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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972  
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Mrs Do$h did a bit of of offroading today.
Met a 7.5T truck in the middle of the road and took the sensible option of the ditch rather than using the truck as a crumple zone Click image to enlarge With the vehicle completely on its side, Mrs Do$h was thankfully unhurt. Until she undid her seatbelt, forgetting about a little thing called gravity.  Luckily just some bruising to her left leg where she fell across the cab. 
With a bit of pulling and use of an airjack, we managed to get the car to the angle you see in these pics. NS door is partially pushed in and the stick set for the canopy took a bit of a battering, but otherwise unharmed. Click image to enlarge We roped off the rear to one car, dug out the edge of the ditch and laid waffle boards as a ramp at 45deg to the road. I put left lock on, drove further in to the ditch to get the car closer to upright, engaged difflock and low first and edged it on to the waffles while Mrs D started pulling with the Disco. Click image to enlarge Got off very lightly
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits |
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27th Mar 2008 12:56am |
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| Maverick Member Since: 08 Mar 2008 Location: Inverurie! Posts: 261  
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OUCH! That could have been a lot worse!
Just shows how strong these vehicles really are! Ben Rebuilt 1996 black/white Defender 90 300 TDi |
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27th Mar 2008 1:04am |
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| NoDo$h Member Since: 18 Aug 2007 Location: Buried in deer guts in Dorset Posts: 972
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Mrs Do$h is Stella, while the Defender is Delilah
No pints were consumed prior to ditching. 
As Stel said afterwards, thank ferk she got rid of the L200 or we'd still be trying to prise her out of the cab with a crowbar.
54 Freelander modded for mud 2008 D3 SE 2010 90 XS SW 1978 88 Series 3 undergoing surgery with a new owner 2007 90 County Truck Cab - gone 2006 D3 SE - gone 2004 Freelander Sport - gay 1999 Disco V8 ES rotted to bits Last edited by NoDo$h on 27th Mar 2008 10:22am. Edited 1 time in total |
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27th Mar 2008 1:08am |
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| bobbycrispbox Member Since: 20 Aug 2007 Location: The Peaks Posts: 2 |
As you say, not a good day
 One day... |
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27th Mar 2008 7:14am |
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