Kia and the Watagans

[Simsy85]

Nah see I think we should encourage the Kia drivers to come out with us - the more the merrier!!!!!

Gives us something to drive on so I don't get my pretty yellow shocks dirty

[Pipeliner]

By the way, who walked through the boghole with a probe stick to make sure that it was OK to drive through?

I hope you didn't just assume that it was OK because it was OK last time you tried it....................naahh, you're all far more experienced than that!

[Aaronsjeep]

Originally Posted by Pipeliner

By the way, who walked through the boghole with a probe stick to make sure that it was OK to drive through?

I hope you didn't just assume that it was OK because it was OK last time you tried it....................naahh, you're all far more experienced than that!

It is good to check, but
i would be checking alot more if i was driving a KJ with IFS, and 30s

the pics shown dont look all that bad of the line chosen to drive.. to the right of the picture, it would be worth checking, but the other parts look fine, equipped with the right recover gear (which everyone was) there was nps, it was the ill prepared kia who got himself into trouble..

[mean]

haha the kia got stuck before he even got into the water :S

[Pipeliner]

From the photo it seems that the track bends to the right immediately past the boghole, so that each vehicle being pulled across is dragged off the centreline. Was this the case? and which vehicle went through first to drag the Patrol across?

[smorison]

heya Pipe's
optical illusion... its all pretty straight through the section we drove through, the track is actually straight for over 30 metres after the bog hole (2x9m snatch straps + patrol + jeep and still a bit of room).

the patrol was the first across, there is a big rut (that my car is in - hence the angle i'm on), he also slipped into it and couldn't get through so we snatched him back (snatch straps were attached and ready to go), attached all the winch gear (setup before the first attempt, 1 winch, 1 tree protector, 1 winch extension, 2 drag chains, 1 winch block.) then winched the patrol through.

We never thought we'd get through unassisted so everything was prepared in advance, routes planned, lots of thinking went into it (about 30-45minutes before the first patrol attempt). No body wanted to damage cars through stupidty or lack of planning.

oh and my wheels are spinning as there is a bit of step in the exit and the patrol hit a really soft patch and lost traction, had to back up the patrol a bit and go again and got out.In the photo in the foreground is some of the gear after clearing the patrol... would have only taken a couple of minutes to hook me up if the patrol couldn't get traction as the extensions were still in place jsut off to the side of the track.

Originally Posted by Pipeliner

From the photo it seems that the track bends to the right immediately past the boghole, so that each vehicle being pulled across is dragged off the centreline. Was this the case? and which vehicle went through first to drag the Patrol across?

[smorison]

Originally Posted by mean

haha the kia got stuck before he even got into the water :S

yeah.. sad but true... it was pretty slippery i'd suspect a KJ with road tyres may have struggled, i simply rolled through it and i think that may have given the kia the idea that he could as well...