WATER WORKS

BRETT WEEKES > WATERFORD, QLD Way back in 2009, Brett was following the old mudflats and powerlines run – before it was turned into a housing estate – in Waterford when this mishap occurred, which saw six inches of water gush through a two-week-old Mitsubishi Triton GLX-R company car after it got sucked into a mudhole. “Low range, front and rear lockers … and absolutely nothing was getting me out,” Brett explained. “There were only three noises: the engine screaming, me screaming, and the sound of water pouring inside the car.” Brett’s mate swung into action in his Navara ST-X 550 and threw Brett a snatch strap. “I had to do the old Dukes of Hazzard out the window, then go bog-snorkelling as the recovery point was half a metre…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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