WOODLANDS PLAYDAY

 

 

A FEW OF THE LANERIDERS( DAVE, JAM, SIMON AND VICKY ) HAD ALL SAID THEY WERE GOING TO COME TO THIS MEETING AT WOODLANDS. UP UNTIL THIS TIME WE HAVE HAD LITTLE RAIN DOWN HERE ... TIL NOW ... FOR A FEW DAYS NOW IT HAS RAINED HEAVILY... AND WOODLANDS WAS WET ... SEE THE PICTURES BELOW .... WE SEEM TO GET A BIT OF RAIN AND THE WORLD GOES MAD ... 4 TRUCKS ROLLED OVER ON SUNDAY ...

 

WIPE OUT HILL, THIS WAS RUTTED AND DRY LAST MONTH. LANDROVERS SEEMED TO HAVE A PROBLEM GETTING THROUGH INITIALLY BUT NOT THE SUZUKIS. AS THE CLAY AND WATER MIX, IT WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT SECTION

 

YOU DON'T TEND TO SEE MANY PICKUPS AT WOODLANDS BUT THERE WERE TWO HERE THIS MEETING.

 

SUPERZUKI MAKING IT LOOK VERY EASY INDEED

 

THERE ARE TWO EXITS FROM THIS RUN AND THIS ONE DAVE IS DOING HERE IS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. THE RIDGES UNDER THE WATER THROW DAVES WHEEL NICELY INTO THE AIR AS THE LSD'S PULL THE TRUCK OUT THE WATER.

 

SOON AFTER WE GOT A CALL OVER THE CB RADIO TO SAY THAT SHARON WAS STUCK IN THE GRAVEYARD. WHEN WE GOT THERE THIS IS WHAT WE FOUND

 

SHE WAS BEING RESCUED BY A JEEP ( THANX IF YOU ARE READING THIS ). I DON'T THINK THIS RUN WAS MEANT FOR STANDARD SAMURAI'S...... OH WELL ... SHE TOOK IT BACK LATER ON AND EASILY GOT THROUGH IT.

 

TONKA .. NEW STEEL AXLE AND FRONT AND REAR LSD'S ... STUCK IN A HOLE WITH A BUSTED HALFSHAFT .... AAAAAGGGHHHH

 

THE JAMNY AT THE APPROACH TO THE ROAD TO HELL .... A BIT MORE RAIN AND A FEW TRUCKS IN THERE AND THIS WILL BE AS BAD AS EVER .... GREAT

VERY NICE LOOKING SJ ... WELL PREPARED AND PAINTED

 

JOHN SACKLEY SPITTING MUD. THIS WAS TAKEN SHORTLY BEFORE HE BUSTED HIS FRONT AXLE .. AGAIN .. HE ALSO HAD WARN HUB FUSES FITTED ... THEY DIDN'T WORK ... SO IF YOU WERE THINKING OF BUYING SOME ... WAIT

 

STANDARD SJ'S ALWAYS GET WHEELS IN THE AIR DOING THIS RUN.

 

THERE HAD BEEN A GOOD FEW TRUCKS THROUGH THIS RUN AND THE NEXT TIME DAVE TRIED IT HE FOUND IT MUCH HARDER ..

 

VITARA VIAGRA ... NO PROBLEMS

 

ANOTHER VERY NICE LOOKING SJ

 

ITS NOT ALL ABOUT DOING IT AS FAST AS YOU CAN. AS THIS RANGE ROVER IS ABOUT TO SHOW US. STUCK IN THE RUTS AND FOOT HARD DOWN

 

AS HE CLEARED THIS RUN HE THEN TRIED THE ROAD TO HELL AT THE SAME SPEED.. OH DEAR

 

HE WAS OK THOUGH. HE CLIMBED OUT TO SEE THE DAMAGE

 

A FEW SPECTATORS PUSHED IT BACK ONTO ITS WHEELS AND ...................

 

HE FLOORED IT AGAIN, THE ENGINE SMOKING HEAVILY FROM THE TRUCK LAYING ON ITS SIDE. AS HE ENTERED THE SECOND HALF OF THE ROAD TO HELL HE BROKE HIS FRONT DRIVETRAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED OUT.

 

THIS SJ ATTACKED IT TO QUICKLY AS WELL AND ROLLED .. YOU CAN SEE THE MARSHALL IN THE BACKGROUND SUMMONING HELP

 

ROAD TO HELL CLAIMS TRUCK NUMBER TWO.

 

NO NEED FOR SPEED. ITS ALL ABOUT COMPLETING THE OBSTACLE WITH NO DAMAGE. DAVES REAR WHEEL GETS PUSHED OUT THE ARCH UNDER FULL ARTICULATION

 

ROAD TO HELL CLAIMS NUMBER THREE. THIS HASN'T SETTLED YET AS THE FUEL CAN IN THE PHOTO IS STILL FALLING FROM THE TRUCK. THE GUYS WIFE SAID SHE NEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM ON THIS RUN AND HAD GOT OUT BEFORE HE DID IT. SPOOKY SIXTH SENSE OR WHAT.???

 

A PASSING RANGE ROVER VOLUNTEERED TO HELP AND WAS POSITIONED ACCORDINGLY.

 

WINCH AND STROP ON THE STRICKEN RANGIE AND PULL IT BACK ON TO ITS WHEELS

 

ONCE BACK ON ITS WHEELS AND RESTARTED IT RAN VERY SMOKILY, I THINK IT WAS RUNNING ON ITS ENGINE OIL. IT WAS SWITCHED OFF AND I NEVER SAW IT AGAIN THAT DAY.

 

THIS WAS A CROSS AXLED RANGE ROVER THAT I HELPED TO BOUNCE FREE

 

SHARON COMING BACK THROUGH THE GRAVEYARD ... THIS TIME WITH MORE REVS AND DETERMINATION

 

GO JAMIE .. PUSH THAT WHEEL UP

 

KEITH WITH REAR WHEEL IN THE AIR

 

DAVE IN THE SAME HOLE AS THE LAST PHOTO. THIS RUN WAS RE DESIGNED WITH GOOD EFFECT

 

REAR VIEW SHOT OF DAVE ENTERING ONE OF THE BLACK RUNS

 

THIS WAS AWESOME TO WATCH. I WILL TRY TO GET A VIDEO OF IT RUN OFF ON THE COMPUTER AND POST IT ON THE WEBSITE.

 

AND THIS WAS THE FINAL ROLL OF THE DAY. WE SAW THIS AS WE PASSED ON A PARALLEL RUN, WE DROPPED BACK TO SEE IF WE COULD HELP BUT IT WAS IN HAND.
A BIG THANKS TO SUE AND KEITH FOR PUTTING UP A LOAD OF PEOPLE AT THEIR HOUSE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND TO THOSE WHO MADE THE JOURNEY FROM OOOOOOP NORTH. DAVE JONES DID HIS USUAL TRICK AND BROKE DOWN ON THE WAY HOME, BUT WITH HELP FROM FRIENDS WAS SOON ON HIS WAY HOME AGAIN. I WILL HAVE THE NEW DRIVESHAFT FITTED TO TONKA SOON AND IF SHE DOESN'T SELL ( WHO CARES )THEN SHE WILL BE BACK THERE NEXT MONTH.
MORE PHOTOS OF THIS TRIP ON DAVES SITE AT ... http://www.k9rdj.co.uk