will be horrendous! :-\

I think it's time the coalition of the willing did something to stamp out the threat of Bowls ladies.

WON"T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!


;D ;D ;)

Holy Crap Roe!!! :o

Now I know this is hard, but you're gonna have to try and be strong and stay focused. Remember, it's over now and you can get on with rebuilding your shattered life. I don't envy you pal, the next few months will be the hardest. You need to understand that the night terrors you face will be horrendous! :-\

I think it's time the coalition of the willing did something to stamp out the threat of Bowls ladies.

WON"T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!


;D ;D ;)


I'm trying mate.......... but it's not easy :-[ You HAD to be there to see it!! it was just awfull!! :'(

[zook37]

sigh It's never easy even just thinking about attrocities like this. Gives me chills just thinking about it. :o

people just don't realise that we have these threats to our society!! Weapons of Mass Destruction my ass!! what about bowls day!!!!!!!!

I'm just thankfull that one of them wasn't driving a Volvo!!!!!

;D ;DJerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry Jerry ;D ;D

[zook37]

Jerry cant help, we need steve 8)

[zook37]

I spend too much time watching television. ::)

[Bucking Fox]

Reminds me of the time I saw a Volvo containing a family all wearing Bicycle Helmets!



i saw 3 cars full of bowls ladies!!!!!!

[als4b]

anzac day 2004 two 4bs drinving out the back of dingo dell just coming on dark. Hubs were locked in but driving in 2wd not paying attention to the road in front ( 1st mistake)driving along and talking to my girlfriend. Track become very steep and the 4b stalled went for my brakes but i had none. With next to no engine braking being in high range and no brakes a 2 tonne hilux has no were to go but back the way it came since it was over twenty meters to the bottom we had troubles. i tried to steer it into a big tree but missed it and travelled further down the hill riding up the high side of the track which flipped us over onto our roof thenonto our side finally stopping against a tree which stopped us from rolling a further 20 meters

[als4b]

years of driving and all it took was 1 silly moment of not thinking and to make matters worse it was now dark my mate who also has many years of driving drove up the road turned around to use his winch came back ndown the hill miss judge the side of the road rolled his car straight over and onto the top of mine. 3 hours later we drove back to camp. 2 guys with many years of expeirence had a bad night and the dog doesn't hang out the window much any more

[disco95]

1987, We were moving from Perth to Melbourne (that's scary enough when I think about it). Anyway I was 18 years old, we had a series 3 landy ute with a canvas canopy on the back. Dad was driving, Mum in the passenger seat and us three kids and the dog in the back, towing a huge furniture trailer behind. We were on the Nullabor doing about 90kms, they were doing the road up and we were on a dirt road running along side the bitumen. Fortunately the track was pretty wide as suddenly the back end let go, trailer and land rover were sideways, at 90 this was quite unsettling. I dont know how but Dad managed to pull her back in line before anything bad happened.

[Mental MU]

They always say its the last attempt or track that will break something



Damn straight! When it's close to hometime and the words 'Just one more track' comes from someones mouth, we go home- learning the hard way is a prick of a thing!

[FJ60]

This was scary!

Our family was coming back from the snow at barrington on a dirt road and wed had a few late nights before. I was asleep as was my mum and brother. When me dad went to sleep at the whell doing about 60kmph. We went up the steep sidebank at angle of im guessing 40 degrees and if it wasnt for my dads very slow reaction time we would have rolled it. Lucily there was no damage to the car or passengers a bit of a scare though.

[jeeptheone]

:o

We did a run up to Dwellingup to the Nanage Hertitage Trail

It had rained the day before and we did the right thing and checked the depth of all the water crossings (mud).

I was the last to go through and i must have been off line by about 6 inches and the front end of the jeep went under! My bum ripper the velour off the seat, water was about to come through the windows, my wife was yelling, the kids giggling (must remeber the jeep was a petrol and no snorkel) so I layed on the power and out we popped!

