A great day on Salisbury Plain

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:08 pm

Just had to say that my wife and I had a great day driving our Pinzgauer on Salisbury Plain with two greats of the UK Pinzgauer scene, Chris Vokins and Steve Hooper, I can recommend that if anyone goes off roading with these guys they will have great driving and good conversation, plus they have a wealth of experience and knowledge. Pics and Video to follow: (Ps they may still be out there right now camping out in the Witshire wilds!!!!!)

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:07 pm

As promised here are 2 of 3 videos and my wife is going to put all the pics on our 'flikr' tomorrow:http: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DCXf3q933A and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2Qk1DcXDY sorry about the music, I was hoping to put Kraftwerk Expo2000, Transeurope express and Tom Petty free falling for the other....but computer he say NO!

HOOPS PINZ · Post by **HOOPS PINZ** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:51 pm

Hi Steve good pictures, yes it was nice to meet you and your Doreta today and yes it was a bit cold last night sleeping in the back of the Pinz. Got up this morning and the milk and water was bits of frozen lumps.

But had a good day driving the Plain just need to get my new Diesel Pinz to give that a blast.

Look forward to seeing you again PS Wheres the picture of Chris wobbling at the top of the hill not sure if it was him or his Pinz dancing like that.

Steve

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:40 am

Here,s the vid, we called it Pinzgauer Agility, because it really does demonstrate what a good (courageous driver can do). I wonder if the shorter wheelbase of our older Pinz,s would have had us over? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEd3EblBMRs These pics really show off the size of your tyres and how 'right' they look on a Pinz. Just as an aside, when you do get your Diesel Pinz and if you decide to bring it to the plain, I do need to give my Unimog a bit of a test so I,d be happy to tag along and if you want to test your Pinz to its limits, you'd have something around that is easily capably of pulling it out gently without stressing anything.

HOOPS PINZ · Post by **HOOPS PINZ** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:24 am

Hi Steve Yes the pictures are good and I do like the Simex Tyres as you say the right height and they look right on a Pinz.
Yes as soon as I get my Diesel I will mail you so we can go and play.

Im over the Plain for 3 days mid Feb with 2 other mates form the North The Duffer Andy Bird and his Side kick Chunkey with Pinzs a 718 and 710 so hopefully have my 716 for that trip.

Its going to be none stop with those guys from 7.30am till dark (what no lunch stops) If you want to come along for one of the days your welcome just let me know.

Steve

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 5:57 am

I wouldn,t mind bringing my Unimog if that,s OK? I really do have to try it out on some difficult bits and like I said earlier having a Unimog along means you,ve got something that won,t struggle to extricate someone if they get really stuck. (I always think it,s better to have something that will pull you out slowly and without fuss, rather than something that can get you out with multiple runs at it and massive strain on towing points.) To be honest the lanes around here don,t have anything that even slightly worries the Pinzgauer let alone a Unimog so I haven,t really taken it over any real obstacles yet.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:41 pm

I wouldn't get too cocky about that SBU. It wouldn't have any problem recovering a Pinz, but at 2 1/2 times the dry weight, the Pinz could pass through something the SBU may break the crust on.
A friend stuck a SBU in mud one day, and had to come back the following with the only thing local to it that could pull it out, a dozer.
Remember, you might be able to recover everyone else, but who'll be able to recover you?

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:23 am

Ahh David, as usual wise words, But I,m hoping that if I get stuck, at least 3 TD Pinzgauers and maybe a couple of Gas powered will have me out in a second. But your wise words made the hair on the back of my neck stand up as I thought of myself later this year when I,m in the wild part of Poland, If I get stuck I,ll be on my own, the local and most prolific agricultural tractor in the area seems to be the smaller 'Ursus' and something that looks like a 2 cylinder baby 'Lanz Bulldog' Luckily I intend to invest in a 6 Ton Winch and ground anchor, pulleys etc. Its still snowing hard and -20c in the part of Poland that I,m going to live in.

David Dunn · Post by **David Dunn** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:08 am

5 Pinzes, whether diesel or gas , depending how stuck your SBU may be, could be marginal in mud or sand without careful co-ordination of daisy-chaining them together.

With all the talk in of Pull Pals and other recovery equipment in another thread, I'm reminded of a "sand wheel chock" made a long time ago, where a recovery vehicle drives into the chocks that had claws that dig into the ground ( under the tire's weight) to lock the vehicle in place.... something that I wish I had bought years ago.... or even made

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 2:25 am

Looks like I,ll have to invest in snow chains for at least one axle set for the SBU as well, I,ve already invested in a full 4 wheel set for the pinz. The 'Chock' sounds a good idea. The soil in the area that I will be living seems to be (I know it sounds like it shouldn,t be) a sandy/gritty clay (sand should break up the clay) in the valleys and on the hillsides where there are no trees, but in the forests it is a very sandy black soil. What a contrast to these hills I,ve lived and driven the tracks of for 20 years, around here it is all white chalk and flint, just like Salisbury plain except the 'Plain runs to a lot of pebbles and strange white silica mixed in with the Chalk.