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Bill Chiu



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My FL2 was Lucky!

One day in somewhere of north Taiwan mountain area,
my FL2 passed a track looked quite dangerous as shown.





Just at the same place, a Ford Escape was not so lucky before long!





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Ouch Shocked

Looks nasty - glad FL2 made it Thumbs Up
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Who made the track? it looks like its has a caterpillar bulldozer tracks on it. Im not sure how the ford fell down the hole the track looks fairly wide or does the camera make thing look easier than they are?
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I hope the driver was ok Shocked

Its not something i would like to happen to me Thumbs Up
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Shocked Crumbs Shocked and somebody we all know was winging about a few scratches Whistle
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at least his will buff out with a little T-Cut Razz
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npinks wrote:
at least his will buff out with a little T-Cut Razz


Yeh, and its only a Ford Laughing . But I was only kidding NP - I was really sorry to hear what happened to your FL2.
It would have made me feel real sick if I had that happen to mine Shocked
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At least i am insured for mine (not that i will be claiming the office will pay)

Was this chap's insured for off roading?
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npinks wrote:
At least i am insured for mine (not that i will be claiming the office will pay)

Was this chap's insured for off roading?


OK - so we now need a "whos got a company FL2 and who really owns one" poll Question Thumbs Up Thumbs Up
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Mine belongs to the chickens Exclamation
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chicken george wrote:
Mine belongs to the chickens Exclamation


......and the luvely little puppy I guess Whistle
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luvely puppy! Yesterday it nearly head butted my tractor window through when we drove past some deer that were happily munching away at my crops.
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emm messy

Emm messy! I guess it will provide some good practice for a panel beating apprentice somewhere Laughing

Looking at the earlier pictures of the track it's hard to envisage what went wrong for the Ford driver, unless there was a sudden land slip or he was texting a mate on his mobile! Rolling Eyes
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Re: emm messy

Nick Jan wrote:

Looking at the earlier pictures of the track it's hard to envisage what went wrong for the Ford driver, unless there was a sudden land slip or he was texting a mate on his mobile! Rolling Eyes


Could be that the FL2 drove past ok, but caused the landslide taking the Ford with it Shocked
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Re: emm messy

AndyC wrote:
Nick Jan wrote:

Looking at the earlier pictures of the track it's hard to envisage what went wrong for the Ford driver, unless there was a sudden land slip or he was texting a mate on his mobile! Rolling Eyes


Could be that the FL2 drove past ok, but caused the landslide taking the Ford with it Shocked


2.5 tonne of Ford on the soft edge of a track, is what went wrong. A lot of folks dont spend the time to walk and ground read when off road. Simple error has cost him dearly.

Just another example of why it is worth while, to have some tuition if you are going off road Thumbs Up
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