I needed to pay closer attention to the line of my tyres and the previous 4wds route!!!

Jeep nearly had its first submarine!

[HnM]

I need to get my crap on the road so I can have some new scary moments :'(

[nqgu]

Telling the boss I need to repair the work car- 2003 Toyota Camry becasue I tried to get around a 7 hour highway delay (double fatality) by taking a bush track I found on my GPS.

Got a long way along road no problems but return trip was interesting Imagine Toyota Camry straddling nearly 1 metre deep wash out on a 1/2 metre step up...btw she made it up with selective wheel placement and three attempts (two involved jacking to get it back down again).

One of the hills was too steep so I had to go up backwards (front wheel drive) for about 2 k.

Scary momnet in the office next morning explaining the need for repairs to plastic bits

[Nig]

This one kind of got my attention (yes I was the nut behind the wheel)
http://www.4x4world.com.au/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=215

[BushTuckerNed]

How did u roll there?

[Nig]

There we some huge ruts on a failry steep downhill, and as it pivoted over a hump on the front right and back left corners, the front left came down on the side of the rut and sort of slid to the bottom - that combined with the momentum and it all fell over. Lucky I had a seat belt on else I would have flattened the guy in the passenger seat!

[BushTuckerNed]

There we some huge ruts on a failry steep downhill, and as it pivoted over a hump on the front right and back left corners, the front left came down on the side of the rut and sort of slid to the bottom - that combined with the momentum and it all fell over. Lucky I had a seat belt on else I would have flattened the guy in the passenger seat!

Much damage?

[Nig]

Not really - it needed a new door, mirror and front fender - the rest pulled out OK and the windscreen did not even crack. Insurance fixed it, and as I could show them the road on a map they did not even hit me for an off-road excess :D :D :D
Tough truck the old Rodeo

[taziiy]

Cool as long everything worked out well for you :D

all i can say is....... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D go the Deo!!

[BushTuckerNed]

Well if it was a hilux, it wouldnt of tipped in the first place

[keph]

A few years ago i rolled my old ute (92 Triton X-cab) about 100k's west of dalby. which is about 450k's from home. came round a corner in the middle of no where and the road went from bitumen to gravel and was cambered the wrong way. When i hit the gravel it was like tryin to drive on marbels! Started to slide sideways, touched the peddle to straighten up and it just gripped and changed direction and headed straight for a embankment which we went up then just rolled off! land on it's side
First thing that i said to my mate in the passenger seat? "you hear that? the cd player didn't skip!

Lukily someone drove past and pulled us back over.

had do drive it home aswell. apart from all the panel damage, managed to bent the rear diff and axel and buggered the brakes which made for an interesting drive home.
I got pulled over by the cops just out of town and i told them what happened.
Thier response was "Yeah happens all the time there"!
not happy!

[RedGQ]

[Tell us all your most scary moment behind the wheel.]

See my topic of "Snatch Beware". It wasn't scary at the time but is hell scary the more I think about it. Just stupidity really :-[

[Hoonz]

mmm prolly my mega pucka factor was at 2004 mud bull and music short course in the rain
prolly applies to the other thread "steep decents"

very steep decent into the gorge bout 2 ute lengths long
with a 3foot vertical in the middle and rainning

hand brake on ... and i have crawlers and i was air'd down to 10psi front and rear

got down the ledge and the arse end came up vertical onto the front bar ... hit the go peddle to the floor then it leaned over sideways onto a tree and the front wheel grabbed and pulled the front out and sat the arse back on terrafirma

[brokelux]

Driving to work 7.30 am 100klm/hr

in my now deceased 85 ute body hilux

Barina coming towards me

wallaby jumps out :o

Barina swerves ???

sees bullbar coming towards him :o

swerves back to his side of the road :-*

gets crossed up in the gravel on side of road :-\

swerves back on to the road ::)

drives very skillfully under my right hand rear >:(

hilux does very impressive half pike with a twist :-X

(went onto its nose twisted once with its butt facing the starscome down on passenger side and came to rest eventually on drivers side)

