Disco2Guy Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Ever driven down that hill with a 90* left turn at the bottom on Phil's Fall (I think it's the name of the trail)? It's a short decent, but I don't know if I'd call that tame, especially for a first timer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 (Chanting) VID-E-O!VID-E-O!VID-E-O! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astateofmike Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 (Chanting) VID-E-O!VID-E-O!VID-E-O! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Hey Tom, Can we get a SmugMug for this? I noticed there are only SmugMug links for the May and June MORGs, but not for July, August or September (or at least that I could find anywhere). Thanks, ErinYes, will get to it tonight ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 If possible I would love to get the original videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I begin to question the existence of these 'videos'. I demand proof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Hi All, Photo album set up, here is Guest Upload Guest Upload URL http: //norcalrovers.smugmug.com/upload/Hsx6bv/Sept2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 I keep telling people about it and wanting to show that video Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeWare Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 All, Unfortunately there has been a "post processing" problem with the video footage (it may take a week or so to sort out now), but because the snippets have already been leaked, I thought it was time to post something. Here is the bare bones highlights .... unfortunately, badly hacked on the iPhone before I got it, so not as much "before and after" as I'd like .... oh, and I should have cut the soundtrack, but that would have lost the heart wrenching noise as it rolled ... https://youtu.be/4ivNVDLlwhU Enjoy! Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Yes, the soundtrack was actually quite impressive. I'm wondering about the speed when backing down. Intentional or not? I wouldn't normally try coming back down that fast but if there was no traction and he was just sliding I certainly know how you can build up a lot of speed very quickly. My little toboggan run at Frank Rains last spring was a good example of that, and that was a much shorter hill. In terms of getting some value out of the video instead of just entertainment, we can see the root cause of the roll was getting sideways while backing down. It appears Colin either got sideways from the speed, or did it intentionally hoping to flip a J-turn similar to the first run. Coming down that hill that quickly, especially in reverse, is a risky proposition. A J-turn even more so. The safest move would be to be in reverse low and let the truck roll down hill with little to no brake to keep the front end from locking and drifting sideways. Of course Colin's a big boy and knows that, but he also likes to have fun so I'm guessing he may have been playing around a bit and it just got away from him. I get that. When I was running track days with the Alfa I would often push just a little more lap after lap until I went juuuust a bit too far and took an agricultural excursion. I'm speculating of course, it could have simply been a matter of gravity + incline > traction - deep dust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerDan Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Actually, Colin and I discussed this the other day. What happened was that he had to give it more gas than he was comfortable with going backwards to maintain some sort of control as the deep dust was keeping him from getting any sort of traction, the truck just started to slide and he had to gas it to keep up. The turn was unintentional both times, there were some deep ruts in that spot which caught him and pulled him sideways. He got away with it the first time, he didn't on the second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Ah, so it was a matter of gravity and poor traction plus the ruts. That would do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astateofmike Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 Actually, Colin and I discussed this the other day. What happened was that he had to give it more gas than he was comfortable with going backwards to maintain some sort of control as the deep dust was keeping him from getting any sort of traction, the truck just started to slide and he had to gas it to keep up. The turn was unintentional both times, there were some deep ruts in that spot which caught him and pulled him sideways. He got away with it the first time, he didn't on the second... I can say, I probably would have not gotten away with it the first time. That J turn was good, quick thinking. Going up Truck Hill after making it down the first time? Yeah, that is where I would have had you Colin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 "Agricultural Excursion". Hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerDan Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 I can't help it...every time I see this thread title, I get Neil Diamond stuck in my head. I gotta go stick an icepick in my ear to try to root it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlysonH Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 What the...??? Hahaaha!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilcrawler Posted September 11, 2015 Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 "Agricultural Excursion". HahahaI am now picturing Don doing something like this in his Alfa. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5m_qi4HVKc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRover Posted September 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2015 I can't help it...every time I see this thread title, I get Neil Diamond stuck in my head. I gotta go stick an icepick in my ear to try to root it out. haha - I'm glad I didn't have an icepick around when I played that video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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