Landyzone Rescue Service

[The Mad Hat Man]

Just a fort - but as more and more of us are meeting up, getting organised into offroading groups and getting to know one another, etc - how about some form of unofficial rescue service.
fur example if anyone is going on a long trip, e.g. to Kernow, Scotland or France, if the driver had the phone number of someone on here and got stuck - then a "HELP!" post could be posted asking fur anyone local to go and render assistance, or to offer local knowledge and advice.

wotcha fink?

 

[Patman1200]

"Hello, hello I'm stuck"
"Where are you boyo?"
"In Hampshire....."
"What's the GPS co-ordinates?"
"How do I get that from my Hingdung Satnav CD player?"
"What road are you on?"
"The satnav says I have just left the B77719284"
"There's no such road. What town are you near?"
"I think I saw a sign for Lower Upper Chodbolt"
"The only town with that name is in Kent. Are you sure of the name?"
"Oh it might have been earlier today when I saw it........I can see lots of aeroplanes"
"Are they light aircraft or passenger? Are they taking off or landing?"
"Err they are very high up"
"What can you see around you?"
"Trees"
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
"Hello, helloo. Can you help me?"

* Please feel free to continue the rescue of this poor wayward individual
** Damned bored at work and need something to relieve the monotony

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

yu dun this sorta thing before - i can tell

 

[Sean]

Just a fort - but as more and more of us are meeting up, getting organised into offroading groups and getting to know one another, etc - how about some form of unofficial rescue service.
fur example if anyone is going on a long trip, e.g. to Kernow, Scotland or France, if the driver had the phone number of someone on here and got stuck - then a "HELP!" post could be posted asking fur anyone local to go and render assistance, or to offer local knowledge and advice.

wotcha fink?

this generally a good idea, however i doubt peeps would be in position to be able to post a HELP msg here if they were stuck in a field in xyzshire or broken down on the M99 heading to abcland

option 1 - build up a list of peeps orf here willing to give assistance, the country would be devided up into areas etc and the contact details of peeps given out (maybe only to those who will provide cover in other areas)

option 2 - as above but only give out contact details for those peeps who will be covering the intended route - so a few days before someone drove from Staffs to Orkney (me in a few days time) they could be provided with the contact details for those peeps on their route willing to give aid

dunt forget that the sensible peeps on here will have their own RAC/Greenflag cover

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

this generally a good idea, however i doubt peeps would be in position to be able to post a HELP msg here if they were stuck in a field in xyzshire or broken down on the M99 heading to abcland

option 1 - build up a list of peeps orf here willing to give assistance, the country would be devided up into areas etc and the contact details of peeps given out (maybe only to those who will provide cover in other areas)

option 2 - as above but only give out contact details for those peeps who will be covering the intended route - so a few days before someone drove from Staffs to Orkney (me in a few days time) they could be provided with the contact details for those peeps on their route willing to give aid

dunt forget that the sensible peeps on here will have their own RAC/Greenflag cover

I was thinking of option2 - or even less formal.

you must have tel numbers of peeps on here - just call one of them and get them to post a "help" notice on your behalf and, hopefully, someone would respond who was willing to help. your number could then be given to the responder, via pm, so that they could contact you directly.

that way your info would remain relatively secure but, at least, you might have a chance of some help. Not sure its a good idea to post on the interweb that you are going on holiday fur a fortnite or so.

 

[CaptainChaos]

The Discovery owners club already have a similar system in place with people able to offer...........

Tech advice
Tools and labour
Caravan parking (in case of a breakdown)
Local knowledge
And the list goes on

Personnaly i think it's an excellent idea but will people be interested????

I for one am

 

[Adz]

Insurance? I can see this going horribly wrong at some point

 

[ratty]

Insurance? I can see this going horribly wrong at some point

As long as nobody is charging anybody then there shouldn't be an issue. As it is an unorganised service (namely a list of phone numbers) all should be fine.