Barina stopped just before dropping into the drain on the wrong side of the road

that one puckered up my butthole. :-X :P

we saw a GU that had rolled over onto its side yesterday, he was going up a track that didn’t go any were and couldn’t get up and he thought he would ride the brakes down and it started to get away from him and it went up the bank and onto its side, very lucky it hit the bank coss it was about to go across the track and down 10 meters drop into a creek, he had his wife and 2 kids in his car to, they were all right but the car had a lot of panel damage. very lucky bloke

[BushBoy]

My scary moment, about half an hour ago.

Single lane road, splits into two lanes just before some traffic lights and merges into a single lane breifly after. and if there's more than 4 cars in the right lane you won't make the lights, so i pull in behind another car in the left lane, we go through the lights, indicator on, waiting for car behind to make a bit of room, but wait!! the stupid young excuse for a female driving that car didn't feel like following road rules, next thing i know she closes up the gap to about a half a car length and won't let me in, meanwhile i'm driving down the side of the road with the back of a hilux closing up rather quick.
needless to say after a series of horn honking and "rude" fingers from my behalf, she let me in.
mind you i then took up the whole lane then and slowed right down, again giving her the finger, then when she pulled up next to me at the roundabout she wouldn't look.

It makes me wonder what gets into these peoples heads when they do crap like this, i guess though there must be nothing in their heads to start with.

Dumb F****ng Cow >:(

im still shaking now :P

[tony61]

this was my mates missus scary moment just the other week near zeehan she put two wheels on the left in the gravel which pulled the car off the road touched the bank she had it on full lock trying to get back on the road got grip shot across the road nailed the other bank and as it bounced it fell over. the insurance company wrote the 100 off as they cant get any one to repair it for 12 weeks.
http://img215.echo.cx/img215/8070/annie10024ls.jpg
http://img215.echo.cx/img215/2656/annie1006nk.jpg

[trewpy]

there is a good start 4 a kingcab 100 series ;D

[tony61]

It is going to auction as a repairable wreck not sure where but can probably find out

[Mick.]

Wreckers will out bid you anyway. A GQ patrol that was hit that hard in the rear the front doors wouldn't open and the front end was smashed also.It went for $13,000 to a wreckers.

[Redback]

The F3 one road i hate with a passion and with good reason too it brings out the lunatic fringe from cowboy truckies (not all) to lunatic 4WDrivers and dad mum and the kids coming home from a weekend away AND this bloke in his commerdore wagon coming from a full day at the dogs, pissed and tired and to top it off is mentally handicapped >:( and with it being wet and still raining just an accident waiting to happen and it did, involving us, Mick and a young bloke in his 2 week old commerdore ute all 3 of which were towing a trailer, the carnage that happened before my eyes was just plain scarey, he was entering the F3 when he lost control shot across in front of me bounced off the guard rail was hit by the ute spun in front of me again then back in front of the ute again (who was sideways by this time beside me) hit the ute again then spun back behind me and into Micks camper before coming to rest in the breakdown lane along with everyone else, out of this not a scratch to us, Micks camper is stuffed and the young blokes ute who took the brunt of the crash was F*#@ED luckly no one was injured a bit shaken but OK, so that was our day/weekend away an eventfull end to a great weekend it could of been so much worse thankfully all is good.
On a brighter note all cars preformed well no failures no injuries a good drive in the Watagans

Baz.

had a scary moment of sorts yesterday coming home from work.. would have been even scarier for the guy in the commodore station wagon to see a fool in a ford ute, on P plates coming towards him on the wrong side of the road!!
i was behind another 4WD that was doing about 90kph in a 100 zone..... we were about 500 metres from an overtaking lane...... i would wait. The fool P plater behind me decided he wasn't going to wait and tried to get past both of us....... the guy coming the other way had to slam the brakes on and head for the breakdown lane to avoid him.... there was enough space in front of me to get in, but no... this fool was going past us both, right or wrong >:( I was hoping to see him in Scone when i got there....... i was going to stop and drag him out through his window and teach him some manners. Of course, after parking somewhere else to avaoid the "psychotic 4WDer" scene ;) Idiots like him deserve to be taken off the road permanently

