Ditch Mode

[Ever Pragmatic]

Got passed this video at a shoot today.. The Gren had no damage, not a scratch, from the ditch but apparently the offside front brake pipes got damaged as the strap wrapped during the final part of the extraction…. From what I was told the driver engaged all the diffs but it looks like they didn’t steer out.. Glad it wasn’t me ..!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHGRWR2AOg

 

[AnD3rew]

Got passed this video at a shoot today.. The Gren had no damage, not a scratch, from the ditch but apparently the offside front brake pipes got damaged as the strap wrapped during the final part of the extraction…. From what I was told the driver engaged all the diffs but it looks like they didn’t steer out.. Glad it wasn’t me ..!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHGRWR2AOg

Oops. Illustrates possibly how hard it is to steer with the front diff engaged. Also hard to understand whey they kept going. Probably should have tried to back out with just the rear diff lock engaged instead.

 

[anand]

 

[ECrider]

Sometimes you can't steer out of a 6" rut with any forward momentum let alone that ditch in the beginning. More gas and straight on you go!! Number plate - he'll be 'grousing' for sure.

 

[Spjnr]

Got passed this video at a shoot today.. The Gren had no damage, not a scratch, from the ditch but apparently the offside front brake pipes got damaged as the strap wrapped during the final part of the extraction…. From what I was told the driver engaged all the diffs but it looks like they didn’t steer out.. Glad it wasn’t me ..!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHGRWR2AOg

Own up! Who was it

 

[Michael H.]

Got passed this video at a shoot today.. The Gren had no damage, not a scratch, from the ditch but apparently the offside front brake pipes got damaged as the strap wrapped during the final part of the extraction…. From what I was told the driver engaged all the diffs but it looks like they didn’t steer out.. Glad it wasn’t me ..!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLHGRWR2AOg

A good example of why not to use diff locks on a side slope.

 

[Trialmaster]

Just "WHY"?

 

[Ever Pragmatic]

Oops. Illustrates possibly how hard it is to steer with the front diff engaged. Also hard to understand whey they kept going. Probably should have tried to back out with just the rear diff lock engaged instead.

Perhaps a gentle reverse would have been a better strategy as he had the right tyres on. Took two telehandlers to get it out apparently.

 

[JOB]

As the man who recovers our tippers when they get in to trouble always says, get it out the way it went in.

That said, the illegally spaced registration implies they’re of the shooting type; so brain cells would not have been in abundance!

 

[Spjnr]

As the man who recovers our tippers when they get in to trouble always says, get it out the way it went in.

That said, the illegally spaced registration implies they’re of the shooting type; so brain cells would not have been in abundance!

I'm of the "shooting type" and have managed to avoid any ditches in my Grenadier so far

 

[JOB]

I'm of the "shooting type" and have managed to avoid any ditches in my Grenadier so far

Said very much in jest!

 

[Ever Pragmatic]

I'm of the "shooting type" and have managed to avoid any ditches in my Grenadier so far

Me too…. It’s a great vehicle for shooting. was picking up yesterday with my small team. The little door does act as a retaining feature..

 

[ECrider]

works for me

 

[Spjnr]

Said very much in jest!

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Haha all good mate. Last time a vehicle went in a ditch on our shoot, it was due to a spaniel sitting on the accelerator of a Kawasaki Mule with everyone on board. Nobody was hurt, but the tractor had to come out of the shed to drag it out!

 

[Tinerfeño]

Oversteering, wheels turned up to the limit, isn't usually good practise, even without diff lock.

And entire operation could have been avoided be steering to left