Looks like a boys afternoon full of fun, I wonder if he ended up with the transmission and diff full of water or he had extended the breathers.
Magnarc said
09:12 AM Sep 9, 2021
The stupidity of some people is truly unbounded. He must have plenty of money.
Peter_n_Margaret said
11:07 AM Sep 9, 2021
People make mistakes.
There is some reluctance to walk through river crossings in the north because of crocs.
Cheers,
Peter
orid said
11:58 AM Sep 9, 2021
Ha ha , so he didnt walk the river ,so ended up losing his her car, and having to bail out and being chased by crocs, Love it , Mind you if he had made it across he she would be a hero, instead of an idiot
Bicyclecamper said
12:24 PM Sep 9, 2021
He did make it across, how he would have got back, would have been the laugh.
Blues Man said
12:34 PM Sep 9, 2021
What ever happened to ...If it's flooded forget it . How many people have died doing the same thing , quiet a few i would suggest.
He was very lucky.
Peter_n_Margaret said
02:47 PM Sep 9, 2021
We will drive through 1m of (fresh) water, but I like to see someone else drive through first if crocs are an issue, or at least evidence of recent use by another vehicle. This is about 550mm.
The crossing in or avatar got close to 1m. Cheers, Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Thursday 9th of September 2021 02:48:44 PM
oldbloke said
02:51 PM Sep 9, 2021
I once (about 30 years ago) spotted a brand new Toyota climb out of a river crossing in Vic high country. There was a good bridge about 50 yards up stream. Obviously showing of the new vehicle to his mates.
Pulled up in there camp and opened the door. Heaps of water pours out. After a short wait proceeded to put ten rounds out of his rifle into the floor to drain the remaining water. Then drove over the camp fire.
Still does my head in. It still had that new car smell. More money than brains.
Wanda said
03:44 PM Sep 9, 2021
Although I have no doubt the video is true, I just wonder if the car has other issues, maybe an insurance write off from a previous claim?
Really hard to imagine anyone wanting to trash a vehicle, unless there are other motives
Not up on models but it looked like the very base model in the toyota range
Anyway, thats my thoughts, if it was not awrite off before, reckon it would have been after!
Ian
yobarr said
04:22 PM Sep 9, 2021
Blues Man wrote:
What ever happened to ...If it's flooded forget it . How many people have died doing the same thing , quiet a few i would suggest.
He was very lucky.
While the "If it's flooded,forget it" mantra might make do-gooders feel better,anybody with a modicum of common sense can study flood water and surrounding areas,and then make a decision on crossing them.During recent floods I had cause to drive a semi about 1km through flood waters that were around 1 metre deep.When I was about 200 metres away from completing the crossing,a small car,maybe Toyota Yaris driven by a young lady,approached the flooded road from the other direction,and,to my utter surprise,slowly drove into the water.Derrr! She got only a short distance before the little car cried "Enough",and stopped dead,with the water up near the windows.Stupid gets what stupid deserves,and I just drove past.If people are too stupid to realise that if the water is up to the top of a semi's wheels,their little Yaris will be waay out of it's depth (pun intended),and simply continue to drive into the flood,they can damned well stay there,as far as I'm concerned.That attitude may have been borne of an experience I had in Sydney,some years ago,on Paramatta road.It was raining heavily,with lots of surface water,and another young lady had "failed to proceed" from a traffic light.After a few minutes of no movement,I got out in the pouring rain to help her.Eventually I got the car started,with her never leaving the driver's seat,but I was a bit peeved when she then simply drove away.No "Thankyou",no smile,no wave.Just gone,as if I had been lucky to be allowed to help.Cheers
Peter_n_Margaret said
06:13 PM Sep 9, 2021
Deep(er) water crossings become much more dangerous if the water flow rate is high. This is particularly so for lower or lighter vehicles.
In the early 1980's I was working on a project in Thailand - a multi-purpose dam being built on the River Kwai. The onfamous Thailand-Burma Railway went right through the damsite. In the early times of the project, the access road was very rough and the project had a fleet of petrol LWB Landrovers. Towards the end of the project, the access road had been greatly upgraded, and was sealed all the way. Each vehicle had its own local Thai driver, and they were all very good indeed.
