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Post by essexman on Mar 24, 2013 18:16:09 GMT 1
I have friends that drive 4x4's in Yorkshire. One of them got stuck yesterday driving home and had to be winched out by a mate. 20+yrds of cable and a few strops. This was on a public road. The van in front had got stuck and in trying to get round him had bellied out on the verge in all this snow. How much recovery are 'ordinary' motorists allowed to do on the public road. Bearing in mind what those cables can do when they snap. I can imagine there must be at least an NVQ in recovery?
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Post by natedog on Mar 24, 2013 19:26:53 GMT 1
There's qualifications in mechanics, but you can still DIY  There are rules about towing on ropes, but I reckon even most traffic plod won't know them. It'll only ever become a problem when something goes wrong Had a member of the public tow my truck out the snow in January. And if that wasn't embarrassing enough, he was driving an x3  Sent from my HTC One SV using proboards |
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Post by rhyds on Mar 24, 2013 19:28:06 GMT 1
I think your allowed to do most thing if your doing it "not for hire or reward" with no comeback. Damaging the road using winch anchors etc might get you in to trouble.
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Post by essexman on Mar 24, 2013 19:40:36 GMT 1
The health and safety gang would have had a field day. Long towing strops and cables. Crowds of onlookers. Road littered with various stuck vehicles.
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Post by Rhubarb on Mar 25, 2013 0:30:10 GMT 1
There's qualifications in mechanics, but you can still DIY There are rules about towing on ropes, but I reckon even most traffic plod won't know them. It'll only ever become a problem when something goes wrong Had a member of the public tow my truck out the snow in January. And if that wasn't embarrassing enough, he was driving an x3 Sent from my HTC One SV using proboards ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by Welshy on Mar 25, 2013 9:14:56 GMT 1
There's qualifications in mechanics, but you can still DIY There are rules about towing on ropes, but I reckon even most traffic plod won't know them. It'll only ever become a problem when something goes wrong Had a member of the public tow my truck out the snow in January. And if that wasn't embarrassing enough, [glow=red,2,300]he was driving an x3 [/glow] Sent from my HTC One SV using proboards FFS ;D ;D |
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Post by natedog on Mar 25, 2013 18:29:54 GMT 1
In my defence, the trucks are useless in the snow when they're empty. Ally body on them, so sod all weight on the rear axle. Stick 2 cars on the back and its fine
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Post by Karl on Mar 25, 2013 21:45:34 GMT 1
What snow ?
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Post by chippie on Mar 25, 2013 21:55:53 GMT 1
The health and safety gang would have had a field day. Long towing strops and cables. Crowds of onlookers. Road littered with various stuck vehicles. Yeah..... unless it was one of them that had got stuck...the the rule book goes out the window... |
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Post by natedog on Mar 25, 2013 22:05:52 GMT 1
The health and safety gang would have had a field day. Long towing strops and cables. Crowds of onlookers. Road littered with various stuck vehicles. Yeah..... unless it was one of them that had got stuck...the the rule book goes out the window... Same as the drivers hours and tacho rules get ignored as soon as the police want something moved Sent from my HTC One SV using proboards |
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Post by oli on Mar 26, 2013 0:00:38 GMT 1
I rather foolishly stuck one of my landies into a 6ft ditch after skidding on some diesel. The police were really nice when I asked if me and another Landy owner could recover it with my other Landy. They said it was fine. They even gave me their number and offered to close a fairly busy dual carriageway for me.
We pulled it out using a 12000lb winch doubled through a snatch block (more for slower speed than more pull) on a plasma winch line. I'm a bit neurotic about winches and recovery safety, so both my discos have proper structural recovery points used in pairs. Some people are much more 'relaxed' about things though and there are plenty of horror stories.
Oli
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