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Hand brake in 4wd
mux339:
:worthles:
Was it slimy under the front wheels as well as the back wheels?
tess:
--- Quote from: dmax449 on Nov 17, 2017, 03:59:10 PM --- :worthles:
Was it slimy under the front wheels as well as the back wheels?
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Haha, yeah well my phone was in my pocket and is now deceased......so no pics.
Perfect concrete ramp with great grip, just the rear wheels in about 25_50mm of water. You struggled to stand up on it, this was not known until this all happened. There is a raging debate about this exact same situtation on a FB page, great question i think.
mydmax2:
The idea of using 4WD is so you utilize the grip available from 4 tyres and not two tyres only.
The drive and/or the handbrake effect and if in park means the retardation or drive available is to all wheels. The fronts with less weight would have a litle less grip but will at least have additional grip to add to the lessened rear grip.
Didn't anyone check the underwater surface first???
What tyres were on the vehicle? Some will cut through crap better than others.
If you have 4wd, why wouldn't you use it. Experience is a great teacher. Foresight is also an advantage as is thinking about what you are going to do.
tess:
Used this ramp prob 30 times before, have pulled my 1.6t boat out with our vf commodore in same ramp so 4wd is not required.
Ute had road tyres and we launched there same morning, you must not be around boats much.
Only difference over past launch and retieves is i got out to help land it as it was windy as hell.
Banshee:
--- Quote from: mydmax2 on Nov 17, 2017, 06:00:54 PM ---..................... Experience is a great teacher................
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Experience is something I always seemed to get a split second after I really needed it.
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