"Toybota" crazy river crossing!

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"Toybota" crazy river crossing!

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How not to cross a river! :shock: :shock: :shock:

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:shock: :shock: :shock:
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Nice tyres,but just plain crazy :wth:
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Ex Jeep driver :lol: :lol: :lol:
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O wow - Almost lost it there for a moment! Very silly indeed!
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Suitable name.Toybota :lol:
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Crazy a-hole! :roll: :problem:
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I mean for starters just look at the speed of the flow of the river....really would you.....but nice tyres I must concur !!! you would never swim that.....if you did you would be a couple of k's down stream if you were lucky !!! :shock:
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I think those lekker mud tyres served as paddles!
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Stubs wrote:I mean for starters just look at the speed of the flow of the river....really would you.....but nice tyres I must concur !!! you would never swim that.....if you did you would be a couple of k's down stream if you were lucky !!! :shock:
Yep! And then do it with kids on the back!! :thumbdown:
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The tyres were acting as floats or pontoons :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
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That's almost as impressive as it's nuts...
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Crazy, but he made it. I reckon the driver knows his vehicle and it's capabilities.
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Very lucky and very stupid.
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Ek stem saam very lucky en net plain dom
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What can we learn from this video?
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:lol: :lol:

Looks like he was just re-shaping the exit a bit and had to wash the mud out of the treads a few times. :D:
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Ja nee wat, ek is altyd reg vir n lekker water crossing, maar daai is heeltemal mal. Die ou reel geld altyd vir my " as jy nie kan deur loop nie ry jy deur nie ". Ek dink daai bietjie gewig in die bak het ook miskien net net die verskil gemaak....
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Mylux wrote:Ex Jeep driver :lol: :lol: :lol:
hey i c u go jokes
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Just gotta give the Jeep guys a rev!

Just to show you a Jeep can do it too.........

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never doubted them
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ONLY in a HILUX.....

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Nog een

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I bet his gray upholstery is now brown & gray!
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Hansa123 wrote:Nog een

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haahahahaha..

notice the other bakkie trying to create waves to push the cruiser to shallow water
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the dude got lucky. That would be one heck of a crossing in a much better equipped truck..

The body count could have been high...
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:shock2: Nout ek alles gesien!
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Hansa123 wrote:Nog een

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Bl!ksem!
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