EXAMM Report Card

mohan · 2nd July 2010, 19:06

Some videos from my side;

YouTube - Sawarsai Trail 1.m4v

YouTube - GURKHA TRAX CLEARING OBSTACLES.m4v

rhandle · 3rd July 2010, 04:49

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Originally Posted by Tejas@perioimpl

Final batch of pics from rhandle:

Copy karne tha toh sare karta!!

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Originally Posted by DKG

Devang is the culprit

He knew I will sink but kept goading me to try it. Good experience though. Long time ago I once sank like that to the diffs in black clay beside a lake here in Hyderabad. The soil near lakes is the nastiest. I think you need balloon tyres with wide footprint and momentum to perhaps attempt stuff like that. I have seen Landcruisers go close to the sea and manage not to sink. At the same time I have also seen ones that go in like a hot knife cutting through butter.

DKG that was TEJAS not Devang. Devang was trying make Bakra out of Khan!! Also I guess I am closer to the machine we talked about!

gsferrari · 3rd July 2010, 09:43

Actually I was the one who suggested someone should attempt that stretch of fresh slush. I quietly slunk away when DKG's jeep sank in to cabin depth

I guess a Gypsy with most of the air let out of the tires could have made that stretch with sufficient momentum...too bad we didn't get too many opportunities to try.

khan_sultan · 3rd July 2010, 10:29

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Originally Posted by gsferrari

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I guess a Gypsy with most of the air let out of the tires could have made that stretch with sufficient momentum...too bad we didn't get too many opportunities to try.

NO WAY.. no vehicle with whatever tryes/etc could pass that stretch where DKG got stuck. It was equivalent of quicksand in off-roading terms. That fact that he made is thus far itself is a testimony to how great that tractor tread tyres are.

Tejas@perioimpl · 3rd July 2010, 11:17

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Originally Posted by rhandle

Copy karne tha toh sare karta!!

DKG that was TEJAS not Devang. Devang was trying make Bakra out of Khan!! Also I guess I am closer to the machine we talked about!

Rahul, then you post the rest of the pics here.

No, it wasn't me, but yes i did support devang! And anyways, where's the fun if you don't get stuck?

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Originally Posted by gsferrari

Actually I was the one who suggested someone should attempt that stretch of fresh slush. I quietly slunk away when DKG's jeep sank in to cabin depth

I guess a Gypsy with most of the air let out of the tires could have made that stretch with sufficient momentum...too bad we didn't get too many opportunities to try.

GS. As khan said, no chance! Infact alok completely gunned it in a smaller and less softer patch of muck and still got stuck.

We can try out that patch sometime later this month and also do the last part of the trail which is very difficult.

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Originally Posted by khan_sultan

NO WAY.. no vehicle with whatever tryes/etc could pass that stretch where DKG got stuck. It was equivalent of quicksand in off-roading terms. That fact that he made is thus far itself is a testimony to how great that tractor tread tyres are.

+1.

And ya, those tyres are super!

rhandle · 3rd July 2010, 12:15

Too good Gurkha did not tried it. For that small machine two vehicles were required had Gurkha went in then it wud have been a classic Humpty Dumpty case!!

pdev29 · 3rd July 2010, 14:03

@ DKG,

Bhai hamara to kaam hai fase hue ko nikalna or nikle hue ko fasana.. Sab raasta kichad me jaata hai.. Lol

@ GS that pit was not possible with any car.

mohan · 3rd July 2010, 21:32

Paras trying his hand on his newly acquired gypsy..

YouTube - Sawarsai Trail EXAMM.m4v

mohan · 4th July 2010, 22:13

Gypsy,Jeep and a Gurkha couldn't make it, the Scorpio could ,in the 1st attempt, 4H 1st.
The driver was Sudesh who has many a desert Safaris to his credit in Dubai.

YouTube - Scorpio.m4v

rhandle · 4th July 2010, 22:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohan

Gypsy,Jeep and a Gurkha couldn't make it, the Scorpio could ,in the 1st attempt, 4H 1st.
The driver was Sudesh who has many a desert Safaris to his credit in Dubai.

YouTube - Scorpio.m4v

Well this was the climb which humbled everything, from DKG R1 tires to Khans gypsy, MT tire or no tire. What this place needed was power and nothing else.

A day before I had tried everything up my sleeve to go up the hill but could not and even G 90 did not helped.

Scorpio went up in 1st high, and it had normal bridgestone HT tires. Guess POWER is what Gurkha is screaming!

Samurai · 4th July 2010, 23:03

Did Thar try this climb?

The Wolf · 4th July 2010, 23:30

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Originally Posted by rhandle

Well this was the climb which humbled everything, from DKG R1 tires to Khans gypsy, MT tire or no tire. What this place needed was power and nothing else.

A day before I had tried everything up my sleeve to go up the hill but could not and even G 90 did not helped.

Scorpio went up in 1st high, and it had normal bridgestone HT tires. Guess POWER is what Gurkha is screaming!

WOW thats quite a serious comment! Did Arka try this one???

Jassy1313 · 5th July 2010, 00:03

some more pics from our end..

Jassy1313 · 5th July 2010, 00:27

some more pics from our end..

Jassy1313 · 5th July 2010, 00:34

some more pics from our end..

3rd July 2010, 09:43	#138
gsferrari Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2009 Location: Chennai Posts: 1,014 Thanked: 1,808 Times	Actually I was the one who suggested someone should attempt that stretch of fresh slush. I quietly slunk away when DKG's jeep sank in to cabin depth I guess a Gypsy with most of the air let out of the tires could have made that stretch with sufficient momentum...too bad we didn't get too many opportunities to try.
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3rd July 2010, 12:15	#141
rhandle BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ghaziabad Posts: 549 Thanked: 117 Times	Too good Gurkha did not tried it. For that small machine two vehicles were required had Gurkha went in then it wud have been a classic Humpty Dumpty case!!
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3rd July 2010, 14:03	#142
pdev29 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,039 Thanked: 288 Times View My Garage	@ DKG, Bhai hamara to kaam hai fase hue ko nikalna or nikle hue ko fasana.. Sab raasta kichad me jaata hai.. Lol @ GS that pit was not possible with any car.
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4th July 2010, 23:03	#146
Samurai Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore/Udupi Posts: 25,828 Thanked: 45,516 Times View My Garage	Did Thar try this climb?
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5th July 2010, 00:03	#148
Jassy1313 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 340 Thanked: 858 Times View My Garage	some more pics from our end.. Attached Thumbnails
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5th July 2010, 00:27	#149
Jassy1313 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 340 Thanked: 858 Times View My Garage	some more pics from our end.. Attached Thumbnails
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Jassy1313 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 340 Thanked: 858 Times View My Garage	some more pics from our end.. Attached Thumbnails
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