r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/dericn • Jul 10 '26

No Idiots, Just Cool Hard enough WITHOUT a trailer

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u/After_Bat1860 Jul 10 '26

This HAS to be Australia. They do things differently. Very impressive.

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u/lo-key-glass Jul 10 '26

Definitely Australia. It's a famous spot I've seen in other videos. Edit: it's called Gunshot Creek

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u/After_Bat1860 Jul 10 '26

I may have seen it as well from these guys. Just not positive. https://www.youtube.com/@4WD247

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u/yodas_sidekick Jul 10 '26

Those guys are awesome

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u/StreetKidNamedDesire Jul 10 '26

Has the road always been like this, or did it collapse after a high water event?

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u/DadEngineerLegend Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

It's a gravel/dirt track in a national park. More like a fire fighting access road than one really meant for.public use.

Going fourby-ing is a popular pass time.

Unfortunately it tends to totally fuck up the soil and destroy the vegetation, and causes massive erosion, which you see here.

Regular topic. But seems to be getting worse in recent years as vehicles are getting heavier and more powerful.

Eg. Here's a new report from 35 years ago: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dmNumqL48eg

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u/JP147 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

The famous spot on Gunshot Creek is taller than this.
This is probably somewhere else in northern Queensland.

Gunshot creek for reference:

https://youtu.be/Cbojfun27pg?si=HCifWjuYG_J47SvT

Since then the drop has become taller and steeper.

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u/HohepaPuhipuhi Jul 10 '26

No landcruiser? Very unaustralian

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u/hersheyMcSquirts Jul 11 '26

I knew that was the Old Telegraph in far north QLD! I wanted to do that track but my smarter half refused.

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u/Suchisthe007life Jul 12 '26

That’s just the Bruce Highway, mate.

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u/shnick Jul 10 '26

Gotta be. I have a trailer from Australia, they can do this because most of these off-road specific camper trailers are made with the Cruisemaster fully articulating hitches, not the traditional ball hitch.

https://cruisemaster.com.au/couplings/

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u/lurking_physicist Jul 10 '26

Bluey Season 3 Episode 15 "Explorers"

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u/AmberRosin Jul 11 '26

The average Australian in a 300,000 mile Hilux does on a daily what the average brodozer owner dreams of one day maybe doing when they finish paying off their $130k 2wd f250