If you are worried peeps could also list the type of insurance cover they have. I already have business insurance and insurance to tow broken down or disabled vehicles with my landy. As long as it is on an understanding that if things go tits up and your vehicle is damaged it is at the owners own risk (basically just a disclaimer).

 

[Oddie]

We kinda have this in Kernow anyway, it's Trewey's Rescue Service - and of course if anyone's heading down this way then lerrus know and i'm more than happy to give out me mob number for a meet up, pint, first aid, rescue and recovery or pretty much anything (well, some things) else. Always good to meet up vith peeps (as me n Trewey found this morning!)

 

[ratty]

We kinda have this in Kernow anyway, it's Trewey's Rescue Service - and of course if anyone's heading down this way then lerrus know and i'm more than happy to give out me mob number for a meet up, pint, first aid, rescue and recovery or pretty much anything (well, some things) else. Always good to meet up vith peeps (as me n Trewey found this morning!)

Is that an invite for tweets to come down and get a bit of mouth to mouth.

 

[Oddie]

Is that an invite for tweets to come down and get a bit of mouth to mouth.

No, that'll come OUTSIDE the "well, some things" caveat!

 

[ratty]

No, that'll come OUTSIDE the "well, some things" caveat!

I hear he has been bitten on the arse by a snake. Can you suck the venom out for him?

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Insurance? I can see this going horribly wrong at some point

ah! ffs Adz - are you saying that if Grippa broke down in Cumbria and you were asked to help - you would tell him that you couldnt, because you had no insurance?

or if OD asked you for the name of a local indy in your area, you would ask to sign a disclaimer?


BOLLIX!

 

[ratty]

I am fine with the idea and have no problem with coming out to help if someone is in trouble. I normally have most recovery equipment and quite a few tools and spares (prop uj's, coolant pipes, radiator bungs, lights, wiring, relays, fuses, innertubes, tyres etc) to hand too. You just have to make sure you breakdown when I aint working.

 

[Adz]

WTF is it with you and your extreme examples this week Daft?

If it's a mate of mine of course I'm going to help them... if it's someone I've never heard of who's just joined the forum on the recommendation of someone else I've never met of on the forum then I want that disclaimer! Be it verbal or written.

Like it or not, we now live in a litigious society with a compentsation culture where anything unfortunate is always someone elses fault. You can't just bury your head and pretend we don't. Where's that quote of Ratty's about having to attend regardless of circumstances or he's likely to get sued...

 

[Oddie]

ah! ffs Adz - are you saying that if Grippa broke down in Cumbria and you were asked to help - you would tell him that you couldnt, because you had no insurance?

or if OD asked you for the name of a local indy in your area, you would ask to sign a disclaimer?


BOLLIX!

Yeah, coz if Adz gave me the name of a dodgy indy in his area, and he did a bad job, of course i'd sue the arse off of him!!!

 

[Oddie]

I am fine with the idea and have no problem with coming out to help if someone is in trouble. I normally have most recovery equipment and quite a few tools and spares (prop uj's, coolant pipes, radiator bungs, lights, wiring, relays, fuses, innertubes, tyres etc) to hand too. You just have to make sure you breakdown when I aint working.

I "had" to attend a breakdown this morning with Mr Trewey in macky dees car park, so i suddenly "became" indisposed in a very important meeting for a couple of hours

 

[ratty]

I "had" to attend a breakdown this morning with Mr Trewey in macky dees car park, so i suddenly "became" indisposed in a very important meeting for a couple of hours

The customer might notice if I sloped off halfway through a rescue.

 

[Patman1200]

If one of you guys was stuck or broke down somewhere within reach of me on and I was free to get to you then I would help out; but it would be on the understanding that if the front end of your vehicle got ripped off when I floored it to haul you out of the Surrey car park you got stuck in then it's your own problem

 

[ratty]

If one of you guys was stuck or broke down somewhere within reach of me on and I was free to get to you then I would help out; but it would be on the understanding that if the front end of your vehicle got ripped off when I floored it to haul you out of the Surrey car park you got stuck in then it's your own problem

Would we ave to take our roofracks off first.