Getting out of bogs

[Toyota landys rock]

to get out of a bog . you need a manual toyota land cruiser snath strap a winch and a bogged nissan. as you see sometimes on nissans 'TOYOTA RECOVERY VEHCLIE' well thats wrong because nissans cant do that because there already bogged and their saying help im bogged and i  say should of bruoght a toyota mate.

[XJeepers]

i  say should of bruoght a toyota mate.

Problem with that is you then need to lower your IQ by the series number....


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[Maîneÿ . . .]

Problem with that is you then need to lower your IQ by the series number....

Is that information is also relevant of the vehicle owners of said brand   

( says a proud Ssangyong owner )

[geordie4x4]

Anything can get bogged, just give it to me.

[Nojacks]

Hey there guys i have a good family friend whos son is now blind after taking a D shakle to the face wilst sitting in a car being recovered from a bog the shackle came through the windscreen and hit him in the face.  It was a terrible accident he had just done his finnal yr12 exams was havin a bit of fun with his mates wen it happened He spent his 18th birthday in ICU. That day changed his whole life

I drive tower cranes for a living and have learnt to not trust anything as someone else said on here a chain is only as strong as its weekest link a statment wich i have seen first hand. Even the best equipment and gear used within its SWL can sometimes fail i always make sure i have an escape route or a plan if it all goes bush.

[geordie4x4]

Shi!! that is nasty to hear anyone injured like this.  Brings home the reality of how dangerous it can be. 

I once saw a guy hook up his snatch strap over the tow ball to do a recovery on a bogged mate. I went over to tell him how dangerous it was and suggested he connect a different way, I even offered a propper reciever hitch with a shackle. He told me to "F off or I would be more likely to get hit by a bunch of five than by a towball".  We left them to it. They recovered the other vehicle without incident but it could have turned out differently.

It won't stop me from offering again if I see something else dangerous but it did put a sour taste in my mouth.

[austastar]

Hi,
  Mix kids playing on a soapy piece of plastic sheet, with a home made 'horizontal bungie jumper'.
It's all fun till some one loses an eye.
One eye was hit with the wire hook end, and the optic nerve to the other was damaged with the impact.
Blind in both eyes now at age 8.
Not mine, I only photographed the injury.
Apologies for being off topic, but it is about something breaking under stress that shouldn't have and causing injury.
I'm now over-cautious about anything under tension.

regards etc

[johnyd]

Few years ago got bogged in one of the back paddocks and my father and uncles decided to come and help laugh at me.  They formulated the entire plan on how they were getting me out.
The plan:
Tractor + wooden planks (2-3inch thick) dug in behind the wheels of an old '91 hilux. 

Wooden planks weren't needed (as I tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen to the 16 year old) and caused a bit of damage (for which I got the blame since I bogged it).

Started pulling, came easy as anything, back tyres got to the end of the shorter plank (other was longer than the wheel base and stayed down properly), the front end lifted up went over top of the front wheel, got caught between the ground, tyre and body of the ute, tractor pulled it over the plank (front of the ute balanced up in the air on one plank) planks finally snapped and tractor kept pulling out of the bog.

Nice bit of a dent up the bonnet and the wheel arch, but otherwise fine.  Driver (me) was a little shaken by the experience though.  As soon as I realised what was about to happen (saw log lift up) I got on the two-way but the tractor's one was turned off so they didn't stop.  Beaut of an old ute lasted until last year in a hail storm and the insurance company wrote her off

[SteveandViv]

Hi again Steve
The Duncan is currently closed to all traffic, hence noone is going out to Ringers Soak, but that could change next week.  The road just east of Old Halls Creek has gone absolutely shocking, and the first 45 Km's after you leave Halls Creek are disgusting.  Flora Valley Station are flying everything in at the moment, mand we have just flown all our fresh fruit and vegetables in, and we are starting to run out of some other stock, but the roads are quickly drying.
Be extremely careful if you drive in, there are some terrible washouts in the hills between Halls Creek and Ruby Plains Station, at the bottom of the creeks especially.
Look forward to seeing you again when you get here.  Hopefully you got my email about possibly bringing a decent Router in for me, and emailing me the cost as well as some banking details so I can send you the funds.
Regards
Tjupurula

No message mate. Try steveandviv10@bigpond.com I can get one our to Lee quite easy for you

[Big D]

I have one of these. Made before they realise cars had electrical systems.  I don't have the wires anymore (I think), but I have the rest of it ....

Kit_e

Never seen a car be winched sideways or backward by a bullbar mounted electric winch, they do have their place aside from saving money