Could be Worse...

[TacoCat64]

So, I'm new at off roading. I like to think of myself as a rather conservative driver - I like no drama, no surprises, get there in one piece with no damage or excitement. Well... I did my first moderately technical climb last weekend. I had an excellent spotter. I had a truck that was fully capable. Unfortunately, my right foot was a wee bit too heavy. I sort of "Superman-ed" off a large rock - all 4 wheels in the air - and the result was this:


I'm getting new rear shocks now. I mean, it could have been worse, but still. ARGH. MUST. PRACTICE. THROTTLE. CONTROL.

Update: So it wasn’t entirely my fault… my rear shocks were too short. Previous owner put an aftermarket lift and didn’t change the shocks. New longer Bilsteins going on Monday.

 

[Alex-DK]

So, I'm new at off roading. I like to think of myself as a rather conservative driver - I like no drama, no surprises, get there in one piece with no damage or excitement. Well... I did my first moderately technical climb last weekend. I had an excellent spotter. I had a truck that was fully capable. Unfortunately, my right foot was a wee bit too heavy. I sort of "Superman-ed" off a large rock - all 4 wheels in the air - and the result was this:
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I'm getting new rear shocks now. I mean, it could have been worse, but still. ARGH. MUST. PRACTICE. THROTTLE. CONTROL.

Bad lock, but hope everything’s gonna be okay again

 

[TacoCat64]

So, I'm new at off roading. I like to think of myself as a rather conservative driver - I like no drama, no surprises, get there in one piece with no damage or excitement. Well... I did my first moderately technical climb last weekend. I had an excellent spotter. I had a truck that was fully capable. Unfortunately, my right foot was a wee bit too heavy. I sort of "Superman-ed" off a large rock - all 4 wheels in the air - and the result was this:
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I'm getting new rear shocks now. I mean, it could have been worse, but still. ARGH. MUST. PRACTICE. THROTTLE. CONTROL.

Bad lock, but hope everything’s gonna be okay again

Will be next week. New set of rear shocks going on. Everything else is hunky dory.

 

[rgallant]

@TacoCat64 I will give you the land rover advice as slow as possible and as fast as necessary. You are better to take a second run than get heavy on the skinny pedal.

But we have to learn, and least it is just parts.

 

[TacoCat64]

@TacoCat64 I will give you the land rover advice as slow as possible and as fast as necessary. You are better to take a second run than get heavy on the skinny pedal.

But we have to learn, and least it is just parts.

Yep, I fully agree. This was totally user error and something I never want to repeat. Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes.

 

[danwyandt]

Yep, I fully agree. This was totally user error and something I never want to repeat. Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes.

All that practice can get mean on the bank account too. lol.

 

[TacoCat64]

Yep, I fully agree. This was totally user error and something I never want to repeat. Practice makes perfect, as the saying goes.

All that practice gets can get mean on the bank account too. lol.

Let’s hope not!

 

[genocache]

Bummer, but you made it home! I count that as a win! Land Rover on some of their mid 60-70's cars (they all had mechanical throttles) put on a device that once you achieved 3/4 throttle a heavier spring kicked in so you really had to put your foot in it to get to full throttle, plus you knew when you reached that point.

 

[Renegade]

Axle Limiting Straps.

 

[ThundahBeagle]

All that practice can get mean on the bank account too. lol.

I was just going to say, hurting the wallet teaches us

 

[The Deputy]

I was just going to say, hurting the wallet teaches us

Sometimes...

Divorced, then remarried...

Joking, second time around has been all good.

 

[Advtres]

Might as well upgrade the shocks and maybe a few other things in the process... I mean you gotta change it out anyways...

 

[danwyandt]

Might as well upgrade the shocks and maybe a few other things in the process... I mean you gotta change it out anyways...

@Advtres - Would you please talk to my wife ...

 

[rgallant]

@TacoCat64 If it helps I told your story to an old friend of mine, he is in his mid 60's too and tend to have a heavy foot off road. He not so tactfully noted (chortled gleefully in fact) that I once got all 6 wheels of an army 2 1/2 ton off the ground using too much speed going through a tank ditch. I was a young CPL at the time and had rather lengthy conversations with the SSM, and my Sqn commander. Survived with only a stern finger wagging from both and vehicle picket from 2 to 4 am at the end of the ex.

 

[grubworm]

just go to Walmart and get one of these to glue under the accelerator...

 

[TacoCat64]

Might as well upgrade the shocks and maybe a few other things in the process... I mean you gotta change it out anyways...

Oh, there’s definitely more work coming. I need new wheels and new UPC’s as those weren’t upgraded when the previous owner lifted it.

 

[TacoCat64]

@TacoCat64 If it helps I told your story to an old friend of mine, he is in his mid 60's too and tend to have a heavy foot off road. He not so tactfully noted (chortled gleefully in fact) that I once got all 6 wheels of an army 2 1/2 ton off the ground using too much speed going through a tank ditch. I was a young CPL at the time and had rather lengthy conversations with the SSM, and my Sqn commander. Survived with only a stern finger wagging from both and vehicle picket from 2 to 4 am at the end of the ex.

I can’t imagine getting a vehicle that large into the air. That must have been quite the spectacle!

 

[TacoCat64]

just go to Walmart and get one of these to glue under the accelerator...

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