Inside followed by outside veiw of me almost rolling my Triton today on Hard Up Haul track in the Latrobe State Park near Neerim Sth Vic. Purely driver error, I tried to pull out of a rut that 2 lifted Patrols had draged along and It almost cost me my car. A big thankyou to Rowan and his mates for helping me today…….
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7 responses so far ↓
1 kingbrude // Jul 28, 2010 at 5:06 pm
And Tassie was fantastic, thanx.
2 kingbrude // Jul 28, 2010 at 5:53 pm
We were very lucky indeed Dave the only damage was a snapped wheel stud/ bolt on the front wheel rhs. Rowan wants to get a sticker on the back of his Patrol saying “Tony’s recovery vehicle”
3 123davidman // Jul 28, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Dont you hate that feeling of almost going over. It is always much worse in the car. Lucky, Lucky people, and a great recovery to boot. Hope Tassie was good : )
4 kingbrude // Jul 28, 2010 at 6:56 pm
Yeah I was suprised at how well she took it myself, esp since we were taking the car to Tassie a few days later.
5 shaned8845 // Jul 28, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Your wife took that heaps better than my wife would’ve,
6 kingbrude // Jul 28, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Sorry for the late reply daftevader01, Ive been away for a few weeks. It certainly was a pucker moment
7 daftevader01 // Jul 28, 2010 at 7:50 pm
lol, definitely a pucker moment, all worked out ok though, that’s the main thing.
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