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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: muddyjames on September 18, 2007, 17:52:58
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Last Sunday I went on a trials day with Lee valleys off road club. There was a tight corner and there was a bank that I had eyed up whilst walking the course. I know I need wider turning circles as the course is mostly made for 90's as that is what everyone else has bar me with a disco, my mate with her 110 and a small selection of rangies.
As I went in this hole half up the bank and half in the hole the ground gave way under me. :( :shock: I was balancing on 1 front wheel and 1 back wheel. I felt it lean down hil then rock up hill. At that point I thought rocking up hill = good for now! So I carefully turned down hill and applied power. It came out with lots of people gasping as they thought I was going over and about to run in the hole to try and catch me.
Here is a photo a few milli seconds after I was rocking. the photo doesnt do the angle justice though. Note the front near side wheel only being half on the ground! :shock: Yes I did need to change my trousers afterwards. I did get a clear round though :D :lol:
(http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v112/33/88/519895500/n519895500_1268790_6188.jpg)
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Trouble is with any photo on a hill, you never get a picture as impressive as it was at the time. I also find it generally feels much hairier from the inside of the truck than it looks from the outside!
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Not having a protractor and assuming the photograph was taken spot on level and memaking a 45degree angle out of a piece of paper (folded to make a 90 degrees then folded diagonal to get 45 degrees) I would say I am at about 40degrees in that photo.
Sound about right?
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most times the drivers underpant go before the car does!!!!
i have had a 45 deg reading on my landmeter dunno how acurate they are tho!
i reversed up a hill at farley quarry once and as the front wheels dug in the rears lifted of the ground nearly arse over tip!!!
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Scary, James! :lol: Glad it didn't go over :shock:
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Scary aint the word!! And I am very glad it didn't go over as well!!
Just got the steering to sort out now from another hole I wne tin and bent the steering linkage. oops.
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at least your mirror might of survived lol already folded in ready for action
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I was doing a trial so folded the mirror in not to hit the canes with it.