Mud-club
Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: landyman Ash on April 25, 2005, 18:06:55
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Some of you may remember how stuck I got at Billing a few weeks ago
i.e up to the windows in water BUT check out this disco!!!!! :twisted:
http://www.siciliain4x4.it/LentiniFuoristradaClub4x4/extreme2005/foto_raduno2005/galleria2/index.htm
Crazy!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
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if you want ill send you a copy of the ladoga trophy dvd,thats nothing :shock:
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Oops... Snorkel wouldn't have helped much.
I wonder how the occupants got out - with water that deep, opening the doors would have been almost impossible until the cabin was completely full with water. Maybe they left the windows open.
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but how do you explain that to the wife eh? :lol:
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poor little disco!!
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dont think the owner would have been best pleased!!
funny to watch though i bet :)
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Now thats deep :shock:
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if you want ill send you a copy of the ladoga trophy dvd,thats nothing :shock:
Ohhhhh yes please!! Do you want me to send you a bland DVD??
Cant beat a good dirty DVD when the misses is out :twisted:
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PM me with ur addy & ill get a copy sent out to you,do u have the outback challenge dvd?
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I downloaded the vid and its looks like they left by the sun roof.
Lucky!!! :shock:
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Lanndyman1978 wrote:
Cant beat a good dirty DVD when the misses is out
so you'll be watching a lot of mucky vids now mate. :wink: :(biglaugh):
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What a strange way to valet a motor, who's got the polish? :D
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but how do you explain that to the wife eh? :lol:
maybe she was the one map reading :lol:
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I just watched the video on the site. what a mud run!! and that disco :oops:
nice rock crawling too
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Wow from the first three photos it was what Disco. :)
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i wonder if he complained of a little dampness in the footwells? :shock: I had that with some landys i pulled out of a river once. I was passing by in a tractor when i was stopped by a bloke asking for a tow, his series 3 was up to the doors and stuck where he was trying to pull his mate out in front which was up to the roof then he told me there was a third about 5 metres in front which was submerged :shock: turns out they thought it would be fun to drive up the river bed unfortunatly the rivers agency had recently dredged it about 10feet deep to stop flooding so first bloke disappeared when he went over the edge :lol:
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Don't let Gary see that. It may bring back too many bad memories . . . :wink:
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:shock: :shock: OH. MY GOD!. :lol: I wonder how far they got until one said, erm its getting a bit deep now.. :lol:
8) Great video, that is one hell of a mud-run. And the rocky decent reminds me of The Old Man Of Conniston.
8) Top marks for posting that.....
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spent 1/2 hour racing big blue disco to download the video then it came up with an error saying unable to locate suitable decompressor :evil: so ive no seen it,although on the ladoga trophy dvd i have there in even deeper :shock:
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Don't let Gary see that. It may bring back too many bad memories . . . :wink:
Too late I've seen it ,and I've shown her in doors :shock: . I said see it could have been worse :D
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Just watched the video...
1) They're doing some fairly chunky stuff there! Even the concrete step at the beginning looked quite full-on to me.
2) If you want a go-anywhere vehicle, you need a tractor, judging by the video.
3) Watch for the bit where the JCB driver lowers the bucket onto the guy's foot!
4) It looks like they experienced the "floating Discovery" syndrome I had in Iceland - got a bit out of depth and then drifted off into the really deep stuff.
5) Pity the guy who had to attach the rope to the recovery points, 6 feet under muddy water...
6) Part of the problem getting it out was as it came out of the water, there was a couple of tonnes of water in it, trying to pull it back in. If they'd been able to open the back door, life would have been much simpler - it looks like the central locking had locked, so they couldn't open anything.
7) It looked structurally in quite good shape after being dragged out - the doors all seemed aligned OK. Given the way it had been heaved around, I'd expected it to be a little bent by the end.
Well, I don't think I'll be entering with the TD5 next year...
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that'll give 'pritch' something deeper to aim for :shock:
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theres something deeply wrong about this lot.
Why drive a disco into water that you need a life raft fitted on the roof for?
but then again why the hell not.
Dont think I would of quite gone that far though
Maybe he was trying to set himeself up as his own independant island to get away from all the anti 4X4 bobblehats
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Given the amount of water & the location, I wonder if anyone got a pair of Concrete wellies?
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erm.... isnt that a waste of a good disco...
Mind you, apparently it was a similar situation that caused my Dad to be captured in the 2nd world war, in Italy too!! He did a little excursion over a small stream, saw some Germans, tried to retreat but it had been raining and turned the 'stream' into a massive flood river..... got caught by the enemy and spent 3 months in camp....
Maybe he stalled it crossing a 'stream' :shock:
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Given the amount of water & the location, I wonder if anyone got a pair of Concrete wellies?
There's been a lot of unseasonal heavy rain in Sicilly so far this year- hence they might have found the river crossings much deeper than expected!
I'm flying out to Sicilly on Wednesday this week to visit some relatives in the mountains. Sicilly has great offroad potential (even 'on-road' can be dodgy in places!). I'm not hiring a car this time round as we're only there for a week. Next visit I intend to borrow or hire a 4x4 to access some of the remoter mountain tracks.
Thanks to the original poster for the link by the way- never found that website before.
Nevillef
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wow now that was deep :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Aqualing & wetsuit needed as standard equipment for this club :shock:
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wow thats deep i wont let the hubby take our rangie there then :D
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:shock: :shock: Oh me gawd :!: :!: is that wot i've got to do now i've joined this club :?: :?: i havn't even got a snorkle :?: :!: at what point do ya think one of em should have said 'eerm lets go back now :?: ' lol
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looks like someone should save a clip for the next caption competition :lol: :lol:
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don't worry guys theres ususally a life guard about.
water wings for me please :twisted: :twisted:
dazza
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that water is really gonna screw with the electrics! Did it fire up after they dragged it out??
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Given the amount of water & the location, I wonder if anyone got a pair of Concrete wellies?
There's been a lot of unseasonal heavy rain in Sicilly so far this year- hence they might have found the river crossings much deeper than expected!
I'm flying out to Sicilly on Wednesday this week to visit some relatives in the mountains. Sicilly has great offroad potential (even 'on-road' can be dodgy in places!). I'm not hiring a car this time round as we're only there for a week. Next visit I intend to borrow or hire a 4x4 to access some of the remoter mountain tracks.
Thanks to the original poster for the link by the way- never found that website before.
Nevillef
Just got back from my visit to Sicilly. Offroading apears to be very a popular sport (and also neccessary for access!) on the Island. A convoy of 60 offroaders came past where I was staying at the weekend. There were a surprising number of Land Rovers amongst them (I was expecting more Japanese vehicles) and also a lot of strange Fiat (ex military?) 4x4's I'd never seen before.
As far as I can gather there are no problems with access in Sicilly- if you can find a track that goes where you want to go then follow it! As usual in these places- locals will take a Fiat Uno up the roughest of tracks- surprising how far you can get a 4x2!
Next visit I'll definately be hiring or borrowing a jeep! Some of the mountain tracks looked great and went on for many miles too.
Property prices also look temptingly cheap away from the coast too. Once offroading is banned in the UK maybe I'll buy a house there.......
Nevillef