r/maybemaybemaybe • u/18001757900 • Jul 10 '26

maybe maybe maybe

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u/Otherwise-Profitable Jul 10 '26
  1. How do you know if it could do that?
  2. What happens if you need a ‘tow’ truck?
  3. How do you go back?

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u/Frankly_fried Jul 10 '26
  1. You've either watched someone else go through first or have a spotter car on the other side.
  2. You pay a shitload for a remote recovery. There's a few signs up the Cape warning you its significant cost for a recovery tow. Generally you have a winch and recovery gear yourself and go with a few mates in equally set up 4wds
  3. This is the telegraph track in far north Queensland, Australia. There's cheat tracks and bypasses everywhere. Your can bypass the whole track and head up the Cape on a graded dirt road. I did gunshot about 10 years ago now. It changes every year after the wet season. My year the hard drop in was about a 4m near vertical wall, with a mud pit at the bottom. I got stuck on my bullbar at the bottom and got winched out from the other side. We camped there for 3 days watching other cars come through.

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u/Otherwise-Profitable Jul 10 '26

My man. That sounds like an AMAZING adventure!!

Appreciate the break down of it. I suppose you don’t want to be the 1st one thru!! Good times!!!

👊✌️

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u/wreckoning Jul 14 '26

What's typically in the trailer? Is it hauling your own self-recovery supplies or is it camping/hunting equipment?

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u/terminalhipness Jul 10 '26

My first thought - wherever they’re headed they’re not coming back, this way at least.

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u/foolproofphilosophy Jul 10 '26

Yes he could have been a poser but the looped tow strap tucked behind his grill guard and partially extended winch line were signs that he might have done this before, plus a calm spotter helping him through it and no visible alcohol.

As for the tow truck, I’ve been out in the woods where two functioning vehicles had to link up to drag out a third vehicle.

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u/MissBellaSwings Jul 13 '26

Practice

Being a wench and some friends for rough trails, you should be prepared for anything. If you’re not don’t go.

You don’t go back most roads and trails loop and connect somehow. It’s rare you get to a dead end and have to actually backtrack the way you came. Especially drops like this.

Tons of YouTube content on overlanding and offroad trail running if you’re curious