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Offline Mr Bump

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« on: January 09, 2007, 01:34:33 »
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recovered tonight with the help of a diver and a large tractor!  Tractor was feeling the pull of the current - and weighs seven tonnes!

pics will appear on www.tv4x4.co.uk and on mud-club if I can work out how to resize them

watch out for the flow as well as the depth of them there fords!
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« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2007, 07:33:44 »
thank goodness he's ok

he helps out at towcester at the record attempts.

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« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2007, 08:13:48 »
Glad everyone is OK.... but I noticed that the depth board was reading 4 feet as the reporter walked across the front... not sure I'd tackle a 4 foot ford in a group never mind on my own!

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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2007, 09:02:12 »
Good god, bit deep! - you didn't offer to get them out then andy?

EDIT: anyone catch the "name" of the chap in the first report - Christopher Peacock....or as they said Crispycock!!!
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« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2007, 09:08:27 »
That looks like a serious amount of water.
One look at the depth board would have put me off, plus the speed of the current should have warned him off.

Wonder if the truck driver kept his job (he sounded worried)
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« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2007, 09:48:30 »
These folk seem to lack basic common sense ! The first chap attempted it at night knowing it would have been deeper than normal and it had plenty of warning signs.
The truck driver could clearly see it was very wide and flowing fast.
I would'nt say he deserves the sack but at least a telling off.

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« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2007, 10:07:35 »
Quote from: "bullfrog"
These folk seem to lack basic common sense ! The first chap attempted it at night knowing it would have been deeper than normal and it had plenty of warning signs.
The truck driver could clearly see it was very wide and flowing fast.
I would'nt say he deserves the sack but at least a telling off.

 :roll:


First chap attempted it on Sunday after a pay and play,  not sure what the depth marker said then or if it was dark or not.
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« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2007, 11:24:16 »
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anyone catch the "name" of the chap in the first report - Christopher Peacock....or as they said Crispycock!!!


Not as bad as the muppet last year who named his son Drew Peacock.
He didn't realise for two weeks either :roll:

His son is going to hate him later on in life i bet
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« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2007, 13:40:54 »
PAH!! ive been in worse i was on the roof of the disco for 2 hours awaiting recovery :lol:  i only went for it cos I'd been thru the same place before in my old 90, Doh !

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« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2007, 20:38:10 »
The comment form one of the guys in the lorry was good "it's not a ford it's a river", sorry but isn't that the whole idea of a ford, to cross a river  :lol:

Even so it's nice in the summer and madness in the winter after rain, so stupid to try either way
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« Reply #10 on: January 10, 2007, 02:52:50 »
Quote from: "smo"
Good god, bit deep! - you didn't offer to get them out then andy?



!F! no
I just know the people who could and did get the 4x4 out - I'm not brave enough to get into 4 feet of water flowing at 20 knots and don't drive a tractor!
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« Reply #11 on: January 10, 2007, 17:09:52 »
On that clip with the 4x4 in the water, I could have sworn I saw a periscope go past!
I'm sorry to say this and there but for the grace of God go I, but they must have been daft to even attempt it.
Familiarity breeds contempt!
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« Reply #12 on: January 10, 2007, 17:27:03 »
It's easy to look at it and think what an idiot, but I think there are many of us here who might have been tempted to give it a go...  :oops:
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« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2007, 17:44:39 »
oh yes  :D  I went through when it was showing 3 feet of water,
 might have been tempted at 4 feet if it wasn't for the flow
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« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2007, 17:46:38 »
we never get any extreme weather our way.... no flash floods, no torrential rain.... no snow AT ALL.......... extreme bad weather warnings for us mean "miserable looking day warning"
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« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2007, 17:52:25 »
Quote from: "thermidorthelobster"
It's easy to look at it and think what an idiot, but I think there are many of us here who might have been tempted to give it a go...  :oops:


Not in a V8 with k&n filter :shock:  big puddles frighten it  :lol:  :lol:
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« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2007, 20:48:29 »
defo not in a v8, would have attempted 4 ft in disco but not with fast flowing water.

to dodgy even for me
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« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2007, 21:54:15 »
WOW, that was deep bet the lorry driver did it on porpose just for a laugh :lol: There was a mini tornado near use couple weeks back. :)
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