LandyAndy and FatBazs great adventure

[LandyAndy]

Staring BlackBetty,The White Rangie and a trailer.
Pics from todays Rescue BlackBetty trip.
ENJOY!!!!!
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WAS I PLUCKING PLEASED WHEN ALL WAS RECOVERED!!!!!!
Andrew

[cazzz12000]

great pics my old lady always said if ya gunna do it do it well I think you did a pretty good job and glad to hear all was alright once u got out zacc

[Gromit68]

so much for Tread Lightly...

I hope you were collecting your firewood from the 5 legal collection points: http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/2218/770/

did you pay your $15.40/tonne?

[harry]

i think the pics with the high lift say it all,
i think you both did very well in a really sticky situation.
i don't think i would be looking for firewood there - it's all wet.

[Defender=1st]

Great Pictures Landy Andy

[LandyAndy]

Mrs Numpty
There were no ruts at all before I drove there,got the trailer stuck got out and went home for recovery gear,backed in as far as I dared,all was OK then plonk I went thru.The wet area comes up around a blind bend,no chance of stopping and turning around before you hit it,especially with a tandem trailer in tow.
Gromit
The track was pushed by a dozer during a recent fire,it starts in higher country but due to the windrows either side of the track holding water I was too scared to try a 3 point turn with the trailer on.I didnt like venturing off the track to recover but it was the only way.It is a legal CALM non fee paying firewood collection area,Collie CALM has 4 or 5 such areas,I was in the designated area at the time acording to my CALM supplied map.
Andrew

[jimbo110]

Time to buy a winch! ;)

[LandyAndy]

RichardK removed the winch from the Rangie before I bought it,would have been very handy today!!!!
Mrs Numpty,:):):):),you didnt upset me at all:p:p:pWe have had heaps of rain in the last 2 weeks,my grader has been parked up for a week!!!!
Andrew

[HangOver]

good pics andy.
what happened to your rear bumper you lost it or making another one?

[Ben]

I hope you were collecting your firewood from the 5 legal collection points

What firewood? :angel: The trailer is empty! :D

[CraigE]

Still laughing.:D:D
Good pics, glad you got her out and it was not only a shell when you got back.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Stevan
Made a new one,fitted it this arvo when I put the road tyres back on.
Will post pics when I fit the tyre carrier,not much to do just finish fitting it.
And it came home empty Ben,had a gutsfull by time I was on firm ground!!!
Andrew

[Graz]

Good to see you got them both out OK. which reminds me, my lack of recovery points.
I got caught in similar goop on a track in the Pilbara a few years ago in my Series One, dropped down onto both diffs. All I had was a hand winch, a spare tyre that we had to bury a few times to winch from, myself and the apprentice. Trouble was it was January, 75% humidity and 38 deg.
We sure earnt our beer that day.
All the trouble was caused by Telstra that had layed some sort of cable. All would have been fine had we not just had a cyclone.

[hiline]

great pics Andy :D:D

saves sitting around at home doing nothing ;)
what else could be better than retrieving your toys out of soft sloppy mud
on a Saturday morning/arvo:angel:

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Good work chaps. It's not entirely clear though who was rescuing who :D:D:wasntme:

[LandyAndy]

I can tell you using a highlift jack as a winch doesnt work when you are stuck like that,Im pretty strong and couldnt work the lever once the pressure was on,would need a cheater bar which would end up overloading the highlifts mechanism.
Andrew

[cartm58]

well you made a mess out of that one Ollie

[shorty943]

i think the pics with the high lift say it all,


Yep, the compressability of the soil impressed me too.:D

How long did it take Andy?

We took 6 hours to move a Mack B-double 26 metres, 2 weeks ago.:(


Shorty.

[LandyAndy]

Hi Shorty
6 hours yesterday and about 4 on friday.
BLOODY HARD WORK!!!!
Andrew

[shorty943]

Go have some beer Andy.:D

You've earned it mate.


Shorty.

[LandyAndy]

Just getting to the bottom of a pint of hombrew Guinness,loverly drop!!!!!
Off outside to hose the Disco down and finish fitting the bar to the Rangie.
Andrew