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Wanderer:
Can you just imagine getting it 3/4 of the way out and their end snaps and drops it back in again causing lots of damage.

I'd be very wary about doing it. I'd have to be happy that their recovery points were fine first.

Ed

drmike:
I think that you'd find any disclaimer would be ignored by the insurer and probably the courts as well as the indivudual probbaly doesn't have th authority to allow the recovery or something equally daft.

So sad - it's like picking up hitch hikers, I just don't do it any more.

Mike

thermidorthelobster:
Reverse seems to be lower geared than first on many cars, including my Disco IIRC.

But certainly if you need low box first / reverse you're likely to break something in short order.  I saw a tractor towing a Renault Espace out of a gravel trap in the car park at Le Mans last year (the guy drove in oblivious to the fact that it was the only place in the car park with absolutely nothing on it) and just ripped the towing eye out.  I think they got a fork lift truck after that.

Xtremeteam:
when we revover cars on rallys as stormin will agree we continually ask the owner/driver/service crew if they are happy with how its being recoverd & also ask them to identify suitably strong points of asttachment,its a fav to pull towing eyes of to show that they are crap & they should be stronger,only if its a light or easy pull do we use 1st/rev,normally just use the winch so its a steady pull,

Wanderer:
Thinking about it, if you've got a Discovery then reverse would be fine under normal circumstances.
However if you've lifted it and you lose grip and slipping and suddenly regain grip the rear trailing (radius) arms can be liable to bend. They are designed with forward motion in mind and don't like abnormal foces being applied in the opposite direction.

Ask Bev Sooty and a few others.

Ed

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