Volvo XC70 v Ash stump. Ash won

[Billhook]

2 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Sounds like Pwlldu, I never drove there. I did walk down to the next cove, Brandy, one hot day and saw my first manitou rough terrain forklift, it had been used by a farmer to remove a car that blocked his access, 1969 IIRC. Several of us rented the old Rectory prior to it being demolished.

Yes, that is the place but I am not going to try and pronounce it!

[Deafhead]

10 hours ago, openspaceman said:

Sounds like Pwlldu, I never drove there. I did walk down to the next cove, Brandy, one hot day and saw my first manitou rough terrain forklift, it had been used by a farmer to remove a car that blocked his access, 1969 IIRC. Several of us rented the old Rectory prior to it being demolished.

The next Manitou you saw must have been at your local garden centre. I sold them one in the nineteen seventies.

[Billhook]

On 12/12/2019 at 17:43, Big J said:

I was a passenger for just over 100 miles in an 11 plate XC70 and can honestly say the seats are the most comfortable I can remember in any vehicle. I was really impressed by the car in general.

I think one of the main reasons that the ride is so good on the early cars is that they had sensible 60 series tyres and not stupid low profiles.  The other reason for choosing the earlier model is because it just looks like an ordinary estate car and is not made to look more aggressive like the later cars which are a bit in yer face , so people are not so wound up about them as they can be about big 4x4s., not saving the planet and all that.

[Billhook]

Edited December 16, 2019 by Billhook

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Hope you wore a particle filter mask. lol

[Billhook]

Not sure what I did wrong with the video above

the first one refused to upload and I cannot delete it  or write a message

The second one should show the capability of the XC70 in the mud 

the poor old thing needs a few new filters and a bit of TLC

I took the car down hill to service the JCB digger thinking that I would need to fetch the Ford 8210 tractor to tow it back.

i asked my mate to follow me down in his new Honda Quad to take me back to the tractor

when we arrived at the JCB after an easier trip than I thought , he bet me £10 that it would not make it back up the hill.  This was too much to resist and you can hear him chuckling as the Volvo goes sideways.

The beer tasted good at the pub later on!

Edited December 17, 2019 by Billhook

[Billhook]

3 minutes ago, htb said:

Hope you wore a particle filter mask. lol

You beat me to it!

It was not me who needed the mask, it was my mate behind on the quad!

[Billhook]

Just to show how wet it is.  The clay soil is so sticky that it fills up the tread and makes the tyres like slicks

Much better to be the camera man in these situations!

 

 

 

Shown this before last time it was wet, so even 6x6 with good tyres on the flat  can be in trouble

 

[Billhook]

And it is still wet on the main farm track!