I was temporarily based in Bangkok as liaison officer for the project, and had to go up river each weekend to do my job at Site. One weekend, I arrived on Friday night, did a day's work Saturday and was getting ready to do Sunday's work and pack up and return to Bangkok, but I git a message to get out NOW, because the river was rising rapidly. By this time, the road had been sealed all the way to the Site, but there were still dips in the road which flooded. I was given a LWB Landrover, with another one as an escort to get clear of the flooding area. Earlier that morning, a Toyota Minibus had left with a group of Aussies who wee going to Kanchanaburi (about 150 km downstream) for a fun run. We got about 20 km down the road when we came to a flooded section. The driver carefully drove in the centre of the road and got through OK. Two more flooded sections, and then we saw the Toyota Minibus towing the LWB Landrover coming towards us. We had to turn back - the water was too deep - it killed the Landrover. Naturally, we offloaded the minibus and took the dead Landrover in tow behind my Rover. Meanwhile, the Minibus took off with its load of passengers while we towed the dead Rover. Next flooded section, the minibus had died - the river was rising that fast. So my escort Rover took the minibus in tow and we all got through, but the water at this stage was about 8" up over the base of the windscreen. Remember that the windscreen was about 6" above the bonnet as well 9 there were fresh air flaps un der the screen. Next flooded section, the Rover towing the minibus failed as well, so we had 2 dead Landrovers and 1 dead minibus. While we were hooking up the Rover and minibus behind the dead Rover we were towing, our Rover stopped as well! Then someone pulled out a can of WD40, and we managed to get 3 of the 3 Rovers going again as well as the Toyota, but the original dead Landrover was not going anywhere. We got them all back to the Site OK.
Next morning, They tried again, but by then the locals had come to the party and arranged boats to get across the flooded sections, and pickups to transport to the next flooded section. Eventually, there was a bus which I took to Kanchanaburi, and from there another bus back to Bangkok. No aircon of course in those buses Late Monday night I got back to Bangkok. But those Landrovers - they drove through what I reckoned to be 4 feet of water - albeit still water and only short (200 m maximum) distances. They were horrible shuddering wrecks but they kept on going when a lot of modern 4WD's would have died long before.
-- Edited by erad on Thursday 9th of September 2021 10:11:08 PM
Blues Man said
07:43 AM Sep 10, 2021
I suppose you do at the time , what you have to do .
yobarr said
12:35 PM Sep 11, 2021
Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
People make mistakes. There is some reluctance to walk through river crossings in the north because of crocs. Cheers, Peter
Mate attests that that video was made at Cox's River,near Lithgow,and he has a video of himself driving his 80 series through that same river,with water over the bonnet! Cheers
orid said
12:59 PM Sep 11, 2021
As you have implied with towing overloaded vans , probably done it a dozen times and no problem , 13 time he drowns.
watsea said
02:27 PM Sep 11, 2021
In the early 2000's there was 4X4 forum titled, FWD forum, I think, my recollection is dim now.
Anyway once on that forum someone posted a photo of an environmental vandal who had driven up Eli Creek on Fraser Island. The vehicle was a white tray-back Landcruiser with a canopy. As I recall, the creek water depth was nearly up to the window sills of the vehicle. Demonstration of the adaptability of the vehicle, but it was not a life threatening need or war event. Evidently that driver had more money than sense. Probably his vehicle survived.
But disgusting treatment of a pristine creek in a National Park.
Lucky he's got a snorkel and maybe an outboard !!!!!
Surprised he got out of it, what a dill.
What a dick.
The stupidity of some people is truly unbounded. He must have plenty of money.
There is some reluctance to walk through river crossings in the north because of crocs.
Cheers,
Peter
What ever happened to ...If it's flooded forget it . How many people have died doing the same thing , quiet a few i would suggest.
He was very lucky.
We will drive through 1m of (fresh) water, but I like to see someone else drive through first if crocs are an issue, or at least evidence of recent use by another vehicle.
This is about 550mm.
youtu.be/NpqoedLmrwU
The crossing in or avatar got close to 1m.
Cheers,
Peter
-- Edited by Peter_n_Margaret on Thursday 9th of September 2021 02:48:44 PM
Pulled up in there camp and opened the door. Heaps of water pours out. After a short wait proceeded to put ten rounds out of his rifle into the floor to drain the remaining water. Then drove over the camp fire.
Still does my head in. It still had that new car smell. More money than brains.
Really hard to imagine anyone wanting to trash a vehicle, unless there are other motives
Not up on models but it looked like the very base model in the toyota range
Anyway, thats my thoughts, if it was not awrite off before, reckon it would have been after!
