I'm slightly stuck on a slightly boggy camping field !

well done and wise lesson learned, park on something to give you a grip to start, second gear and drive steady, don't stop, mind you mud tyres would help.
 
T4s are dreadful on wet grass. I've been towed off a flat grass field before now...

My solution was 2 rubber door mats, take up no space in the van and can be kept in bin liners when dirty. Park with your front wheels on them, then peg them down. Use 2nd gear to pull away and watch your assistant run after you in the pouring rain with the mats once you are safely on something more solid :)
 
Glad yur sorted. couldn't offer any more advice than you'd already been given. You might ask Admin to put an extra "r" in your profile name though. Happened to us as well in Spain 2009 December, grim and a bit helpless. So we're a whole lot wiser now too :)
 
***** said:
I just don't let myself get in the situation that I would need them.
Never go on soft grass!:scared:
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Same here ! I've only had a motorhome now PVC for 3 years and to date never parked on grass as don't want to get stuck and hate the thought of me and the dog walking mud etc inside.
Sadly I'm the type of person that cannot resist buying everything for my PVC hence the interest lol !
 
The lesson to be learnt here is, don't take any notice of anyone telling you "It's ok for your little camper" half the time they will have not the slightest idea, check the ground yourself. If it's a bit wet don't drive downhill to a pitch it will be harder to get out than in. We have a pair of Aldi gripmats, they where cheap so I thought "why not", only had to use them once and they worked, but it was slippery not sinking in.
 
dane said:
T4s are dreadful on wet grass. I've been towed off a flat grass field before now......................
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All FWD motorhomes struggle with grip on wet grass as well.I also never park on wet grass if I can help it after struggling several times in the past.

The only time I do is when attending a show rally when you have to pitch where you are told by the marshalls.The Peterborough show last year was a bit of a debacle with the heavy rain and muddy conditions but the organisers brought in extra tractors to tow everyone off that needed it.I was in no rush to leave so didn't even attempt to drive off the pitch and was pulled onto the road after a 20 minute wait.It hasn't put me off Peterborough though and I will be there again next April.
 
I took my T4 to quite a few VW Festivals and these are ONLY held in Grass fields! I found the performance of my 1.9TD FWD camper fine and never had any issues with it loosing traction.

What might have made the difference was I was running AT tyres :)
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Very pleased with these both on and off-road (I live in a country where road maintenance goes the same way as discounts on multi-buy beer and wine, so was more and more off-road!)
 
wildebus said:
I took my T4 to quite a few VW Festivals and these are ONLY held in Grass fields! I found the performance of my 1.9TD FWD camper fine and never had any issues with it loosing traction.

What might have made the difference was I was running AT tyres :)
Doris_Alloys_01.jpg

Very pleased with these both on and off-road (I live in a country where road maintenance goes the same way as discounts on multi-buy beer and wine, so was more and more off-road!)
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Just put a pair on my sons van for up at his livery yard/farm.found in the wet a bit slippy on take off got to feather the throttle.might just be because they're new but impressed with them
 
I've parked on wet grass a fair amount and not had problems. I think the key is knowing when you might bog yourself in and slipping the clutch plenty so as not to. I think once the wheels start spinning your literally digging a hole for yourself.

I think picking the least worst place also helps. One place we stopped was all grass and it had been peeing it down for a out 3 days, with the site at the bottom of the valley. We basically spent about 15 mins walking round trying to identify the least squishy areas that had the steepest slope.

If it gets bad just deflate the tyres on the driving wheels to increase the footprint. Used to do trials riding and the back tyre could be as low as 6 or 8 psi depending on the conditions of the section. Basically, just enough to stop it coming off the rim.
 
bazzybabes - video posted on Youtube - My Motorhome - stuck in sand

[video=youtube_share;PI8AOguHnM4]https://youtu.be/PI8AOguHnM4[/video]
 
scouting for a park up at Cap d'Agde i found a sandy track leading to the beach and went for it, knowing i'd get bogged. the wheels sank to the axles and there we were for over a week, lovely spot, the guy guarding a nearby building site let us have hot showers after the workers left, water, and timber off cuts ,which i used to build a track out of there- quite an enjoyable chore . all memorable stuff
i had no idea it was a nudist beach till it was too late. kids didn't care
 
***** said:
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Please anybody, Do NOT BUY, those silly flat yellow mats. They just do not work!
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Yes they do. I have some which have twice got me out of a sticky situation, once with my Swift (Ducato) and once with my T4. The tricky bit is cleaning all the mud out of the holes afterwards so I can put them back in the bag. ;)

I find it's not normally a problem moving away from where I am pitched but then sometimes there's a softer bit between me and the edge of the field - today I thought I might get stuck coming off a field when I hit a sticky bit, but I kept going slowly and made it.
 
∆∆∆. Agree, they do. Got a big horse box off a muddy field when it was going nowhere without them.
 
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