Hello All,
My little proving ground - the intermittent creek claimed another victim a couple of days ago. One stock standard Defender 110. The creek used to dry out regularly. However, with my neighbour building two large irrigation dams either side of my property, the creek now regularly carries water. The black peat soil bottom of the creek let me through once. The "that was fun - let's do that again" second run was my undoing. The crust broke, and down went the wheels. Despite the Defender being in four wheel drive, low - there in the creek it stayed. Luckily the engine was out on the high side and stayed nice and dry.
I do not have any winches fitted to a vehicle. So I decided it was time to buy a Tirfor style hand winch and three snatch blocks. Luckily there was a very handy gum tree close by. It makes for a damn good anchor point! Fortuitously, it was one of the trees we planted just after we bought the place!
The bogging occurred just on dusk - so that night I watched some YouTube clips. The very first video I watched; unbeknown to me at the time, was the very same clip that Ron posted at the start of this thread! I also watched a clip about using Tirfor style hand winches. It has been decades since I used a proper brand name "Tirfor" winch while working in Arboriculture = tree surgery. Where I used ropes and winches regularly as part of my former trade.
Everything was hooked up and I had a workout on the winch handle. Slowly and steadily with some gurgling from the creek - out rolled the Defender.
With the presence of water in the creek becoming more frequent it looks like I have to install a culvert or a couple truck loads of rocks to make a causeway. The creek separates two sides of my block and the other side is where the soil stockpiles are. I would prefer not to have to winch out the Defender again!
Kind regards
Lionel
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