HIGH COUNTRY'S HARDEST - MILO ROLLS - Roothy

https://roothy.com.au HIGH COUNTRY'S HARDEST - MILO ROLLS - Roothy Diff locks and traction control meant very little here, it was all about tyre size, lug pattern and low pressures. The track had been chewed up by 35” rubber and bigger before we got there so Milo’s 33” jiggers didn’t stand much a chance, even at 12psi. The plan was simple, use the side biter ability of the Coopers – which were running at 12psi already – and grab some traction up the relatively unscathed left hand side of the entrance. Then once through I could drop back in to the ruts and, despite having a couple inches less tyres than the truck that’d dug them, I’d be able to boogy on through. Yeah right. It all sort of worked and Milo got past the worst section right at the bottom but I buttoned off the throttle to grab some steering and that’s when she stopped. With the plot stalled as far as forwards motion went I put the old girl in chicken gear – reverse – and backed out. Probably would have worked OK if I’d been thinking and added a bit of left hand down to the steering to pull her back across the ruts. But with brain also in reverse I used a touch of right and bingo, the Coopers slid straight in to the deepest rut on the track. Things still would have been alright had a bloke used a bit of common sense and stopped right then to assess the situation. But having just been stopped because I stopped – so to speak – I just gave it some little berries instead. Which, as it turned out – or should that be ‘turned over’ - was exactly the wrong thing to do. The left hand rear wheel rode up the bank as the right side wheels dropped in to the ditch and poor old Milo just lay down on her side. It all happened very slowly – slow enough for Jack to wake up and climb on top of all the stuff that slid to the driver’s side – and no damage was done thanks to those custom side bars taking the strain. I got plenty of time to think to myself ‘you stupid berk, you total bloody idiot’ and a whole lot of other, err, phrases that might not be acceptable in public . Facebook:   / roothy4wd   Twitter: https://twitter.com/roothy4wd?lang=en Instagram:   / roothy4wd   Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com.au/johnroothy/ Tumblr:   / johnarooth   #roothy #roothy4wd #milo2 #terraintamer4wd #maxtrax #frontrunneroutfitters #lanotec #outbackaccessoriesaustralia #blackduckseatcovers #penriteoil #thebushcompany #smartautomotivesolutions #xrox #browndavis #uniden #borntoraom #frontrunneraustralia #toyota4x4 #landcruiser #fj40 #40series #builtnotbought #redarc_electronics #maxtraxhq