désensablement
English translation: debogging (of vehicles)
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|  Selected response from: BOB DE DENUS Local time: 20:29 | ||||||
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| 4 | unsanding material |
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| 4 | Debogging equipment |
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| 4 | sand ladders or equivalent |
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| 4 | debogging |
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unsanding material Explanation: e.g. "There were many highlights but I shall never forget Graham, the Aboriginal guide at Lake Mungo, unsanding the skeletal remains of the hairy nosed wombat, 18000 years old." Not quite in the context of a rally, though... Good luck Serge L. Reference: http://www.awt.com.au/awt/testimonials.html |
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| The asker has declined this answer Comment: Reads like "unearthing" as in discovering sthg, not quite it | ||
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Debogging equipment Explanation: Forgive the Australianism, but in bog or in sand we always seem to get bogged down here under. |
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43 mins confidence:
sand ladders or equivalent Explanation: A trawl through the Internet took me here: http://www.dakar.com/2002/presentationus/ From where you can download the technical regulations for the Paris-Dakar rally. If you look at the regulations for assistance vehicles, the closest you get is that they have to carry 'sand ladders'. But a further search revealed that there are other sorts of equipment you can use, 'sand tracks, sand anchors, etc.' so sand ladders wouldn't cut it alone ... Hence my answer above! I tried 'sand equipment' but that didn't work, also no luck for 'sand extraction' in conjunction with rallying. Best I can do! HTH Mary as above |
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debogging Explanation: If you enter the word debogging on the webyou will find this U.K account of the Paris - Dakar race and they use the term debogging even in sand. If the pom's say it its O.K for the Aussie's mate! Our digging pace slowed down as the sheer weight of the-tons of sand began to bite into arm and back muscles. Other competitors came past, grinding in low ratio through the sand and missing us by inches. Many of them had the navigator permanently out and pushing at the softer sections. The trucks were impressive performers, their high ground clearance and low down diesel torque kept them going where the smaller 4x4’s got bogged. One of the vital parts of this debogging process was to mark the position of the sandladders before the Isuzu launched off and buried them. The spinning wheels can push the metal boards deep into the sand and they can be surprisingly difficult to locate again. Our final push got the Isuzu onto firm sand and we returned to find the ladders. Three of them were easily located but where was the fourth? We carefully tried all the possible locations, probing the shovel deep down and expecting the metallic thump as it hit the ladder. Nothing. The minutes were ticking past. We could not afford to waste time and energy like this. Nor could we afford to leave the ladder behind. At last we found it, buried about two feet deep and a long way behind where it had originally been lying. We vowed to tie some cord onto the ladders to avoid having the same problem again. |
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