Videos and pics - I got really stuck - Winch

[AlexD333]

Ok, so me and kim decided to go to our favourite lanes today, we usually tackle it the other way, now we found out what happens the other way.

We met some lovely quicksand and a wall of mud that stopped me dead.

Also a big log got caught in my steering as you will see in the videos.

God bless the winch!!! And thank kim for the videos and pics :clap
Enjoy

 

[AlexD333]

Here's the video of us trying, thought we would just sail through..

Whoops

Terrano stuck in muck: http://youtu.be/c240vnaQ1w0

 

[AlexD333]

And after much faffing about here is the terrano being recovered by the winch :naughty

How's my winching, call....

Winch rescue of terrano: http://youtu.be/V122pXr3KAc

 

[AlexD333]

We did make it out eventually, these pics were taken after I was mainly out the slop :thumb2

 

[makeitfit]

Good fun no doubt mate
Even with a winch it's not best practice to go on your own though.
That said , a bit more beans on the first run may just have given you the escape route you needed :thumb2
Have you got a winch blanket :augie
You've also got youtube on private !

 

[AlexD333]

Ok videos are now public, sorry for that. :doh

 

[makeitfit]

and the winch blanket ? :nono
Keep it safe mate and just use your jacket or a car mat or the wife's skirt :naughty
A face full of angry wire is not nice :augie
Also worth sticking a bit of tape on your steering wheel so you know where straight ahead is . That and open your window and have a spy to where they're pointing .just like a landy driver :lol
Horah for mud :naughty

 

[AlexD333]

and the winch blanket ? :nono
Keep it safe mate and just use your jacket or a car mat or the wife's skirt :naughty
A face full of angry wire is not nice :augie
Also worth sticking a bit of tape on your steering wheel so you know where straight ahead is . That and open your window and have a spy to where they're pointing .just like a landy driver :lol
Horah for mud :naughty

Cheers mr makeitfit, some good advise Pete :thumb2

Seems my steel cable is damaged, from what I do not know, but it has twisted and crushed the cable in certain points. Dyneema time I think... :doh

 

[makeitfit]

The crushed wire will be from when you were steering away from the pull I guess. The wire fights over itself. It should still be ok but nasty looking and twistered .
Another reason for not going solo , Synthetic is indeed easier to manage. That said you still need to manage it well. When you get done pull out all the wire or rope and clean it down, then reload it with a squirt of maintenance spray for steel :thumbs

 

[briggie]

The crushed wire will be from when you were steering away from the pull I guess. The wire fights over itself. It should still be ok but nasty looking and twistered .
Another reason for not going solo , Synthetic is indeed easier to manage. That said you still need to manage it well. When you get done pull out all the wire or rope and clean it down, then reload it with a squirt of maintenance spray for steel :thumbs

or ........ don't get stuck in the first place :augie:lol

 

[makeitfit]

or ........ don't get stuck in the first place :augie:lol

Get out of here :lol
Always good to watch SOMEONE ELSE stuck

 

[briggie]

Get out of here :lol
Always good to watch SOMEONE ELSE stuck

get a hovercraft :naughty

 

[makeitfit]

get a hovercraft :naughty

hmmm, good call :sly

 

[AlexD333]

get a hovercraft :naughty

Autotrader? :nenau


:naughty

 

[solarman216]

Tame stuff Alex, you will have to come to Slindon or Boxgrove some time and see what it is really like, but not with steel rope, Rick

 

[AlexD333]

Tame stuff Alex, you will have to come to Slindon or Boxgrove some time and see what it is really like, but not with steel rope, Rick

Blimey, this stuff was thick enough for me thanks :lol

Shame I did not snap a pic of the front, where it sank right In it had pushed a huge wall of mud at the front burying the sway bar and cvs, along with a log in my steering :lol

 

[elty001]

Getting stuck is all part of the hobby.
Also being safe when you do recover yourself.
A winch blanket and snatch block are just two bits of kit I always carry just incase.
Neither are that expensive to buy.
I use qtx maintenance spray on my wire to keep it nice and clean.