stuck in the mud !

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 09:23

not the maverick , got a 13 ton digger sunk up to its engine in some really Boggy stuff. Can't start it because the air intake is submerged, can't spin it round, can't move it backwards or forwards as it just digs in deeper.
Anyone got a crane handy ? Oh no I forgot, can't get a crane in becuase (wait for it) the grounds too soft.
Help.

rayf3262 · 07-02-2012, 10:05

guy I knew used to recover a lot of diggers that had gotten themselves into precarious situations.
Where the diggers engine was unable to start/run, he used to connect a portable hydraulic power pack to the diggers hydraulic system and then self recover it.
These power packs where about the size of a 5KVA gen set, so relatively easy for two people to man handle on site...

makeitfit · 07-02-2012, 10:22

'd be looking at sorting out an alternative air intake if at all possible. that way you could use the diggers hygraulics to lift each end out and put something under the wheels etc. Even if only engine working you could effectively winch with the hydraulics a metre or so at a time

Maybe

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 10:40

won't even lift itself its that Boggy. Got another digger trying drag me/out now

makeitfit · 07-02-2012, 10:41

good luck

Fez_uk · 07-02-2012, 11:41

pics

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 11:46

got plenty on my phone, will have to upload them later when I'm back on dry land

(RIP) PLANK · 07-02-2012, 11:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fez_uk

pics

just had a look at your pics link mate, some good shots on there

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 15:02

Bloody hello that was a right palava . Now I've got to clean the bloody thing. Only got about 6 inches of mud in the cab, lucky there's a river nearby

Got to turn the air box back up the right way as well. Engine was fully submerged at one point but it's still running. Where's the "whistle and walk away quickly" smiley ?

solarman216 · 07-02-2012, 22:20

Well done mate, I used to do recovery, biggest I had was a 43 ton mobile crane completely bellied, had a Drott pushing the rear and a 20 ton winch with three sheave blocks attached to two big oak trees at their bases, shear pleasure when it slowly inched forward, but I failed on a D8 Cat far too soft in the middle of nowhere, had to dig it out with a JCB in the end, great days, Rick

11redrex · 07-02-2012, 22:32

Ahh, the middle of nowhere, what a great place to work. No-one about, no-one to see when you get it wrong. Until you get it wrong, then 14 people are suddenly standing there with cameras.
Pulled it out with a big chain on the other digger in the end, Never know ground to be so soft. Just endless bog !
Just ordered a lead for my phone so I can upload the photos

zippy656 · 07-02-2012, 22:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fez_uk

pics

please

solarman216 · 07-02-2012, 23:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by 11redrex

Ahh, the middle of nowhere, what a great place to work. No-one about, no-one to see when you get it wrong. Until you get it wrong, then 14 people are suddenly standing there with cameras.
Pulled it out with a big chain on the other digger in the end, Never know ground to be so soft. Just endless bog !
Just ordered a lead for my phone so I can upload the photos

Just reminded me of the time I was in the middle of a field in the 70's with an artic picking up hay bales in the summer, got half loaded and farmer disappears for lunch, we had no lunch with us, plenty of drink though (soft) so to bide the time wife and I get on top of the load, having a good time, and wtf a helicopter started hovering overhead talk about a put off, Rick

Fez_uk · 08-02-2012, 00:00

the bogs around here are renowned for taking vehicles. once a big digger and a tank at different times.

spiderpig37 · 08-02-2012, 16:09

Nice one will be thinking of you when i am sat on nice hard concrete in mine tonight throwing wood into crusher to fuel steam boiler that heats greenhouses and powers steam turbine
saying that heater packed in last night at 2am only minus 7

cheers Andy

07-02-2012, 09:23	#1
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	stuck in the mud ! not the maverick , got a 13 ton digger sunk up to its engine in some really Boggy stuff. Can't start it because the air intake is submerged, can't spin it round, can't move it backwards or forwards as it just digs in deeper. Anyone got a crane handy ? Oh no I forgot, can't get a crane in becuase (wait for it) the grounds too soft. Help.

07-02-2012, 15:02	#9
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	I'm free ! Bloody hello that was a right palava . Now I've got to clean the bloody thing. Only got about 6 inches of mud in the cab, lucky there's a river nearby Got to turn the air box back up the right way as well. Engine was fully submerged at one point but it's still running. Where's the "whistle and walk away quickly" smiley ?

07-02-2012, 10:05	#2
rayf3262 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Norfolk, Poringland NR14 Vehicle: Terrano 3.0 SVE 2002 Posts: 1,549	guy I knew used to recover a lot of diggers that had gotten themselves into precarious situations. Where the diggers engine was unable to start/run, he used to connect a portable hydraulic power pack to the diggers hydraulic system and then self recover it. These power packs where about the size of a 5KVA gen set, so relatively easy for two people to man handle on site...

07-02-2012, 10:22	#3
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	'd be looking at sorting out an alternative air intake if at all possible. that way you could use the diggers hygraulics to lift each end out and put something under the wheels etc. Even if only engine working you could effectively winch with the hydraulics a metre or so at a time Maybe

07-02-2012, 10:40	#4
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	won't even lift itself its that Boggy. Got another digger trying drag me/out now

07-02-2012, 10:41	#5
makeitfit Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: on the beach WEST WALES Vehicle: Maverick TDi BLACK mmm Posts: 15,136	good luck

07-02-2012, 11:41	#6
Fez_uk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mid-Wales Vehicle: Maverick 2.7 - Patrol 4.2 Posts: 5,645	pics

07-02-2012, 11:46	#7
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	got plenty on my phone, will have to upload them later when I'm back on dry land

07-02-2012, 22:20	#10
solarman216 Off road maniac Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bexhill on Sea Vehicle: Y60 Patrol Me, 3 ltr Mrs Posts: 17,416	Well done mate, I used to do recovery, biggest I had was a 43 ton mobile crane completely bellied, had a Drott pushing the rear and a 20 ton winch with three sheave blocks attached to two big oak trees at their bases, shear pleasure when it slowly inched forward, but I failed on a D8 Cat far too soft in the middle of nowhere, had to dig it out with a JCB in the end, great days, Rick

07-02-2012, 22:32	#11
11redrex Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia. Buh. Vehicle: 1997 LWB Maverick 2.7TDi Posts: 1,377	Ahh, the middle of nowhere, what a great place to work. No-one about, no-one to see when you get it wrong. Until you get it wrong, then 14 people are suddenly standing there with cameras. Pulled it out with a big chain on the other digger in the end, Never know ground to be so soft. Just endless bog ! Just ordered a lead for my phone so I can upload the photos

08-02-2012, 00:00	#14
Fez_uk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mid-Wales Vehicle: Maverick 2.7 - Patrol 4.2 Posts: 5,645	the bogs around here are renowned for taking vehicles. once a big digger and a tank at different times.

08-02-2012, 16:09	#15
spiderpig37 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: doncaster south yorkshire Vehicle: nissan terrano t2+ Posts: 729	Nice one will be thinking of you when i am sat on nice hard concrete in mine tonight throwing wood into crusher to fuel steam boiler that heats greenhouses and powers steam turbine saying that heater packed in last night at 2am only minus 7 cheers Andy