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Glory Stories
Glory Stories
After reading teh sotry about bout the little zook in tuff truck 1 (LETS BEAT THESE NISSAN GUYS - thread) i want to here everyones glory stories about how ur little zook beat the big guns
Re: Story
Damo wrote:My zook has been in the garage for 2 years.
That sounds just like grimbo's story, apart from he always drives his nissan and it never lets him down.
I have no glory story
[quote="STD CONSUMER"]haha, i'm tellin you, my camp was hard to find on Saturday night!
then i shared my bed with 2 second tom... [/quote]
then i shared my bed with 2 second tom... [/quote]
Re: Story
DeWsE wrote:Damo wrote:My zook has been in the garage for 2 years.
That sounds just like grimbo's story, apart from he always drives his nissan and it never lets him down.
I have no glory story
Looks like you were beaten to the punch by about 3 nano seconds
Damn we need a life.
I have a couple. I out drove my dad in his rangerover. he got hung up on some ruts real hard and couldnt go forward or back. I drove straight thought without even scraping the diffs. that was on some very worn down muddies compared to his brand new procomps.
The suzuki out drove a brand new hilux the first time I ever went 4wding. we were just mucking around and their was a hill with one of those tracks that seemingly go to nowhere. The hilux couldnt get through the ditch at the bottom and rather then going up the hill just slammed into it hill. The suzuki just went down into the bottom of the ditch and then up and over.
The suzuki out drove a brand new hilux the first time I ever went 4wding. we were just mucking around and their was a hill with one of those tracks that seemingly go to nowhere. The hilux couldnt get through the ditch at the bottom and rather then going up the hill just slammed into it hill. The suzuki just went down into the bottom of the ditch and then up and over.
went out hunting one week end, was my Vit, and a 75 series L/C ute. he was following me, then the groung went to green (grass) and then black (black soil). yay.
i stopped cos there was like almost a river we had to cross (after rain) and the LC stopped behind me, we all decided to go back to the main road and go around. the LC started to back up, then sunk in the soft stuff. it was only about 5-6" down in the soft stuff, and wouldn't go anywhere. we all tried pushing, and rocking, and forward reverse and what ever we could, we even broke a tree down to stuff under the tyres.
the reason why we did all that was every one bar me didn't think i could pull him out with the VIT.
well, last resort, we got a Big piece of rope, towballs on each end, and i let rip 1st low at about 4000. reefed him out and then dragged the LC around the corner onto harder stuff. got pics somewhere, cant find at the mo.
yay, not much of a glory story, but hey, theres not much happening on this thread and i'm bored.
i stopped cos there was like almost a river we had to cross (after rain) and the LC stopped behind me, we all decided to go back to the main road and go around. the LC started to back up, then sunk in the soft stuff. it was only about 5-6" down in the soft stuff, and wouldn't go anywhere. we all tried pushing, and rocking, and forward reverse and what ever we could, we even broke a tree down to stuff under the tyres.
the reason why we did all that was every one bar me didn't think i could pull him out with the VIT.
well, last resort, we got a Big piece of rope, towballs on each end, and i let rip 1st low at about 4000. reefed him out and then dragged the LC around the corner onto harder stuff. got pics somewhere, cant find at the mo.
yay, not much of a glory story, but hey, theres not much happening on this thread and i'm bored.
1995 Vitara:
stock standard
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My mates and I were mucking about in the bottom of a nearby dam. Blowering Reservoir to be exact, really large dam. It gets drained from about 50% too 5% every year for the rice growers and farmers further down the river system. The bottom of the dam can be bottomless mud. Anyway, we went full a drive around in it, just after some fresh rain. The other 3 vehicles that I was with got bogged on a muddy hill side. That is a lux on 33’s with rear locker, a Patrol on 33’s, and a defender 90 on cheese cutters. No nearby trees to winch to or anything near by for that matter. The zook on 32 mongrels was able to do circles in two wheel drive between all of the other vehicle’s. Anyway I would snatch one out and then they would drive on there own again for about 30m and get stuck. As it was getting dark I ended up two all three individually back to the closest road about 500m. The mighty zook pulled them all out. Lets just say they we’re a bit embarrassed.
That’s my only glory story.
But the best bit is the whole lot is on film, just for me to remind them why they bought a heavy vehicle.
That’s my only glory story.
But the best bit is the whole lot is on film, just for me to remind them why they bought a heavy vehicle.
I have pulled twin locked swamper tyred Hiluxs out of bogholes, also pulled a couple of landcruisers out as well. Been on quite a few trips with the ARB guys a few years back where the Zuk outshone most of the bigger cars on Rocky Tk, Vic range etc.
I also drove my Zuk home last night in peak hour traffic and pouring rain. Got home in one piece and with no traffic violations
I also drove my Zuk home last night in peak hour traffic and pouring rain. Got home in one piece and with no traffic violations
Ransom note = demand + collage
Well there was this one time when I came first outright in the Paris to Dakar... but that story is kinda boring .. I was in front from the beginning with the only mods being a set of extractors and some second hand OEM Suzuki shocks ..
Another time I was headed outback and came across a bogged road train, he had been there a few days and the mud had set pretty hard, a few patrols and cruisers had tried to pull him out, as well as one of them big yellow mining trucks, they all got stuck in the process of trying to pull him out as well .. So it was up to me (they were running out of food and water) so I hooked up the strap to the big yellow mining truck ( had to get him out of the way so I could get a good angle to pull the road train out) Slipped it into second low and gave it heaps .. After a couple of tugs he was free (fortunately he had no load on board, might have been a bit tougher to snatch him out) and on his way .. I made the bogged patrols and cruisers all hook up to each other, put the strap on the lead vehicle and started to pull, the wheel ruts the big yellow thing had left were a bit of a challenge to negotiate as they threaten to swallow the Zuk whole, luckily I was SPOA with 35's, and made it through (had to drag the patrols and cruisers through .. they all bottomed out .. even though most of em were on 38's
)
Then came the real challenge the bogged 7 trailer road train..
