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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: colintandy on December 09, 2005, 11:21:54

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: colintandy on December 09, 2005, 11:21:54

:D had a great morning taken wife to work i take a back road which is tight for 2 vehicles to pass and has got a long hill climb to get to main a6 link road   :(bigshock):   dident expect to see a spanish truck driver facing up the hill stuck lost traction in the ice he aint going anywhere wheels spinning on black ice its very foggy also ...did the right thing and pulled his sorry ass up the steep hill with my truck was well cool pulling a spanish artic up a steep hill in the ice ..the wife took the pics :lol:

Title: and then some
Post by: colintandy on December 09, 2005, 11:24:31

and then some  :D

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: TimM on December 09, 2005, 11:29:05

Must be a good strap you used  :shock:

Was it full?

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Horness on December 09, 2005, 12:00:07

Well Done Colin
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Title: first winter rescue
Post by: muddymart on December 09, 2005, 12:04:19

that looks a really well kitted out disco, :P

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Tyke on December 09, 2005, 12:07:38

Nice recovery - Class - Well done mate - good to see the Disco being used to help somone.

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: thermidorthelobster on December 09, 2005, 12:45:34

Blimey, that's a hefty tow!  Good work and well done for getting photos :)

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Wanderer on December 09, 2005, 14:29:24

Now that's when you need a good recovery point :)

Good job! as they say.

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: denviks on December 09, 2005, 14:39:31

:shock:  :shock:  :shock:  nice work m8.......u know them pics will end up on every lanide site now dont ya  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Colin 009 on December 09, 2005, 14:52:23

Na no good,  :wink:


You didn't have ALL your lights on :lol:

Two infront of grill not on :cry:

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: colintandy on December 09, 2005, 15:09:35

:roll: dont know if loaded or not  :roll: it pulled it well all credit to my wife for taken the pics ..it was freezing cold and i kicked her out :lol: to take pics :D  :D

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Damonski on December 09, 2005, 15:18:19

Quote from: "Colin 009 a.k.a. Wally"

Na no good,  :wink:


You didn't have ALL your lights on :lol:

Two infront of grill not on :cry:

Plus the other four front mounted on the roof rack ;)


Well Done on the rescue tho.  Although when I got stuck the other day in my HGV I just put gravel on my wheel path and it worked  :lol:

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: petergalileo on December 09, 2005, 18:12:48

Excellent ! I really hope he is the chairman of the Spanish branch of the ban 4x4 movement !

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: TUFFTEE on December 09, 2005, 18:39:40

WELL DONE Colin!!! =D>  =D>  =D>  =D>  =D>  =D>

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: landroverkeith on December 09, 2005, 23:09:23

looks gr8

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: robbie on December 10, 2005, 00:22:29

Well done m8, aint it surprising what they will pull!!! I also pulled a Artic front wagon off the A1 earlier this year, no bother at all :D

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Pike on December 10, 2005, 01:09:56

Hey,thats an iveco stralis tractor unit,they weigh about 8.5 tonnes (without the trailer)if the trailer was loaded youre lookin at 44 tonnes if it wasnt loaded its about roughly 18 tonnes,I should know cos ive just done 400 miles in one tonight,chuff me and you pulled it with a disco????????....well done mate :D  :D  :D  :D ...........double wow!!!!!

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Spooky on December 10, 2005, 09:00:12

Aye, but the at least the truck could help ...

Well done mate; I'll bet the driver was grateful! :wink:

Title: first winter rescue
Post by: Skippy on December 10, 2005, 16:28:08

Fair play mate! :shock:  Did you have to pull it in low range?