Ian
While the "If it's flooded,forget it" mantra might make do-gooders feel better,anybody with a modicum of common sense can study flood water and surrounding areas,and then make a decision on crossing them.During recent floods I had cause to drive a semi about 1km through flood waters that were around 1 metre deep.When I was about 200 metres away from completing the crossing,a small car,maybe Toyota Yaris driven by a young lady,approached the flooded road from the other direction,and,to my utter surprise,slowly drove into the water.Derrr! She got only a short distance before the little car cried "Enough",and stopped dead,with the water up near the windows.Stupid gets what stupid deserves,and I just drove past.If people are too stupid to realise that if the water is up to the top of a semi's wheels,their little Yaris will be waay out of it's depth (pun intended),and simply continue to drive into the flood,they can damned well stay there,as far as I'm concerned.That attitude may have been borne of an experience I had in Sydney,some years ago,on Paramatta road.It was raining heavily,with lots of surface water,and another young lady had "failed to proceed" from a traffic light.After a few minutes of no movement,I got out in the pouring rain to help her.Eventually I got the car started,with her never leaving the driver's seat,but I was a bit peeved when she then simply drove away.No "Thankyou",no smile,no wave.Just gone,as if I had been lucky to be allowed to help.Cheers
Deep(er) water crossings become much more dangerous if the water flow rate is high. This is particularly so for lower or lighter vehicles.
Cheers,
Peter
In the early 1980's I was working on a project in Thailand - a multi-purpose dam being built on the River Kwai. The onfamous Thailand-Burma Railway went right through the damsite. In the early times of the project, the access road was very rough and the project had a fleet of petrol LWB Landrovers. Towards the end of the project, the access road had been greatly upgraded, and was sealed all the way. Each vehicle had its own local Thai driver, and they were all very good indeed.
I was temporarily based in Bangkok as liaison officer for the project, and had to go up river each weekend to do my job at Site. One weekend, I arrived on Friday night, did a day's work Saturday and was getting ready to do Sunday's work and pack up and return to Bangkok, but I git a message to get out NOW, because the river was rising rapidly. By this time, the road had been sealed all the way to the Site, but there were still dips in the road which flooded. I was given a LWB Landrover, with another one as an escort to get clear of the flooding area. Earlier that morning, a Toyota Minibus had left with a group of Aussies who wee going to Kanchanaburi (about 150 km downstream) for a fun run. We got about 20 km down the road when we came to a flooded section. The driver carefully drove in the centre of the road and got through OK. Two more flooded sections, and then we saw the Toyota Minibus towing the LWB Landrover coming towards us. We had to turn back - the water was too deep - it killed the Landrover. Naturally, we offloaded the minibus and took the dead Landrover in tow behind my Rover. Meanwhile, the Minibus took off with its load of passengers while we towed the dead Rover. Next flooded section, the minibus had died - the river was rising that fast. So my escort Rover took the minibus in tow and we all got through, but the water at this stage was about 8" up over the base of the windscreen. Remember that the windscreen was about 6" above the bonnet as well 9 there were fresh air flaps un der the screen. Next flooded section, the Rover towing the minibus failed as well, so we had 2 dead Landrovers and 1 dead minibus. While we were hooking up the Rover and minibus behind the dead Rover we were towing, our Rover stopped as well! Then someone pulled out a can of WD40, and we managed to get 3 of the 3 Rovers going again as well as the Toyota, but the original dead Landrover was not going anywhere. We got them all back to the Site OK.
Next morning, They tried again, but by then the locals had come to the party and arranged boats to get across the flooded sections, and pickups to transport to the next flooded section. Eventually, there was a bus which I took to Kanchanaburi, and from there another bus back to Bangkok. No aircon of course in those buses Late Monday night I got back to Bangkok. But those Landrovers - they drove through what I reckoned to be 4 feet of water - albeit still water and only short (200 m maximum) distances. They were horrible shuddering wrecks but they kept on going when a lot of modern 4WD's would have died long before.
-- Edited by erad on Thursday 9th of September 2021 10:11:08 PM
I suppose you do at the time , what you have to do .
Mate attests that that video was made at Cox's River,near Lithgow,and he has a video of himself driving his 80 series through that same river,with water over the bonnet! Cheers
Anyway once on that forum someone posted a photo of an environmental vandal who had driven up Eli Creek on Fraser Island. The vehicle was a white tray-back Landcruiser with a canopy. As I recall, the creek water depth was nearly up to the window sills of the vehicle. Demonstration of the adaptability of the vehicle, but it was not a life threatening need or war event. Evidently that driver had more money than sense. Probably his vehicle survived.
But disgusting treatment of a pristine creek in a National Park.