I hooked up to his front recovery point and surveyed the terrain ahead, it was pretty chopped up by this time from freeing 22 stuck vehicles, but I felt the Zuk was up to the challenge.
Anyway I hooked up and dropped it in second gear high range as I felt I would need some momentum to break him free of the 3/4 set clay bog he was in , got the revs up to about 5000rpm and side stepped the clutch, the Zuk took off like a rocket and then came to a huge halt as the strap reached the end of its elastic limit .. The road train (did I mention it had 8 trailers) did not budge... I just could not get enough traction on the chopped up terrain after pulling out all the other stuck vehicles.
So I unhooked the strap and when round the back of the stuck truck where the ground was less chopped up .. By this time it was midday and the temps had reached the mid 40's .. So I put the bullbar up against the back of the truck put it into first low and started to push, at first the tyres just span on the surface, but after a few seconds they found traction and started to bite, the Zuk and 9 trailer bogged road train started to creep forward, The guy in the truck had all 3 of his big v10 Cummins motors pushing their redline (3 powered trailers) but progress was being made, after about 30 mins of this abuse his motors started to overheat, so I told him to shut em down and let the 1.6 in the Zuk do the job .. After another 45 mins or so he was free and back on his way ..
We carried on in the Zuk to deliver the urgent heart needed for an organ transplant at the orphanage making to with a few hours to spare ..
this may not be entirely true
but that story is kinda boring .. I was in front from the beginning with the only mods being a set of extractors and some second hand OEM Suzuki shocks ..
Another time I was headed outback and came across a bogged road train, he had been there a few days and the mud had set pretty hard, a few patrols and cruisers had tried to pull him out, as well as one of them big yellow mining trucks, they all got stuck in the process of trying to pull him out as well .. So it was up to me (they were running out of food and water) so I hooked up the strap to the big yellow mining truck ( had to get him out of the way so I could get a good angle to pull the road train out) Slipped it into second low and gave it heaps .. After a couple of tugs he was free (fortunately he had no load on board, might have been a bit tougher to snatch him out) and on his way .. I made the bogged patrols and cruisers all hook up to each other, put the strap on the lead vehicle and started to pull, the wheel ruts the big yellow thing had left were a bit of a challenge to negotiate as they threaten to swallow the Zuk whole, luckily I was SPOA with 35's, and made it through (had to drag the patrols and cruisers through .. they all bottomed out .. even though most of em were on 38's
)
Then came the real challenge the bogged 7 trailer road train..
I hooked up to his front recovery point and surveyed the terrain ahead, it was pretty chopped up by this time from freeing 22 stuck vehicles, but I felt the Zuk was up to the challenge.
Anyway I hooked up and dropped it in second gear high range as I felt I would need some momentum to break him free of the 3/4 set clay bog he was in , got the revs up to about 5000rpm and side stepped the clutch, the Zuk took off like a rocket and then came to a huge halt as the strap reached the end of its elastic limit .. The road train (did I mention it had 8 trailers) did not budge... I just could not get enough traction on the chopped up terrain after pulling out all the other stuck vehicles.
So I unhooked the strap and when round the back of the stuck truck where the ground was less chopped up .. By this time it was midday and the temps had reached the mid 40's .. So I put the bullbar up against the back of the truck put it into first low and started to push, at first the tyres just span on the surface, but after a few seconds they found traction and started to bite, the Zuk and 9 trailer bogged road train started to creep forward, The guy in the truck had all 3 of his big v10 Cummins motors pushing their redline (3 powered trailers) but progress was being made, after about 30 mins of this abuse his motors started to overheat, so I told him to shut em down and let the 1.6 in the Zuk do the job .. After another 45 mins or so he was free and back on his way ..
We carried on in the Zuk to deliver the urgent heart needed for an organ transplant at the orphanage making to with a few hours to spare ..
this may not be entirely true
Last edited by Guy on Fri Nov 19, 2004 9:53 am, edited 1 time in total.
" If governments are involved in the covering up the knowledge of aliens, Then they are doing a much better job of it than they do of everything else "
droopypete wrote:And you tell the young people today that,
and they won't believe you!
Peter.
I know .. and these TTC guys think that they are hardcore ..
" If governments are involved in the covering up the knowledge of aliens, Then they are doing a much better job of it than they do of everything else "
I have always liked that story. It has something for every one. Even the NSW guys with its SPOA reference. I also like how you left out the fact you were still battling malaria after your heroic Dakar win but that is a long boring story. You also failed to mention that your left leg was in full plaster from your parachuting accident when you were delivering first aid supplies to the poor flood ravaged people of bangladesh.
Or the time you experimented with sand as an alternative to diff oil
Or the time you experimented with sand as an alternative to diff oil
Ransom note = demand + collage
grimbo wrote:I have always liked that story. It has something for every one. Even the NSW guys with its SPOA reference. I also like how you left out the fact you were still battling malaria after your heroic Dakar win but that is a long boring story. You also failed to mention that your left leg was in full plaster from your parachuting accident when you were delivering first aid supplies to the poor flood ravaged people of bangladesh.
Or the time you experimented with sand as an alternative to diff oil
Hey I was simply lapping in the gears, that was no sand .. that was a microfine polishin compound thats renders the gear surfaces virtually frictionless, meaning that no oil is needed ..
" If governments are involved in the covering up the knowledge of aliens, Then they are doing a much better job of it than they do of everything else "
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