Recovery pic

[rovercare]

Just found this pic, was the weekend me and a mate dropped in, briefly:angel: on Rangiman up the back of the Thompson dam, then upto sheepyard flat, where some of the members were on a hut trip, then back to thompson way and on the way out a bloke waved me down asking If I'd recover him

Silly banana near killed himself and 2 passengers:eek:

The pic doesn't show it, but that's a bank directly infront and a BIIIIIIG drop behind

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/235.jpg

Just though I'd post it, done some more gruesome recovery's but no pics:mad:

[Blknight.aus]

how the hell did he get there like that...

[mcrover]

Just found this pic, was the weekend me and a mate dropped in, briefly:angel: on Rangiman up the back of the Thompson dam, then upto sheepyard flat, where some of the members were on a hut trip, then back to thompson way and on the way out a bloke waved me down asking If I'd recover him

Silly banana near killed himself and 2 passengers:eek:

The pic doesn't show it, but that's a bank directly infront and a BIIIIIIG drop behind

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/235.jpg

Just though I'd post it, done some more gruesome recovery's but no pics:mad:


WOOOOOOOPS.........

Toyota driver lol :p

That was the weekend I pulled the D3 out and also didnt get any photo's.......so of course it didnt happen and the 2 slabs that I got for it just mirraculously appeared.;)

Gavs Mrs and my Mrs were there to back me up but they chickened out and wouldnt drive down the hill with me, which was great fun trying to get back up without lockers and on AT's.

[Aaron]

I bet for some reason he dropped a rear wheel over the edge then tried to power out.

[rovercare]

how the hell did he get there like that...

Stupidity:D

I wont bag people for trying to be a loony, as I've spent most of my life being one, but when your no good at something, I think this is the end result:cool:

[mcrover]

Stupidity:D

I wont bag people for trying to be a loony, as I've spent most of my life being one, but when your no good at something, I think this is the end result:cool:

Geez Matt, you have a great way of looking at things......in other words, this Toy driver cant even be a loony properly ROFLMAO :Rolling:

[Lucus]

I've got some pics of me extracting my mates plado for the beach at australind new years last years....$6k 14 year old pommy 4wd drive extracting $70k's worth of wizzbang tojo technology..priceless:p

EDIT:forgot to add there are on my work computer and i will post them tommorow

[rovercare]

My mate after a "sick stop" on the way to Sheepyards flat:D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/198.jpg

[strange_rover1]

I reckon the silly bugger looks like he has tried to turn around and dropped the back off the edge!! Dont know what good the blocks of wood will do behind the front wheels though! Anyway very lucky indeed.
Shano

[Tank]

Rovercare: Poor fella, was he looking for Geoooorge or was it Buuuuurt, Regards Frank.

[rovercare]

I reckon the silly bugger looks like he has tried to turn around and dropped the back off the edge!! Dont know what good the blocks of wood will do behind the front wheels though! Anyway very lucky indeed.
Shano

Nothing to do with turning around, the fishtail marks further up were a fair indicator of that:D

[rovercare]

Rovercare: Poor fella, was he looking for Geoooorge or was it Buuuuurt, Regards Frank.

Hehe, haven't heard that one before:D

[loanrangie]

I wish i had pics but about 6 years ago i went out on an LROCV day trip, i was late so i met up with the group just out of Gladysdale near Powelltown. All was going well, i was 2nd last in a convoy of about 10-11 vehicles of which was a mixture of disco's/ deffy's/ county's and 2 RRC's ( my 81 and a mates 86). After lunch some time we started exploring a few tracks and then in the arvo some we decided to explore a track that went downhill towards a largish creek, first few vehicles went down then the rest followed behind. Then we get a radio call that the track has a lot of fallen timber over it and advised to turn around and head backup :o.
This is where the fun started, my mates RRC with muds (which i now have on my disco ) managed to turn around and just made it back up the top of the track, it was very slippery even with deflated muds. By now it was starting to get dark and very windy and we could hear trees fallling down due to the strong wind:eek:.
I turned around after making a clearing with the bullbar :wasntme: and proceeded to head up slipping and sliding as i went untill 3/4 of the way up where better traction was found. The others had no hope of getting up so we decided that since i was near the top and had muds on we would try to snatch/tow the other vehicles up - 1 problem, they were about 500m down the hill. So after joining 7 snatch straps together i managed to pull the other 9 cars up by about 11.45 pm. As we were heading out the wind was that strong that we were literally dodging falling trees and we were driving along. Got to launching place at 12.30ish am and layed the straps out in the safeway carpark, from one end to the other. A fun but long and tiring day.

