Oh boy. I'm not a regular RU-vid commenter but this was like reliving a nightmare. Did the same thing in an 08 BT-50 (silver too, so almost identical...), minus the rollover. Hit a fairly innocent looking waterbar on a steep but fairly well graded track, wouldn't have been worth a second glance in the dry, but with a bit of moisture it was super greasy right at the crest. After a couple of steady attempts, went again with a little more right foot until it got hung up again. Did the rookie move (in hindsight) and hit the brake pedal, which presumably from the extra wheel speed caused abs to engage and the pedal went rock solid while we very quickly started going backwards down the hill. Same deal, once that momentum was up there was no stalling out. Managed to grab the handbrake, which felt like it did a fifth of fuck all, however on the second waterbar back down it was just enough to bring the shitshow to an end. Pure luck that I got away with nothing more than a damaged pair of jocks. Learnt to pull the abs fuse whenever things were possibly going to get hairy, but that's not foolproof either. Although I'm still pretty bloody shy about the hairy stuff after that. Sorry about the car, but glad there were no injuries. Hopefully Blake can put it behind him and get back into it. I'll never forget that feeling, it's almost surreal.
I lost it at the opening right after the roll over "This episode contains some course language"... yeah, I bet it bloody does, what an absolute nightmare. Blake had no chance there, no driver error on this one. Poor bloke.
@@wewentthatawayadventures Looks like a - went for the clutch and not a stall/stop and recover. Always very easy to judge in hindsight and in the panic of the moment, so easy to get it wrong. Fortunately it could have been and wasn't a whole lot worse. I'm an accredited instructor in 4WD techniques ( Victorian based ) and we try to explain to students what can go wrong throughout our courses. This is a particularly graphic and well shot example to show how quickly and easily things can happen. Question - would you allow me to use an edited version of this as an instructional demonstration? Cheers John
Wow, thats big for the 1st day of the trip... High country night drive on these tracks... How many new seat covers were needed by the end of the trip ? 🤠 You got a new sub out if this, well done boys 👊#666 😳
Plenty of great spots to set camp for a few days by a river. Don't need to driving around for for three days. That bloke who lost it on the track was smoking the tyres before sliding backwards. Needs to spend some time as a passenger in your car to learn so driving skills
Sure is mate but no one wants to watch a video of us in the same spot for a few days. We'd love the time to sit back and chill but for us these are filming trips and the goal is to show as much as we can.
@@wewentthatawayadventures Now I watch it again I can see it started to fail when the front wheel lifted off the ground, so I guess it's because it has less flex than the Jeep and the it was probably unlocked at the front? I actually run at 10psi or even less on these tracks in winter. If you can get the Icon Innerlock Rebound wheels, I highly recommend 👍 (I have no affiliation but they're awesome).
Subscribed, one of the best 4wd channels!! Hope you grow to be massive on RU-vid! Would love to take my Pajero out with you lads I'm located in Victoria 😊
Thanks so much mate appreciate the compliment. We are Sydney based but we get around best way to hook up on one of our adventures is to Join our crew page facebook.com/groups/1632416280251784 Hope to see you there.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xQEHXSY3beE.htmlsi=vS39HZ0vCBkgEocy Bigpapaharis4588 I also have a Pajero, nearly finishing setting up, and would love to do billy goats when it’s ready. If none of the mates are up for it I’d love to find a few keen to hit it in the snow.
