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Not So Shiny Now Lol
Topic Started: Jul 10 2011, 06:41 PM (261 Views)
manicmechanic
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ok well i was itching to go out playing today and had no one to go with so i thought id practise plotting my rout and map reading on my own.
i started of with a few big nasty took me on recently around dean prior and ashburton way and planned a rout all up around widdicome etc my map reading skills were spot on and got a few awsom lanes in stopped for lunch and decided to go check out a few i never done before. BIG MISTAKE! LOL first of all i broke my bexhaust clean of from the bottom of the mannifold by driving up a massive ledge


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then i came to a gate with a very narrow path and was sure i could make it i walked it and it didnt seem to bad just very tight lol any way i got half way down it and my front wheel went over a big boulder and i got stuck . sitting on the sill with my front wheels off the deck. lol 2 hours it took me to get out lol and i hurt my poor truck


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the one with the gate looks like the entrance to lane 50 34 39 NORTH 3 48 55 WEST
which is at widecombe on the moor just to the left of where it is written on the map ?
only a guess though,

pity you had to do so much damage to the truck,
obviously you got back ok,
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opps i know that track well we ( big nasty supersurf and I once had a look at that one and decided it was probably only a footpath or at best motorcycles only,

and in all fairness im not even 100% sure that that track has vehicle rights any more, i never checked it out after we decided not to bother doing it..

we did it the other way round to u, we got up over the large step and then thought better of it as the track hadnt been driven as fair as we could see.
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i went up over the step to! thats what took my exhaust off. that pic was on the way back i couldnt risk going any further after i got stuck so we turned around lol.
acording to the maps your allowd acros there but no 4x4 would make the last part just bikes im affraid or maybey a jimney with a 6ft suspention lift lol


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yes thats the one,
we took a couple of shoguns and surfs up there,
we also had to turn around as it was so tight,
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ok heres to correct a small mis understanding people have not all ORPA's have vehicle rights the OS maps are at best only a good guide.

in devon though most routes do have vehicle rights though you have to be carfull someone hasnt beaverd the signs down,
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Dam... :ph43r:
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manicmechanic
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yea i knew it was going to get difficult and very tight but ............ thats what made it even more welcoming im a f**ker for tight tricky challenges i cant help it there the best lanes goin. but i wont be doing that one again lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Jul 10 2011, 08:24 PM
ok heres to correct a small mis understanding people have not all ORPA's have vehicle rights the OS maps are at best only a good guide.

in devon though most routes do have vehicle rights though you have to be carfull someone hasnt beaverd the signs down,

thats a very good point mike but im new to this map reading and i was just following the dots :lol: if ya ever fancied showin me some map reading skills nand doos and donts that would be cool :thumbsup:
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Jul 10 2011, 08:51 PM
Dam... :ph43r:

and ben wen am i going ta see you in the lanes again then? iyou got any scratches on your shiny truck yet :P
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Big Nasty
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good man :D
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manicmechanic
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any idears on wen your next run out is paul? i enjoyd that
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Big Nasty
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prob be out next on the 24th.have been planning a good one, trust me you will like.
might pay you to get some rock sliders on there mate,
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manicmechanic
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well i welded up my exhaust today and was contemplating the idear of adding a little more underside protection thinking 5 mm mild steel to cover the compleat underside of the truck as far back as i can go before the rear axle lol. oh do ya no where the best place to buy some new sills would be?
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Big Nasty
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i got mine from st budeux spares on victoria road mate.
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supersurf
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yes ask for gary his number is plymouth 210220

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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manicmechanic
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cool i know where that is. how much did ya pay roughley? im not going to do them till after the end of this month wen i sorn it of for a bit anyway
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Big Nasty
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i think they were £35.00 each
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manicmechanic
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thats not a bad price realy thanks guys :thumbsup:
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