[Utemad]

Rovercare: Poor fella, was he looking for Geoooorge or was it Buuuuurt, Regards Frank.

or everyone's favourite friend Raaaalph.

[JamesH]

If it's not a stupid question, how did you recover him?

Being inexperienced with recoveries, I couldn't figure out how to do it. Pull back down the road towards where the front wheels are steering? If the Toyota went right over could it pull someone with it?

[waynep]

If it's not a stupid question, how did you recover him?

Being inexperienced with recoveries, I couldn't figure out how to do it. Pull back down the road towards where the front wheels are steering? If the Toyota went right over could it pull someone with it?

I'll probably be shot down in flames here but I'd try this :

1. look for a nice strong tree up that hill, as close as possible to line of vehicle. ( from the look of the forestation in the photo it seems there would be a suitable tree ). Use winch extension straps if necessary.
2. Get out hand winch and set up a double line pull with a snatch block and winch him out of there.
3. winch the vehicle up the hill a bit of possible, steering wheel full left lock and slowly back him down onto road.

[Utemad]

I'll probably be shot down in flames here but I'd try this :

1. look for a nice strong tree up that hill, as close as possible to line of vehicle. ( from the look of the forestation in the photo it seems there would be a suitable tree ). Use winch extension straps if necessary.
2. Get out hand winch and set up a double line pull with a snatch block and winch him out of there.
3. winch the vehicle up the hill a bit of possible, steering wheel full left lock and slowly back him down onto road.

We did exactly this once. Although the stuck vehicle was a Sierra.

[waynep]

The driver of the Toyo would be on the winch handle of course :D
I'm no expert in electric winching, but they could conceivably use a V pull via a snatch block on tree up the hill, with the winching vehicle down on the road.
Getting it out with snatch straps only :eek:- I wouldn't know a real safe way to do it.
I wonder what Rovercare did to recover it ?

[Tank]

The driver of the Toyo would be on the winch handle of course :D
I'm no expert in electric winching, but they could conceivably use a V pull via a snatch block on tree up the hill, with the winching vehicle down on the road.
Getting it out with snatch straps only :eek:- I wouldn't know a real safe way to do it.
I wonder what Rovercare did to recover it ?
If you could get another vehicle on the other side (looks to be enough room), I would hitch up to the back and with a vehicle on this side (photo) attach to the front and take the weight while the vehicle hitched to the back dragged the rearend back up onto the road, in any situation I would attach a safety strap to the front of the vehicle in case of equipment failure, Regards Frank.

[Tank]

The driver of the Toyo would be on the winch handle of course :D
I'm no expert in electric winching, but they could conceivably use a V pull via a snatch block on tree up the hill, with the winching vehicle down on the road.
Getting it out with snatch straps only :eek:- I wouldn't know a real safe way to do it.
I wonder what Rovercare did to recover it ?
Using a snatch block in your "V" pull is OK if you keep the Angle between the 2 connection points and the snatch (V) below 45 degrees. Once the angle goes over 90 degrees the load on each side of the snatch block doubles i.e. a straight pull w/o a snatch block, say would be 2 tonnes, that load on the cable with the angle 90 degrees or over would be 4tonnes either side of the snatch block, meaning the strap or sling attached to the snatch block and the tree or anchor point would be holding a load of 8 tonnes, for which it probably wasnt designed for. Reason being the wire cable is trying to straighten itself out, it's trying to pull the snatch block into the straight line between it's 2 end points, ALWAYS keep the angle in a V pull as small as is possible, if you are looking for the formula for determining the loads in this situation look in the Riggers Guide under Span Ropes, Regards Frank.

[100I]

Just drive it out:)

[Shonky]

Oh dear - You all have it wrong, and it shows just how little you all know about recovering teetering toyotas. Listen and learn young apprentices:

1) Ensure your safety by wearing gloves. This is to avoid contamination.
2) Attach both hands firmly to forward recovery points, or other suitable solid appendage (of the truck that is...)
3) PUSH.

[Blknight.aus]

how youd do it would depend on what you had...

with just the stock gear I tend to carry all the time.

Id anchor the nose of his vehicle up hill as high as I could and tension it up using the highlift then Id hook up and dog the second chain to hold it there freeing up the highlift and the first chain.