[Reddo]

had a scary moment of sorts yesterday coming home from work.. would have been even scarier for the guy in the commodore station wagon to see a fool in a ford ute, on P plates coming towards him on the wrong side of the road!!
i was behind another 4WD that was doing about 90kph in a 100 zone..... we were about 500 metres from an overtaking lane...... i would wait. The fool P plater behind me decided he wasn't going to wait and tried to get past both of us....... the guy coming the other way had to slam the brakes on and head for the breakdown lane to avoid him.... there was enough space in front of me to get in, but no... this fool was going past us both, right or wrong >:( I was hoping to see him in Scone when i got there....... i was going to stop and drag him out through his window and teach him some manners. Of course, after parking somewhere else to avaoid the "psychotic 4WDer" scene ;) Idiots like him deserve to be taken off the road permanently


Man, what a tool. >:(

[patool]

i was doing some recon work for the CFA in the victorian high country during the 2003 bushfires. i went out into some back country to check on the progress of a few fire breaks when my borrowed hilux done a radiator hose. it was just a split near the clamp that i cut. off but before i finished the wind changed a bit and before i knew it the front was racing up the gully towards me. well i never used a knife or screwdriver so fast in my life. spot fires were breaking out all around me and the smoke was so thick that i had to lean out the door to see the track. as a result i never saw the flaming log that was on the track in front of me. wasted a few minutes with the chainsaw trying to cut it out from under the rails before it just collapsed under me. just about gave birth to a whole family of turtles by the time i got out of there. no plastics left on the hilux at all and bugger all paint that wasn't blistered. damned if i know how the tyres survived, or myself for that matter. ironically i started on the durries again that night.

[Mick.]

That would scare the crap out of anyone I couldn't think of a worst way to die than get burned to death. :o

[taziiy]

man that woould of scared the crap out of anyone

[crankycruiser]

:o I agree with Mick and Taz..

[PJ.zook]

Scariest thing to happen to me was when i was a learner in old mans old XF wagon. Headin home from Shepparton along 100kph rd, approaching the crest of a hill. Just as we were approaching crest of big hill we see a semi in the opposite lane, then suddenly a rigid appears in our lane overtaking the semi. I took as much speed off as possible then pulled over onto gravel shoulder still doing bout 60 and skidding all over the joint. Goddam morons.

i was doing some recon work for the CFA in the victorian high country during the 2003 bushfires. i went out into some back country to check on the progress of a few fire breaks when my borrowed hilux done a radiator hose. it was just a split near the clamp that i cut. off but before i finished the wind changed a bit and before i knew it the front was racing up the gully towards me. well i never used a knife or screwdriver so fast in my life. spot fires were breaking out all around me and the smoke was so thick that i had to lean out the door to see the track. as a result i never saw the flaming log that was on the track in front of me. wasted a few minutes with the chainsaw trying to cut it out from under the rails before it just collapsed under me. just about gave birth to a whole family of turtles by the time i got out of there. no plastics left on the hilux at all and bugger all paint that wasn't blistered. damned if i know how the tyres survived, or myself for that matter. ironically i started on the durries again that night.


we train for that kind of scenario all the time..... there are lots of things that can be done in that situation.. and it's all good in a text book...... but nothing compares to the real thing. In NSW we wouldn't be allowed to do recon by ourselves... and not in a "borrowed" lux...... you were a very lucky guy to get out alive.... a lot of the time people perish in an overrun in an unprotected vehicle.

