Tommo&Claire
Well-Known Member
Guys,
At approximately 2200 last night i received a phonecall from an oppo of mine who owns a 90 which he has just bought as he is keen to get into the offroading/greenlaning game. unfortunately he was roped into attempting a lane in hampshire called water lane by a friend of his who rides ktm bikes up and down it.
being both rather foolish and inexperienced they decided to go it alone and got themselves stuck halfway down it on a step, they are hung up with a large tree root snagging a crossmember and both front wheels hanging into space. the rear wheels are running the original road tyres and as its a prado it has no rear locker.
i couldnt get my 90 down to it from either direction as the lane is narrow and with my limited articlulation the angles i was leaning over at were doing quite a lot of damage. in fact i will now need a new rear bumper.
I called it quits at approx 0200 last night and we were there early this morning with high lift jacks (not that it has jacking points) strops, hatchets saws etc
Long and short of it, after a full day of trying, it hasn't moved an inch, this is the second night it has been stuck out there halfway down a greenlane and obviously Paddy is getting a wee bit frantic.
Thus this is a plea for help from anyone in the area as i am out of ideas!
P.S The lane is called water lane, in a place called Farringdon near Alton, Hants.
At approximately 2200 last night i received a phonecall from an oppo of mine who owns a 90 which he has just bought as he is keen to get into the offroading/greenlaning game. unfortunately he was roped into attempting a lane in hampshire called water lane by a friend of his who rides ktm bikes up and down it.
being both rather foolish and inexperienced they decided to go it alone and got themselves stuck halfway down it on a step, they are hung up with a large tree root snagging a crossmember and both front wheels hanging into space. the rear wheels are running the original road tyres and as its a prado it has no rear locker.
i couldnt get my 90 down to it from either direction as the lane is narrow and with my limited articlulation the angles i was leaning over at were doing quite a lot of damage. in fact i will now need a new rear bumper.
I called it quits at approx 0200 last night and we were there early this morning with high lift jacks (not that it has jacking points) strops, hatchets saws etc
Long and short of it, after a full day of trying, it hasn't moved an inch, this is the second night it has been stuck out there halfway down a greenlane and obviously Paddy is getting a wee bit frantic.
Thus this is a plea for help from anyone in the area as i am out of ideas!
P.S The lane is called water lane, in a place called Farringdon near Alton, Hants.