How steep is that hill, really?

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Petros
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

Post by Petros »

Yes, that would be a "do or die" maneuver: it only works if you do it quickly before the vehicle has a chance to roll. Not for the slow to respond, any hesitation and your will be rolling over and over on the way back down.

I like to keep the shinny side up personally, so I try and avoid such driving in my daily driver.
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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Here is another video of a failed rock ledge climb in my crawler but that is why I had a full exo-cage winched her back over and finished the trail 8) I was going for reverse the whole time but my tranny mount was severely warn and it had shifted enough that I could not get it into the rail. And the shiny side of that truck was the bottom side :wink:
And Dave the job interview was great I just finished my third day! So I am now an official employee of a custom 4x4 and spring shop. So I am going to try to start sleuthing through the pages of suppliers Books and start compiling a list of after market springs, shocks, etc. that will mesh with tercels. Don't hold ur breath but I will get to it, lots of new stuff to learn for me right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IDMUxMBqxY
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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ha, i like that comment "slowest flop ever." congrats on the job! that's perfect, you've got to be psyched. they didn't wait to put you to work. what happened with the adventure wagon, dare i ask?...
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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Now that would hurt a man's pride....not to mention the truck some.
Give a boy a gun-give a biatch a cell phone-and pretty soon you almost got yourself a police state.

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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1za8sgvG3A

this guy knows how to get out of it
Love those Tercell 4x4 wagons but they sure suffer from road noise.
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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Them people's crazy.
Give a boy a gun-give a biatch a cell phone-and pretty soon you almost got yourself a police state.

Orwell said: War is peace! Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength...

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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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that was an unreal move. actually death-defying!
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Re: How steep is that hill, really?

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Did his insurance carrier see this?
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