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Landcruiser For Sale ( if recovered)
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happy john
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"Rust in peace Landcruiser"
jonney
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now hows that for a lack of Duty of Care with the Ferry Driver., the ferry should not have left the land until the ramps were both raised . someone could have drowned if they were in that car whilst it was freely floating away before sinking, imagane a couple of little kids playing a game in this car and that happened. no wonder people get killed these days for stupid reasons.
sue sue sue this company.
sue sue sue this company.
happy john
Member
The occupants of the Cruiser were backpackers, sadly they still are not educated in any aspect of sand driving and even though is jonny suggested the ramps were down if they at least had the handbrake on this would of been avoided. Every time I go over there I recover heaps of them, most are pissed, on 50psi or have it in 2wd.
The link to the video in Manning's first post did not play for me so I found one on Y/T. Here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWkapS-fdY
The link to the video in Manning's first post did not play for me so I found one on Y/T. Here it is!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GWkapS-fdY
jonney
Member
John, apparently they claimed the handbrake was on but maybe when the brakes cooled down the rear shoes contracted letting pressure off the drums.
this happened to me some years ago after driving from the sunny coast to brissy and put the old Triumph stag under the house and only applied the handbrake leaving the gears in neutral then about 1 hours later we heard a big bang, looked out the window and the car was over the botton steet bank with its headlights looking up at me [ help me ] $10k repair bill.
this happened to me some years ago after driving from the sunny coast to brissy and put the old Triumph stag under the house and only applied the handbrake leaving the gears in neutral then about 1 hours later we heard a big bang, looked out the window and the car was over the botton steet bank with its headlights looking up at me [ help me ] $10k repair bill.
happy john
Member
I'm fairly sure the Manta Ray barge has a warning sign about switching off the motor and leaving in gear??, the main thing here is no loss of life.
jonney
Member
we went over on the straddie barge some years ago and i think it was required that all passengers were not allowed to stay in there cars whilst going over from cleveland to straddie and return. i still put blame on the fraser ferry driver or assistant for not raising the ramp before departing.
happy john
Member
Too true!
Thanks HJ
Id second that conclusion
I would completely understand if it was 20 odd meters offshore and the ramps were being raised but by the looks from the video the were well into the journey
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jonney
Member
the good thing is no one was hurt and the vehicle was a rental . i would hate that to happen to my pride and joy navara.