Then Id run my tow rope through a snatch block high up the hill to one side and then hook itup to big red and the back corner of his chassis so that pulling it would pivot his vehicle back up onto the track. his vehicle would have the chain used to provide a securing point and the tow rope would be slipper hitched onto the front of big red so that when it all started to go badly a good solid yank on the standing end of the rope would see it loose.


If I had a tirfor on board (if i was four wheeling I would have) then Id 2:1 the tirfor between the vehicle and the tree and hand him the handle while I did the coffee/jaffle thing.

and


Just drive it out


Urm its a toyota, not a landy.

[one_iota]

A lot of lessons to be learned here:

1. Don't bag the Vehicle ....it could easily have been a Land Rover

2. Don't bag the driver.... it could easily have been you. A moments lack of concentration or bad judgement after a long day and a slippery track.

3. How do we get out..restrain the front to the nearest tree(s) to prevent gravity completing the job and gently hand or power winch back onto the track usually the way it went in...sideways.

I learnt those lessons the hard way once. (Ace, Ron(p38arover), Scouse, Greylandy can attest to that.)

[Hucksta]

A lot of lessons to be learned here:

1. Don't bag the Vehicle ....it could easily have been a Land Rover

2. Don't bag the driver.... it could easily have been you. A moments lack of concentration or bad judgement after a long day and a slippery track.

3. How do we get out..restrain the front to the nearest tree(s) to prevent gravity completing the job and gently hand or power winch back onto the track usually the way it went in...sideways.

I learnt those lessons the hard way once. (Ace, Ron(p38arover), Scouse, Greylandy can attest to that.)

Here Here,

Regardless of how that man ended up where he ended up, as safe as I am when out 4 wheeling, S#*T happens. if you do it enough it happens to all of us at sometime. Sometimes even the most experienced or cautious get a little rush of blood and get our ambitions mixed up with our abilities ......... sometimes it's not how you get into it, it's how you get out of it that matters ....


Jason

[rovercare]

If it's not a stupid question, how did you recover him?

Being inexperienced with recoveries, I couldn't figure out how to do it. Pull back down the road towards where the front wheels are steering? If the Toyota went right over could it pull someone with it?

Had to shoot back into Walhalla and get another dude, as I only had 1 snatch block and the winch couldn;t manage the pull, he was severely bellied:D

I blocked to a tree on the opposite side and the other dude, single line pulled him, from the otherside, he had to drive around, took 25mins:eek:

Its the track that shoots up in the middle of Walhalla, behind the shop, the real tight corner

[rovercare]

The best one yet, was just out the back of home, me and a mate, Moparrangie, were cruising along to see a heap of cars, us hillbilly's don;'t like this sort of thing in our backyard:mad:, at the bottom of a tough ass hill

A bloke the night before just put on his ne Baja claws, on his 75 series and tried this hill, rolled back, front over back as he left the track and nailed a tree behind the B pillar and tray.........with 2 girls in the car:eek:, if they didn;t get that tray, in THAT spot, it would have been deaderation, bad hill to screw up on

So we help out with Ron, Mountain top experience, recover this thing, get it down the hill etc, 20 odd people around, I said to old mate, can you move this thing out the way, Why? he ask's............So we can drive up the hill:angel:, some pretty unhappy looks going on, and smart remarks about "undriveable" and "not doing another recovery"

So up we go in Pears Rangie, turn around at the top and come back down, the old 2 fingered farmers wave as we go past........just to show them how its done:D

[gj]

maybe calling ol mate heeerrrby

[rijidij]

On a beach trip over at Robe SA, we came across the local cop bogged to the diffs with the waves lapping at his back tyre. When I pulled up to him the first thing he said was, "G'day, I hope your not the guys I'm out here looking for". :D (we weren't by the way)
It took a couple of goes with the snatch strap to get him out........on the first attempt he forgot to start his engine.
We found out why he got so bogged........he had little or no 4WD training (we thought that strange for a cop posted to the sand driving capital of the south coast), and his tyres were on 60psi as the Rodeo doubles as the local persuit car.
Anyway, he didn't turn out to be too bad a bloke.

YouTube - Robe Cop Snatch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnnUP5qZtEU)

[mcrover]

My mate after a "sick stop" on the way to Sheepyards flat:D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/05/198.jpg

Hahahaha, I remember him, he looked like that that night again after some more beer and and a nice bottle of port :D

[Hymie]

Its the track that shoots up in the middle of Walhalla, behind the shop, the real tight corner

Slaughteryard Track?

Did he get crossed up on the slide below the Pine trees?

Edit.

Nope, it's the Old Coach Road...