Jules Rolls
The fingers up the main hill at Bunny Lane where John Piper and Co. started the new runs (the ones you can see from the main parking area).
Jules was pootling up and down the hills and had done all of them, however in between someone had been up the steepest one and had dug a hole with tyre spin. Jules went up -the tyres started spinning at the top of the climb and then the 90 slid back down the hill about 3 feet -Jules couldn’t get it out of drive quick enough. Then the back wheels gripped and flipped it straight over backwards.
We reckon it dropped about 12 feet minimum onto it’s roof, we counted 5 seconds from Jules being at the top of the hill to being at the bottom upside-down! This is from the video footage which is great - we are hoping for a YBF contribution of £250 to the rebuild :-) It bounced on the drivers side of the cage really heavily.
We got it down to Pete at Stunning Services in Bournemouth this afternoon, and although the engine hydrauliced we got going and it’s running fine.
We were really pleased with the cage because although it has moved a little, it had the whole weight of the car bounce on it and it’s not too badly damaged at all. Also the back end is perfect -it obviously balanced well on the sand ladders!
The Damage
Front driver’s wing destroyed Bonnet squashed ARB bumper twisted but fixable Truck cab - roof flat and kind of banana shaped (and a bit wonky) PIA light broken Radiator went through the fan Side light (but it still works)The 23 yr old chassis took a major beating Also suspected blown front ARB diff. The truck was MOT’d three weeks before the crash so all of this is from the impact of dropping at least 15-20ft on to it’s driver’s side roof. There is no structural damage to speak of inside the cage safety cell area (apart from a kinked door and truck cab).
So the new chassis is a must. My friend that was with me (he’s not a 4x4 person) said that he was supprised how nice everyone was when we were just chatting to people in the morning. When I rolled it the people that helped him out of an upside-down car were so very quick to our rescue even though we were 50m away from anyone when the car went over. A big thank you to all the Shire Marshals that helped me out with their winches and all the members that came to our aid I did not get the chance to thank them on the day.
A big thank you from me and my mate Alex for all the help we got on the day from the members and marshals.
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