Nugget acident on Fraser

[Lucky_Phill]

Good to hear all is Ok Dave.

Had ya been in Seans little suzi, you may have been shunted straight onto the barge from there !

And very good point about the ABS.

That'll be an interesting point at the Toyota round up, " question from the floor sir ?......ah Yes, which 4 x 4 stops faster, Toyota or nissan, holden, suzuki, honda, BMW, Landy.......................?

sorry, couldn't help meself.

cya Dave, good luck with the repairs.

Phill

[Nugget]

After talking to quite a few 4x4 experts - it seems to be common knowledge that ABS has a problem on sand and gravel.
Apparently there is a modification - installing a switch that disables ABS - mentioned on some of the 4x4 chatboards.
In fact the Mercedes Benz G Class 4x4 had the switch installed as standard but becasue of changes to laws the switch has been removed.
Check out this link:
http://www.4x4abc.com/4WD101/ABS_offroad.html
The guy that hit me swears he was standing on the brakes but the Landcruiser (600klm on the clock) just didn't pull up.
Something to be aware of - it might even be worth doing a few tests next time you're on sand just so you know what the vehicle will do if you're put in that situation.
According to many 4x4 chat boards, the simple solution is remove the ABS fuse.

Dave ><>

[whynott]

Nugget,
Good to hear you are ok.
We all would have missed the GDAY GDAY on the radio
Lucky you were not hit by back packers in a rented troop carrier who did not know what they were doing as seems to be case way too often.
Good luck getting the red rocket fixed.
Cheers,
Graham.