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WAI4WD:

--- Quote from: sdouglas on May 16, 2021, 01:22:24 PM ---I see a fair amount of Ford Rangers on flat beds being taken off Fraser Island, Inskip, Double Island Point and Teewah beach.

Mainly Big Lifts, Big Tyres and BIG EGO’s.

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Is that the 2.0lt version with 10 speed box? I didn't like driving one myself, and I figure the smaller capacity engine with more reliance on a second turbo was just insane for offroad driving.

VALKIE:

--- Quote from: geoffs on May 18, 2021, 08:25:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: sdouglas on May 16, 2021, 01:22:24 PM ---I see a fair amount of Ford Rangers on flat beds being taken off Fraser Island, Inskip, Double Island Point and Teewah beach.
When I’m bored I sometimes go to Inskip Point just to watch how people drive on sand.
It’s sometimes very entertaining.
Mainly Big Lifts, Big Tyres and BIG EGO’s.

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A bit like boat ramps. Always good for a little light entertainment.

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Oh aren't they just.

I especially like the xmas break when people head for the boat ramps after leaving their boat sitting for 12 months.
My wife and I had it down pat.
We would prep the boat before we actually took to the ramp.
She hopped in and I backed the trailer into the water, when it was deep enough she started the motor and tooted the horn
I jumped out, pulled the pin on the shackle and the boat slipped into the water.
I then parked the trailer while she brought the boat up to the Wharf or onto the sand
3-5 min max.

Getting out, I jump off the boat onto the wharf or sand and get the car.
Backed the trailer into the water and she drove the boat on.
I put the pin in the shackle, sometime had to wind the winch once or twice and then drove the boat off to the washdown area.  Again 3-5 min max.

The truly sad part was that she could actually park up the boat better than I could, never once banging the wharf or running off the trailer.

Left a lot of people dumbfounded and with their mouths open.
It was a 6 meter boat of over 1500kg.

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sdouglas:
I’m not sure which of the Ford Ranger models seems to be the one that gets towed the most.
One thing I do notice is a lot of people wait until they get bogged before dropping tyre pressures.
I regularly have to drive a Landcruiser Ambulance on the beaches here at all times of the day and night and
can’t afford to get bogged so like to think I go prepared. I’m certainly no expert at off-road driving though.
I also go down to the boat ramps here regularly ( I like to look at the water everyday, good for stress levels) and notice the more experienced boaties don’t seem to have much tolerance for the newbies. Which is a bit disappointing.
Cheers Shane

wj957:
Hey sdouglas, best photo I've ever seen, my brother took on Fraser.
Just before dawn we had a massive down pour on low tide. James and I went down to the beach to watch the whales frolicking at sunrise. Along came an Ambo, leaving a singular pair of tyre tracks on the beach. But the texture of the sand from the rain storm was unique. I have those photos as screen savers on both pc & phone.
Love ya work bro, you're literally, a life saver.

wj957:
Looking North on Fraser ............. Ambo in the distance.


From whence he came.

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