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Bodsy
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Why you should remove your fixed towbar before offroading...

Temporarily failing to make forward progress…..
(or how deep can the rear plough dig into the ground.....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHWP5k377zs

Couldn't go back, couldn't go forward......... so I thought I'd try to stop Windy from slipping forward…… Whistle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nnQBamDhJ8


Yes, Extended, then Super Extended mode was used.... Laughing Thumbs Up
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Rolling Eyes you need some proper tyres Wink
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
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Flip in hec thats a big club sticker you have Bodsy Shocked
  
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and its for the "other" club Whistle
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DiscoDunc wrote:
and it for the "other" club Whistle


Ssshhhhhhh Exclamation
 The next American ex-pat that calls it a "truck" is going to find out what 2.7 tons feels like on their foot...

Club "yes, I too have had the EGR's replaced..."
Club "yes, I too have had the compressor replaced..."
Club "yes, I too once had the car at the dealer for a couple of weeks nearly 4 weeks over 4 weeks...5 weeks"
Club "yes, I too have had EPB failure..."
Club "yes, I too get mysterious bings and bongs..." 
 
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Bodsy, didnt realise you were sooooo atheltic!!! Rolling with laughter Nice crunch and roll!
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Well you know, my body is a temple, one that is worshiped and maintained to keep in peak physical condition for these very moments.... Whistle
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really Shocked
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If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
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Dunc, must be another body he's got, obviously isnt the one we've seen! Rolling with laughter
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Laughing Laughing Laughing Ner Ner
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so graceful Bodsy, your lad must have been proud Whistle
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Yeap, remove it!
But also tires!!! Did you lower their pressure? Helps them clean up.
If you bring a compressor, you can lower them to 16lbs and see if you get out.
Have to turn off DSC, put it in sand mode, tranny in 2nd and low gear, move the steering wheel left and right.
Should be able to get out...

Did you get to see my video:
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At the end, when I get stuck, I did just what I described.
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The tow hitch was wedge in tight it would seem. A lump infront of the from front wheels, the rears off the ground in watery mud. Not really alot you could do apart from better preparation Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter

School boy error Ian Rolling Eyes Laughing Rolling with laughter
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It wasn't really stuck, TBH if I'd have remembered to bring my spade, it would have been clear in about 30 seconds of digging out the towbar.

Didn't lower the pressures as I wasn't carrying a decent compressor. Tried several modes before testing Windy on his distance 5m parking technique.... Laughing

I have to say, it was more for the spectacle of something to do Whistle Whistle

Tanters, my lad thinks I'm Houdini..... Embarassed

He loved having a go behind the steering wheel though (even if it wasn't moving).
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Rolling with laughter Dukes of hazard off road Rolling with laughter
could have been worst least nout got bent and only a few Embarassed
 Don’t worry it is supposed to sound like that...honest  
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