Got Stuck

Squibby

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Went to Loch Oich on Saturday There aes already a van parked on the hard standing so stupidly decided to park on the grass. When I say grass it was more moss and bog. Got stuck well and trully up to the axel at the front. Had to call out to be towed out by my recovery (which do not cover loss of traction) 360 quid lighter in the pocket for my troubles:cry:. Stay on the hard standing if parking here, or you will get stuck. Only left tire tracks.
 
Squibby said:
Went to Loch Oich on Saturday There aes already a van parked on the hard standing so stupidly decided to park on the grass. When I say grass it was more moss and bog. Got stuck well and trully up to the axel at the front. Had to call out to be towed out by my recovery (which do not cover loss of traction) 360 quid lighter in the pocket for my troubles:cry:. Stay on the hard standing if parking here, or you will get stuck. Only left tire tracks.
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Ouch !!!!!!:mad1:
 
i have given this advice over and over-get a towrope!of all the spares you might carry,this is the most useful.theres always a tractor or 4x4 or another van,these motors get stuck on a bit of wet grass,its a minor problem with a rope,and the advantage of having a camper is you can wait till the right help turns up
 
***** said:
those stupid little yellow mat things are completely useless.:scared::scared:
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These idiotic little things were designed by Satan when he was having a particularly vicious hangover and wanted wreck havoc on the camping, caravanning and motorhoming community

I used to carry the plastic version of PSP that the off-roaders now use. I've now gone over to Grip Traks and they seem to work OK.
 
Sorry to hear about the problem at Loch Oich. Did you not put down any bread boards or was it when you were driving onto your parking spot?

The areas around the lochs in Scotland can be notorious for looking solid but readily turning to mush.
 
Couldn't the van already there help at all?
He would have been the first person that I would have asked.
Failing that wasn't there any farms closeby?
I'm sure a farmer would be only too willing to help out for say £30 or £40 for a tow.
I know I don't have £360 to just pay out like that!
 
I always carry a very heavy-duty towing strop (rope) and traction tracks. You can lose traction and become stranded even on wet grass! At times I've also had to resort to using a jack and whatever blocks or rocks etc I could find to get me up out of the mire (including one time when I managed to almost bury my Landrover in deep wet mud when I was trying to find its' limits!).

As others have said, with a suitable tow-rope, you should be able to get help from a nearby campervan, or passing 4x4 or lorry etc. Or walk to a nearby farm and offer to pay for him to pull you out with a tractor. If you're in a really remote spot, it may still be cheaper to phone a taxi to take you to a farm or village to find help!
 
I always carry a towrope, up to now I haven't needed it but have lent it out a few times. I have a 'snow mode' button on my van, it puts the van into 2nd gear & I think it gives drive to both the front wheels. All I know it has got me out of a few sticky situations.
 
About 15 yrs a go, I was training one of my microlight students at Point of Ayr where the Dee joins in the Irish Sea. The beach can be a good place to land, but in that particular part, if there were much brighter yellow sand areas, that was soft, so we would do a low pass to look at footprints and see if they sunk into the sand.

A little Suzuki 4x4 was also on the beach, seeing us decided to race us. In front of us we saw a bright yellow patch of sand so climbed away, little Suzuki thought he had won until he decelerated from 70mph to zero in about 15 yards!!

Luckily, there used to be a farmer waiting on the beach for such occasions. So 30 mins and 30 Quid lighter, little Suzuki was free.

He saw us again and was having great fun splashing through to puddles.

I told my student to watch him as in front of us was a much darker "Puddle" infact it's where the sand banks started with the gullies.

Little Suzuki must have hit it at about 50mph, one large sploosh and no Suzuki. 4 heads appeared on the surface of the lagoon!!

They walked away luckily, now there's one case where no matter how many boards or what ever you have, nothing could recover that. It was there for ages!!

PS, he now rides jet ski's with similar care!!
 
Bigpeetee said:
I told my student to watch him as in front of us was a much darker "Puddle" infact it's where the sand banks started with the gullies.

Little Suzuki must have hit it at about 50mph, one large sploosh and no Suzuki. 4 heads appeared on the surface of the lagoon!!

They walked away luckily, now there's one case where no matter how many boards or what ever you have, nothing could recover that. It was there for ages!!

PS, he now rides jet ski's with similar care!!
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Not a good wildcamping spot then??

I can't believe the number of rusting old car chassis to be found at various cockle-beds around the country, a long way into what I think of as dodgy territory!
 
I moved over too much on a very narrow road alongside Glen Lyon to let a car pass (never again).
Ended up with nearside front wheel in ditch and just dug myself in deeper trying to get out.
A 4x4 tried to pull me out with my towrope, unfortunately it broke and it was only getting pulled out by a lorry using a ratchet strap that enabled me to continue my journey.
On arriving home I went out first thing and bought a good ratchet strap for future use.
Thankfully, I have not had to use it...........YET.
 
New rover,

thanks i like the idea of a ratchet strap, can be wound up smaller than rope.
 
I think I must be the only person on the planet that likes the yellow plastic jobs but we only have a small van and use one under every wheel if we have a problem.

Does anyone remember when Geoffrey Hamilton the TV gardener. The chap who came up with the idea for grip tracks. He was always coming up with bright ideas but I don,t think he ever profited from them.

Richard
 
a couple of large stones and jack ,jack on some stones jack it up stones under wheel repeat ok long winded but might just get you out of it replace stones afterward
 
Got stuck twice in the same place on consecutive weekends, got pulled out by the same farmer f.o.c. just felt stoopid. Always carry a rope and a couple of STEEL karabiners, nothing worse than tying yourself to a strangers vehicle and spending half an hour of their time untying knots.
 
stephmac said:
Got stuck twice in the same place on consecutive weekends, got pulled out by the same farmer f.o.c. just felt stoopid. Always carry a rope and a couple of STEEL karabiners, nothing worse than tying yourself to a strangers vehicle and spending half an hour of their time untying knots.
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Oh dear! Not sure if I dare ask the farmer a second time?!

I carry a couple of small "D" shackles with my towing gear. As you say, it's much faster and easier than tying knots, especially if you're in some boggy mud! :egg:
 
Whatever equipment and techniques you may try, you may eventually get to a point when you realize that your only option is to sit tight and wait for some heavy rescue gear to be brought to the scene.

In those circumstances I find it's always handy to have some music cd's to help pass the time. A couple that I can recommend are: Belinda Carlisle singing "Suddenly I'm in too deep", and Status Quo's "Down down, deeper and down". Hope this helps! :):)
 
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