Thread: Stuck in the mud

One simple answer is to get a Tirfor or equivalent (see Tirfor® – Wire rope winch | TRACTEL®).

Cheers
KarlB

Originally Posted by KarlB

One simple answer is to get a Tirfor or equivalent (see Tirfor® – Wire rope winch | TRACTEL®).

Cheers
KarlB

Anyone who has used a tirfor in anger would never suggest you could use one to extract an RRC [forwards] from that. Unless you used an octuple line pull and had a week to spare.

I reckon Ida got it on a 2:1 with my 5 ton tirfor nor do I reckon Id have been sweating too hard.

Originally Posted by superquag

Even I, a total 4WD idiot... know better than to go there alone...
-Take a friend, preferably in a Jap 4WD.... - They'll move heaven & earth to (successfully) recover a bogged RANGE ROVER !

Whoa hang on a min! I haven't been going out alone because I'm snobby or anything, been going because I've only been in Australia a few months and I still only know one other person who has a 4x4! He doesn't want to come out ever so been left with the choice of stay at home and twiddle my thumbs or go out and accept the fact that if I get stuck ill end up sleeping the night there.....not like I'm going to die sleeping in the car! It's not exactly cold over here and I spent 3 months sleeping with just a sleeping bag in the snow in Utah a few years back so if I need a fire I can always do the rubbing 2 sticks together trick and live to see another day.

So just to confirm here:
For normal driving the lever should be towards the right and upwards (in high range)
Pulling it back one notch with put it into neutral (so shouldn't get any drive at all)
Pulling it all the way back should put it into low range
Pushing it over to the left in either low or high will lock the centre (so locks front and rear wheels together)

This correct?

Didn't have any wheels spinning at the time, would get about an inch of a turn from the wheels but that was it whilst we were stuck. It goes well otherwise and ligh come on when in lock so I'm guessing I'm stuck in high range at the moment?

Nope got that wrong!
As you can see from the pic I am without the lever knob so it's been guesswork for me.
Googled a lever and up is low, middle is neutral, down is high.
So if I get stuck in some mud I want to be in low and locked so up and to the left yes?
Normal road driving I want to be in high and not locked correct?

Originally Posted by fonfe

Nope got that wrong!
As you can see from the pic I am without the lever knob so it's been guesswork for me.
Googled a lever and up is low, middle is neutral, down is high.
So if I get stuck in some mud I want to be in low and locked so up and to the left yes?
Normal road driving I want to be in high and not locked correct?

Thats it
Low range slows the road speed and give a slight increase of tourqe.
Locking the centre diff gives even drive to the front and rear axles.

On a side note..
The turfers are worth their weight in gold.
Once you've done one recovery with it you think twice about where you go

If your ever over my part of the world yell out, we can go for a play

Thanks mate!
Rarely travel too far as day time I'm tied up with tafe and evenings I'm working to pay for my tafe course! But if I am in your area I shall deff give you a shout!

Shall look out for a turfer, are they the only decent brand around?
I like the idea of them more than a winch thinking about it as means I won't have to buy another bullbar with one of those. May need to bulk up though as I'm only lil and don't think my skinny arms will be able to pull the handle if its got the weight of the RR on it!

Originally Posted by fonfe

Thanks mate!
Rarely travel too far as day time I'm tied up with tafe and evenings I'm working to pay for my tafe course! But if I am in your area I shall deff give you a shout!

Shall look out for a turfer, are they the only decent brand around?
I like the idea of them more than a winch thinking about it as means I won't have to buy another bullbar with one of those. May need to bulk up though as I'm only lil and don't think my skinny arms will be able to pull the handle if its got the weight of the RR on it!

Turfer is a generic name now but they where one of the first and are a good unit.
A few copies around including from Aldi so keep an eye out.
If it's to hard to pull there are 2 solutions....
1/ get the passenger to do it
2/ put a snatch block(pulley) in the system, 1/2 the work but twice the recovery time
They can also be used to pull your rig backwards.
Front mounted electric ones mean you have to be draged through fowards.
I should add you'll need good recovery points fitted too.