Bogged In My Own Lawn!

**cdrtravis** · 17th February 2008, 11:14 PM

This is very embarrassing, but I have to share. Came back from the servo this evening and the Disco ended up well and truly bogged just metres away from where I park it under the house. The Darwin monsoons have made the ground swampy, but I never had any problems with the '97 V8i Discovery. The major difference I think is that the old Disco had proper off-road tyres on it, whereas the new Disco has the factory tyres, and the treads are clogged with mud.

No amount of fiddling with the Terrain Response, low range and DSC could help us, so we ended up calling Land Rover Assistance. We explained the situation, and they sent a fella who was only good for replacing batteries and refueling your vehicle! Fortunately, he recommended a four-wheel drive recovery company, who were happy to come out on a wet Sunday evening and earn many dollars.

The first attempt at winching the Disco out resulted in the recovery vehicle (a Landcruiser ute) being pulled toward the Disco, rather than the other way around. Plan B was to secure the back of the recovery vehicle to a tree and try again. At this point, the winch controller failed, so the bloke has driven back into town (we live in Darwin's rural area) to bring back another truck.

This all happened at 7pm and it is now 10.45pm. The rain keeps coming, and I'm feeling just a tad miserable.

I suppose I'm a little to blame here for underestimating the terrain.

Will let you know how it goes, and already have pictures of the unfortunate Disco, which I will upload later.

The slightly worrying thing is that when I had given up trying to drive the Disco out, I put the transmission lever back into Park, and unpleasant mechanical sounds were heard. Not sure what that means, but I guess I'll find out when the vehicle is back on terra firma.

**cdrtravis** · 18th February 2008, 12:41 AM

It's out!

Finally got hauled out about 11.40, and I've been busy hosing all the mud and grass out from the the wheels and brakes, as well as generally underneath. The unpleasant mechanical noise heard earlier has gone and everything seems to be in order.

The recovery bloke came back with a 7 tonne tilt-tray vehicle, and even that was being pulled about as it attempted to winch the Disco out of the mud.

A great way to spend a Sunday evening, and a big thanks to the bloke who came to help us. I'll be buying him a slab as a thanks on top of his fee.

Now I've got to fix the the huge ruts in the lawn...

**Utemad** · 18th February 2008, 08:17 AM

Don't forget that a D3 weighs considerably more than a D1. That would work against you when you are trying not to break through the surface.

My Dad bogged his F250 on his property. Used his crane truck to lift it out one end at a time. Got the crane truck bogged in the process though but he didn't need it so just left it there and came back when it was dry

Bring on the pics

**Jamo** · 18th February 2008, 11:49 AM

The D3 is heavier but not that much - My HSE has a tare of around 2430kg.

The problem for the TR is if all 4 wheels are spinning evenly, then it may not know it's stuck!

Plus, as mentioned in another thread, if there's no traction on any wheel, there's no traction!

That's why I bought some maxtrax.

**Utemad** · 18th February 2008, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Jamo

The D3 is heavier but not that much - My HSE has a tare of around 2430kg.

If that is factory weight then that is about 450kg more than the Disco1 factory weight. That is a fair bit of extra weight in my mind.

**JDNSW** · 18th February 2008, 12:34 PM

I think a suitable postscript to this thread is that ever since cars were invented, people have been discovering, to their cost, that lawns are really not suitable for use as driveways - especially in wet weather!

(Applies from both the point of view of the driver and that of the owner of the lawn - and when it is the same person................)

John

**Jamo** · 18th February 2008, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Utemad

If that is factory weight then that is about 450kg more than the Disco1 factory weight. That is a fair bit of extra weight in my mind.

Fair enough, but mines got 'all the fruit'; an SE should weigh less.

I think the tyres and conditions were more to blame (having been in a similar situation myself

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**cartm58** · 18th February 2008, 01:16 PM

Quite frankly l don't care about D1 or D3 weight differences l won't the pcitures uploaded pronto.

Quite frankly you won't care about the lawn bogging incident either in the future except when your at a Land Rover owner function or sitting around a camp fire saying "thats nothing once l bogged myself on my front lawn, broke the first recovery truck and nearly dragged the second recovery truck into the lawn bog with me."

Personally nothing is going to beat in my opinion those pics of the tracked excavator bogged in the peat in the falklands we had posted here at AULRO some months back

**stevo68** · 18th February 2008, 02:16 PM

PICS PICS PICS

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Regards

Stevo

ak · 18th February 2008, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Jamo

The D3 is heavier but not that much - My HSE has a tare of around 2430kg.

The problem for the TR is if all 4 wheels are spinning evenly, then it may not know it's stuck!

Plus, as mentioned in another thread, if there's no traction on any wheel, there's no traction!

That's why I bought some maxtrax.

I thought those D3's were un-bogg-able, guys. That's what D3 owners keep telling me.

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