Another Lane from Hell !!!
Another lane from hell , well more of a peat bog than a lane . Got some great pics of our trucks on this years Argyll Forest Challenge . And with the aid of the Come Up winch both pulled through this killer section no problem
christ allan, I meant to ask you about those come up's, they still going strong. Couldn't make it this year, I was banned by the organisers, Ill tell you one day. Did that comeup really pull you out of that on single line pull
Yes, I seen this new one that Gigglepin have made. Were did you come in the end. How much are those new come up's. Have to say was impressed with the when I saw you using them in 2005
Come ups are about £400 +VAT , I also run an allbright solenoid up front instead of the can type solenoids that come standard , so pretty reasonable and I think great value for money. We attempted 4 sections and completed 3 , we burst a factory weld on Davies bumper mount trying to get up a 5ft vertical lump of rock. Winning team last year completed 17 sections , this year winning team finished 9 !!! Thats how much tougher they made it. All great fun though, or are we just plain stupit ...
Pic of bumper busting rock
:D wow fantastic stuff ....
Twodogs
Wow Allan, this is great! :D
definately not for the faint hearted.at times like this i wish wasnt self-employed as i would have been in on the action!
I am self employed , thats why I was in on the action , besides you could be run over by a bus tomorrow !!
still pressing away hard,(if i closed on a saturday my clients would kill me anyway,so i'd be dead eitherway!)
This is how to relieve stress ! Might not look it but it seems to work. Heres a link to a wee clip a friend of mine put on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2J1BAKSLoE
Look under G -Wagen off-road if link doesn't work
Same section as first pic but from from rear . Thats team mate Davies truck which he finished chopping down the day before the event hence the Safeways box
you guys are f...... crazy!!!
I love it!!!
This is how to relieve stress ! Might not look it but it seems to work. Heres a link to a wee clip a friend of mine put on youtube
I agree allan, self employed myself which means some free time on my hands, but also the only stress relief I get from work doing this kind of sport. :?
more afc pics
impressive, those little come up winches,just bought one for the rear myself.
And someone will explain how this is benefiting the environment / keeping this "lane" open ?
:lol:
Marcus
The lanes aid in the ventilation of these dense woodlands, giving the trees in the middle increased access to fresh air, the mud is a natural security barrier reducing the risk of people nicking christmas tree's.
The environment benefits as does the local economy, every ones a winner :D
Phuck me,
You should have the answer to Ken's congestion charge as well then Mark ?, Yes ?
Marcus
Fantastic answer Mark , join CRAG.
Twodogs
http://www.crag-uk.org/
its an event ran in the Argyll forest every year, forestry commision land, they have bigger vehicles than these to make nice ruts in the ground.
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Yip it sure did , one on the front is a new one with the old faithfull resigned to the albeit very busy rear end , I single lined and drove through to take the strain of a bit , after a wee while I stopped to become anchor for Davie , when I got to the road we paired the winches up and anchored to a tree across the road , this made for a suprisingly quick pull . As a point of interest there was seven twin motor Warns on the event .... seven failed.