[taziiy]

Scariest thing to happen to me was when i was a learner in old mans old XF wagon. Headin home from Shepparton along 100kph rd, approaching the crest of a hill. Just as we were approaching crest of big hill we see a semi in the opposite lane, then suddenly a rigid appears in our lane overtaking the semi. I took as much speed off as possible then pulled over onto gravel shoulder still doing bout 60 and skidding all over the joint. Goddam morons.


man for a learner you would be shitting bricks seeing that in front of you

[GAM]

Scary moment for me was when I got caught by the missus perving on her sister.

[brokelux]

Scary moment for me was when I got caught by the missus perving on her sister.

rotflmgo thats a classic love ya work

Scary moment for me was when I got caught by the missus perving on her sister.


LOL nothin wrong with lookin mate ;) just don't touch..... or at least don't get caught touching 8)

[luxa]

Gave the girlfriend the keys once :-\

Need I say more :o

[MudSlinger]

Mine was probably when when i rolled my old 60 :'(

[bad_religion_au]

mine was probably the second time i'd driven anything but sand, on my all terrains following a twin locked 75 series with 35 simexs... had to give it some berrys to keep up

[THOMO.IN.A.GQ]

This happened bout 2 weeks ago around the back of Mt Skene. Bloke and two kid got out uninjured after rolling 6 times down the hill.

http://www.photo-park.com/ims/pic.php?u=88yLV4P&i=1020


As my my own crap me dacks moments....being 13 years old in a landy that pranged backwards on Hernes Spur. Damm wet drum brakes. Didn't stop my love for it obviously.

[Dan96XJ]

shit im up to mt skene this weekend...scaryeist thing i did was buying a jeep then taking down to the local for mods...WTF a Jeep, ROFL...saw the cost...now i understand? ;D

[brenadams]

once a guy in a pat with bullbar was driving along turning around talking to his young son in the back seat. Didn't see the stop sign and he ran through at 60klm and perfeclty t-barred me. tore a gaping hole down the side of the 4by and split my head open. The impact was so intense the seat snapped the bolts in half and came lose. Sent me spinning down the road.

One of those guys who don't help our cause for allowing 4wd's in the city.

[BLINKY BILL]

I was behind the wheel getting a driver reviver service from the misses at a set of lights when the father-in-law drove up behind us.

[brooksy]

I was behind the wheel getting a driver reviver service from the misses at a set of lights when the father-in-law drove up behind us.


LOVE IT.

I was curious as to when someone was going to have a kinky scary moment !

brooksy

[brenadams]

priceless

[Brian 1]

Doing a stalled hill start in reverse on the CREB track, never having EVER done one before.

Ass clenching time I must say.

Brian

[bad_religion_au]

got a new one... fell asleep at the mrs house, (she lives with her parents) woke up at 6:25... her big big italian dad's alarm goes of at 6:30. cruiser started at 6:29 :o

[toddanni]

scary moment- out at newnes at end of day, decided to be hero and go through mud puddle about 40ft wide 100ft long, walked a bit of it poking around checking depth with stick, all looked ok. started driving through with patrol with wife and 3 kids on board , 20 ft in started sinking deeper and deeper , up to door handles and sinking on right side into rut until becoming bogged, all the while it is tipping over into this rut, with now muddy water starting to pour in on drivers side, got it out by getting in reverse ind steering from side to side to use tyre sidewall lugs, eventually getting out. all was captured on video!
moral is i should of let some other clown go through first before me. i have learnt my lesson!

[hall]

Hello
First of many many more scarey moments to come. Brought a Delica about a year ago as a family 4wd.Took it up to Gemmbrook for a spin.Had mud tyres on.Took a short cut track.Main track looped around.Short cut went striaght down(can guess were this is heading?)Short cut heavily rutted.Slid into rut.Delica a bit light in the rear.Rear slid around almost side onto the slope pasanger side downhill,rear drivers side wheel almost of the ground.Managed to square up and continue down track.Lessons learnt1 not a good idea to play by your self.2 Delica not a real hard off road machine.3 short cuts are not always that.
Cheers Hall

[kingchevy]

Doing a stalled hill start in reverse on the CREB track, never having EVER done one before.

