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Posted 4/2/2007 3:58 AM
Tjærand
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Date registered: Oct 2006
Location: Nøtterøy, Norway
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G-ardening with proper tools

Last night I was fighting some deep rooted shrubbery in my garden when I thought of the idea to pull them with my G. All well, pulled them out in a rain of dirt and roots. But the last one was rather big and on top of a 2 meter wall and I had to pull paralell to the wall.
Got in put it in GA and let go of the brake and it stopped the moment the strap tightened. OK, a bit of throttle, pulled a few cm and then stopped. OK. more throttle, wheelspin on dry asphalt, same thing, the tree wins.
Next round, GA, lockers on front and back, throttle gently and there she moves! But whats that funny bouncing feeling? Oops... both back wheels are in the air. Force of gravity wins though, and the tree is pulled and lets the G gently down as it is unrooted. With a G and a 7-ton strap there is no weak link
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Posted 4/2/2007 10:37 AM
4x4abc



Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

no movie? no pics? you should have called your local TV station.
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Posted 4/2/2007 1:46 PM
G350DT

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Re: G-ardening with proper tools

Was it a nice shrubbery not to big and nice shape because there are those Knights who say Ni...


Arthur: A WHAT?
Knights of Ni: Ni! Ni!! Ni! Ni!
Arthur; No! No! Please, please, no more! We will find you a shrubbery.
Knight of Ni: You must return here with a shrubbery... or else you will never
pass through this wood... alive.
Arthur: O Knights of Ni, you are just and fair, and we will return with a
shrubbery.
Knight of Ni: One that looks nice.
Arthur: Of course!
Knight of Ni: And not too expensive.
Arthur; Yes!
Knight of Ni: Noowwwww.... GO!
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Posted 4/2/2007 2:05 PM
Tjærand
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Date registered: Oct 2006
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

No, just a fun story. Anyways, I think the pictures in my head are far more dramatic and if someone documented it it would just be embarassing.

Now, I shall proceed to cut down the mighties tree in the garden wiv aaaa.... HERRING!
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Posted 4/2/2007 3:14 PM
DesertStar
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Location: San Diego, CA USA
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

So I look up gardening with the benz and find this video....albiet it is a diesel but I cant make if it is a ML or other variant. Apparently he doesnt like shrubbery either. It s 12 seconds long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzvwnMu2CRs

Mike
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Posted 4/2/2007 4:23 PM
roughneck
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

I worry about you guys, I don't think you have enough to do
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Posted 4/2/2007 4:43 PM
tclynes

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Re: G-ardening with proper tools

that looks like an a class in that vid, well i hope it is cos an ml for all its shoftness shouldnt jump its arse like that!
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Posted 4/2/2007 4:54 PM
Tjærand
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Date registered: Oct 2006
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Vehicle(s): 1996 G320
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

Hey, my G almost lost to the lilac shrubbery with more arse jumping than that A class. I strung up 2.3 tons of G mind you...
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Posted 4/2/2007 5:29 PM
4x4abc



Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico
Vehicle(s): 02 G500
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Re: G-ardening with proper tools

this is my all time favorite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1qJ5IT72Aw
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Posted 4/2/2007 7:21 PM
Jonathan Joseph
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RE: G-ardening with proper tools

Here's a slightly larger shrub attached to my G.
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Posted 4/2/2007 7:59 PM
Jonathan Joseph
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Sorry new at posting pics , will try again.



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Posted 4/2/2007 9:13 PM
Inkblotz
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Re: G-ardening with proper tools

They are no longer the nights who say Ni. We are now the nights who say icky icky icky ni wop.

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