Impressive performance by a Dodge

[Lynn Eades]

Great footage on both counts, Keith and Hanno. When I see all that wheel spinning, I have to wonder how violent our 1931 Napier earth quake was. It left lots cars with broken axles from the rocking. Many had to wait for stock from o/seas as the national stocks were used up.
Back to the subject,
The bouncing of the crew makes all the difference, especially with the skinnier tyres.
I remember going to the motorcycle hill climbs with my Dad, when I was a kid. I loved watching those guys riding their big heavy Nortons, AJS's, BSA's and the like, with the primary chains wirling away by their boots. Great stuff!

[Bob McNeill]

Richard I bet your heart skipped a beat in 94 when the mighty Mack went down in the nose and wouldn,t move till a Matador just idled away with said Mack. Seemed that super singles went thru while duals became slicks.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

Richard I bet your heart skipped a beat in 94 when the mighty Mack went down in the nose and wouldn,t move till a Matador just idled away with said Mack. Seemed that super singles went thru while duals became slicks.

Good on you Bob, I never got a photo of the Austin. Funniest incident was one of our members with a Dodge M37 (I think), fitted with a garage breakdown crane and towing a caravan. He drove on to the field along the metal trackway and as the Dodge dropped off the end into the mud, the crane slammed down onto the caravan roof!

regards, Richard

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Hanno

That is a really good video, but would the bounce traction method work on some thing larger? Say 20 guys in the back of 3 ton.

Thanks to Keith for starting another good thread.

Cheers Phil

[motto (RIP)]

I would imagine that so long as they were coordinated it would have some effect but wouldn't it look funny! Sometimes merely having a couple of ton on board or removing outside duals will make a truck perform better.
There was a fellow in Queensland who had a replica VW Kubelwagen. It had a rear bumper that was ideal for standing on. With one or two blokes traveling on the bumper to bounce at the appropriate time that vehicle would go anywhere a Jeep would go.
That was the first vehicle I'd seen 'bounced' for traction and I remember being surprised how effective it was. Probably more effective because of the bouncers (bouncees?) being right at the rear.

David

[Lynn Eades]

V dub's by design, are very good cross country.
Another thing many people don't consider is tyre pressure. I did see in Hanno's car trial footage, that at least one car had deflated the tyres.

[motto (RIP)]

That's the reason for the DUKW central tyre inflation system.(And others).
As regards traction, I once got my WLA Harley Davidson stuck on a hillside and couldn't get it out of the situation no matter how I struggled. That was until I took a rope I had with me and wound it round the tyre passing it through the spokes. I then walked it out. I imagine that I wasn't the first to have done that with a rope.

Another trick I heard of was through a friend that had a cement truck unable to drive up his wet, slippery access lane. The driver sprinkled lime on his tyres and proceeded on his way.

David