Ass clenching time I must say.

Brian


What part of the creb track? I have had some ass clenching experiences on the creb track in the wet season in a double locked 75 series with a v8 diesel and 35's and still slipping everywere.

[tonys]

2 scary moments both with falcon towing a caravan.
1st. Coming into scone from the south on a right hand bend tried to slow down (80kph) and back wheels start to slide then caravan (override brakes) start to push rear to left edge of road. Rear then grips and front starts to break away and caravan up on one wheel. Stood on brakes and pray. Caravan hops from wheel to wheel and we end up doing a 180 and on other side of road in a straight line stopped . Must have been fun to watch ! ???

2nd. At Cann creek heading up forestry road towards cooma etc. Coming down stem of "t" across concrete causeway to turn right up hill. Only problem was full timber jinker coming down right arm and due to cross causeway at the same time I was. Looked like a head_on so planted boot crossed causeway and braked to a stop on top of gravel embankment with the caravan sitting behind in time to see the timber jinker pass round bend (1/2 metre away)
and cross causeway at about 95 kph.

Wife didn't say a word for some reason ;D ;D

[locoman]

Blew a left hand steer tyre on a dark night in an old double underdrive Foden semi tipper with 23ton of hydralime, as I was trying to pick up speed on a downhill to get up the other side a bit quicker.
Had armstrong power steer and ofcourse it wanted to head into the paddocks on the left, however managed to stop on the bitumen, and decided to walk around the front and check the tyre, and as I walked around to the left side I dissapeared down a bloody cement culvert.
When I settled a bit and checked, my left steer tyre was only about 6 inches from the edge of the bloody culvert which was about 10foot deep.
Every time I drive past the spot i cant help thinking about it.

[midnight]

My scary moment would have to be:
Coming home from Newcastle a few weeks ago, just outside of warick (I think), on a range, was pissing down rain, 90km/h winds, flatbed 6t truck, empty.
The road descended, then around a bend, then an uphill. We went down the hill. Zorst brake going, then we rounded the bend, I was laying down in the passenger seats (trying to sleep), next minute i hear ''Oh shit'', then "BANG, BANG, BANG" I looked up just in time to see what had happened when we hit another sign thing.
What happened was there were road works on the inside of the road and for some strange reason there was mud all over the road (dunno why???), was wet and we had no weight on the back. As we rounded the bend, the truck hit the mud and lost it, going sideways down the road and we hit the rectangular black and yellow reflectors.
Broke the left indicator out, cracked the headlight, so dad roped them back in and went on our merry way.
Was rather scary, specialy losing control in a truck.
Even though it was 11pm I didnt sleep until we got to Ipswich area.

Two fourbies, each with undie changing experiences:

The new fourby, on a beach with the wife and kids, no other vehicles around , 7pm on a Sunday night, I mis-judge a turn off from the beach into the dunes and end up buried in a dune. Wind was blowing a gale, kids were screaming and it was getting dark, real quick. After about an hour on the shovel I realised for every scoop i took out, another slid down the hill and buried me more. No trees for winching, only an old post concreted in the ground about 10m behind me. Dunno how I did it but I managed to run the winch cable under the car and hook onto the post. I wrecked the winch cable, and while it wasnt life threatening, it woke me up to some dangers.

The second one was in my old fourby (god bless her)
I was cruising down the road to work, when out of the corner of my eye I see a gold flash, then the road, then the sky, then nothing. After I came to, I found out a P-plater in an old mazda had shot out of a side street and hit me fair square in between the wheels. Being so high, he went under me, my back wheels shot into the air , and then some how, according to witnesses and the skid mark, i was flying down the road with only the right hand rear wheel on the ground and the front of the car pointing skywards. When i landed i got knocked out so i dont recall much after that. Poor old fourbie got written off, p-plater claimed i was speeding ???

[midnight]

Yeah damn those p......Oh wait. Im gunan be a Lplater soon so I cant say too much :o 8) :P