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spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4742

Wading gone wrong..allbecause....

A blocked dump valve on the air intake was the culprit. 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

24th Mar 2016 8:14pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20626

Wouldn't a boat be more suitable? Never understood the need to drive a Defender into deep water for the sake of it unless its expedition or competition.
Just because it has a Snorkel doesn't mean it's a boat.

24th Mar 2016 8:31pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4742

I enjoy watching some of these as they make me look sensible

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

24th Mar 2016 8:39pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20626

At one point he got out whilst it was rolling with no driver at all. No handbrake no nothing.
Good way to get your own self ran over.

24th Mar 2016 8:42pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4742

Not to mention sealing up the dump valve

The rest of us get into all kinds of Kama Sutra type contortions to keep them clear.

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

24th Mar 2016 8:47pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20626

24th Mar 2016 8:50pm

Riccarton

Member Since: 10 Aug 2015
Location: Gods' Own Country
Posts: 280

2012 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 HT Zambezi Silver

Whilst I'm no Health & Safety guru their lack of respect for winch ropes etc fair made me whince

24th Mar 2016 8:50pm

spudfan

Member Since: 10 Sep 2007
Location: Co Donegal
Posts: 4742

What's the old adage?..... "When you're in a hole stop digging"

1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali
2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu
2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai

24th Mar 2016 8:54pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20626

I noticed that too, right next to it wasn't he.
Would be worse if it was a Kinetic rope though.

Ironically a Kinetic rope would have been more suitable for that recovery.

24th Mar 2016 8:55pm

Riccarton

Member Since: 10 Aug 2015
Location: Gods' Own Country
Posts: 280

I've always been surprised that more folk don't carry kinetic ropes - they take so much stress out of chassis etc during normal recovery and are then invaluable when you come across an idiot

24th Mar 2016 9:04pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20626

I don't carry one only a regular webbing one, then again I don't intend to be doing recovery once was enough!

This is the best yet for obvious reasons

24th Mar 2016 9:05pm

Riccarton

Member Since: 10 Aug 2015
Location: Gods' Own Country
Posts: 280

I was kind of disappointed there was no back-flip

24th Mar 2016 9:11pm

davew

Member Since: 02 Jan 2012
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 888

1990 Defender 90 V8 Petrol PU Auto Rioja Red

Sad to say, regarding the original video, that's pretty typical of the sort of recoveries carried out at that site, It's not unusual for the recovery process to do more damage to the vehicles than the original incident. It's the worst kind of "pay and play" although they don't actually pay if it's the site I think it is. http://www.yorkshireoffroadclub.net/

24th Mar 2016 9:12pm

apt100

Member Since: 05 Mar 2015
Location: Derbyshire
Posts: 1547

2016 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 XS CSW Aintree Green

This might have been on before... but more from the makers of the first video....

24th Mar 2016 9:30pm

leeds

Member Since: 28 Dec 2009
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 8582

davew wrote:
Sad to say, regarding the original video, that's pretty typical of the sort of recoveries carried out at that site, It's not unusual for the recovery process to do more damage to the vehicles than the original incident. It's the worst kind of "pay and play" although they don't actually pay if it's the site I think it is.

Davew, I think that it is the quarry close to us which is an illegal site and that the commentator was the infamous Tommy who has a habit of destroying vehicles ets.

Apart from the lack of respect for what appears to be a steel winch rope have alook at the non existentent stretch in the 'strap' used in the snatch recovery.

Chances are that with the lack of stretch in that strap it is a polyester strap with minimal stretch which means higher peak forces. i.e. more chances of things going wrong.

IF people want to learn how NOT to recover a vehicle just search for Tommy and Flappit Quarry. Then try to find the one thing they do correctly.

Brendan

24th Mar 2016 11:26pm

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