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recovery at Billing
davidlandy:
I have been to billing today and was watching by the the mud run and couldnt believe the recovery I saw
A very shiny new disco tippy toed into the brown stuff and got stuck. The recovering vehicle a D90 specially equipped with an amber beacon got his rope out and after wasting time trying to find a shackle!!! ( yes - a rescue vehicle with no shackles!! d'oh) he then proceed to pull the guy at 45 degrees side ways up the slope - his 90 then slipped down the slope as you would suspect and nearly pulled the disco onto its side! - why on earth didnt he pull him straight back???? the consequnces are unthinkable for the owner.
defies belief - these are supposed to be well trained! whoever organised that needs a good slap!
PUX:
:shock: :shock: all the gear no idea springs to mind :shock: lucky he did not pull the disco on its side imagine that bill :shock:
smo:
--- Quote from: "PUX" ---:shock: :shock: all the gear no idea springs to mind :shock: lucky he did not pull the disco on its side imagine that bill :shock:
--- End quote ---
Not even all the gear though by the sounds of it! :roll:
discograham:
I watched them over the weekend.... and yes, the recovery crews at one particular section were more of a danger than a help... they did'nt have a clue....
rangerider:
First thing I was taught about recovery
"As a gerneral rule, the safest and easiest route to get anything out is along the way it went in"
rule 2, wherever possible the weight of the recovery vehicle should exceed the weight of the immobilised vehicle
rule 3 never pull up a slope at an angle with a single line
Living by those simple rules I have never had any serious problems, seems this guy broke all 3
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