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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: madhouse6 on July 23, 2010, 14:15:08

Title: Stalwart Jump
Post by: madhouse6 on July 23, 2010, 14:15:08

Take a look at this guys wouldnt you love to had a go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mr_pCrhTkk&feature=player_embedded#

Title: Re: Stalwart Jump
Post by: dxmedia on July 23, 2010, 14:28:42

Love that vid :D

If they had diffs on each side I'd have one parked in the driveway in a blink - can be bought for about 2K with full swim gear  :cool:

Title: Re: Stalwart Jump
Post by: carbore on July 23, 2010, 16:54:59

Blimey. I know they could swim, but that buoyancy is surprising. You would think they wouldn't just pop back up like a giant green cork!

I drove one at a 4x4 day in the Forrest of dean, for a stag doo. I remember (passenger time) going up a hill with a mate holding on as we seemed to be going vertical.

Nice vid.

Title: Re: Stalwart Jump
Post by: Drift on July 23, 2010, 23:59:35

If I remember right they came with buoyancy tanks, we grounded one on the port getting it onto a LSL (Sir Tristram) boy did we get in trouble, it sunk  :oops: :lol: well technically we thought it would float but it sunk enough to wedged between the LSL bow drop and the quay slope...... :doh: tide came in enough after 20 minutes to save the day  :lol: and it was driven onto the ship.

Title: Re: Stalwart Jump
Post by: Disco Matt on July 25, 2010, 10:29:00

I remember Salvage Squad rebuilding one of these a while ago - didn't a lot of them lose the swimming gear later on, as it was a load of extra complexity and they didn't really need it at the time?

I'd love one but the lack of diffs would make it a bit useless. I know there were tricks like driving over a lump of timber (or up a kerb) to reduce the wind-up but it'd be a pain to have to do that every few miles while getting it to a pay and play!