ASHFORD MUD RUN

 

 

JOHN SACKLEY HAD WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE SEVERE LANE WE DID IN ASHFORD. HE POSTED ON LANERIDERS TO SEE IF HE GOT ANY INTEREST, WELL YOU KNOW ME AND SHAZ WERE UP FOR IT AND SO WERE KEITH AND SUE. MARKY B AND NICK INGRAM ALSO WANTED TO COME ALONG.
WE ARRANGED THE MEET AND WAITED FOR THE DAY. UNFORTUNATELY ON THE WAY TO THE MEET, SUE AND KEITH HAD TO DROP OUT DUE TO A SLIPPING CLUTCH. WE MET THE OTHERS AND HEADED FOR THE LANE. EXPECTATIONS WERE HIGH AS WE NEW WHAT WE WERE HEADING INTO AND WE HAVE HAD LOADS OF RAIN AS WELL ........ READ ON ............

 

WHEN WE ARRIVED THE GROUND WAS SOAKED. JOHN LINED UP TO ENTER THE RUN FIRST AND I WAS RESCUE TRUCK FOR HIM

 

JOHN MADE GOOD PROGRESS, BUT THE MUD WAS DEEP AND THE GOING HARD.

 

WELL THE MUD WON IN THE END. TOW STRAP OUT AND PULLED OUT.
LOOK AT THE ARTICULATION IN THOSE FRONT WHEELS

 

"TONKAS" TURN, DUE TO THE SMALLER WHEELS THAN JOHNS TRUCK IT WAS A CASE OF POWER DOWN AND GO FOR IT.

 

IN THE END I RAN OUT OF GO. TIME FOR JOHN TO RECOVER ME FROM THE MIRE

 

STUCK !!!!

 

NICKS TURN AND HE ALSO FALLS FOUL OF THE GLOOP

JOHNS TRUCK AT THE START OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE RUN

 

NICK WITH POWER DOWN

 

THE TYRES ON JOHNS TRUCK ARE 35", THE ONE ON THE BACK ISN'T VISIBLE IN THE MUD.

 

EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T TELL FROM THIS PICTURE I AM STILL MOVING ....... JUST

 

VERY HEAVY GOING. YOU CAN SEE SHAZ ON THE LEFT OPERATING THE WINCH REMOTE

 

MARKY-B MAKING SLOW PROGRESS. AT LEAST HE GOT PLENTY OF WINCHING PRACTICE

 

THIS IS THE BEST MUD RUN I KNOW OF ... SIMPLY AWESOME

 

EVEN MARKY-B RUNS 33" TYES .... NOT VISIBLE.

THE TALLY DAMAGE FOR THE DAY WAS AN ALTERNATOR FOR NICK, A FRONT GRILL AND STARTER MOTOR FOR ME, I BELIEVE MARKY-B HAD DAMAGE TO REAR BRAKE LINES DUE TO HIS AXLE TRUSS TWISTING AND JOHN SACKLEY SPLIT THE SUPPORTS ON HIS WINCH BODY AND ALSO SNAPPED HIS REAR PROPSHAFT IN HALF. WE SPENT THE LAST OF THE TIME WINCHING JOHN OUT AS HE ONLY HAD FRONT WHEEL DRIVE.
ALL IN ALL A TOTALLY AWESOME DAY. I EVEN MANAGED TO FIND A FRIENDLY JETWASH ON THE WAY HOME AND GOT THE WORST OF THE MUD OFF TONKA.
GTTA GO BACK SOON ..... ITS GREAT!!!!!