Proper Stuck!!

Went for a drive round me fields yesterday afternoon just for a look round. Everywhere frozen solid like concrete. So frozen in fact that I could drive around the parts I don't normally go near in the winter without even leaving so much as a hint of tyre tracks. Got to a gap in the hedge where I go through from one field to the next and there was a big crunching noise and the wheels dropped through the frozen crust into the liquid mud underneath. "****" I thought " I could be in trouble here", but never really thought I couldn't get out. Wrong! It was bottomed out on the grass with the wheels spinning in liquid mud. No traction whatsoever. The diff pans were in the **** both ends. Stuck. Really stuck. No winch or any other means of pulling meself out, and nothing to attach it to even if I had. By now it was getting dark, freezing, and the missus who was unfortunately with me was getting a tad miffed. Ended up leaving it there and walking four miles home in the pitch dark which to be fair to her indoors she did without complaint.Anyway to cut a long story short, went back with my lad this morning after a fitful night hoping the ground wouldn't thaw out. Drove a 5ft steel post into the ground and used a hand winch to drag the disco 10ft or so back onto the solidly frozen stuff. To say I was relieved was an understatement. Watch out for the frozen stuff! It isn't as cool as it looks!

errr do you not carry torches in your motor???

Good work! You can't beat getting stuck!

My tip to you would be to invest in a hi-lift jack. You'd be amazed what sticky situations they can get you out of, and they take up little space in your Landy. You can either jack an end up high and then push it over to get you out of a hole, or load branches under the wheels to give you some traction. I had two choker chains and two small shackles with mine in my old landy, which meant it could also be pressed into light winching duties in an emergency. That would have saved you the walk :doh:

G-man said:

errr do you not carry torches in your motor???

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Yes but it's one that plugs into the ciggie lighter so only any use within a few feet of the vehicle.

had the trattor spinnin on the spot in the yard today.patch of ice the size of ireland.It just sat there.

njc110381 said:

Good work! You can't beat getting stuck!

My tip to you would be to invest in a hi-lift jack. You'd be amazed what sticky situations they can get you out of, and they take up little space in your Landy. You can either jack an end up high and then push it over to get you out of a hole, or load branches under the wheels to give you some traction. I had two choker chains and two small shackles with mine in my old landy, which meant it could also be pressed into light winching duties in an emergency. That would have saved you the walk :doh:

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No way I could have jacked it way too soft. The fact that there was nothing to hook a winch up to didn't help along with the fact that the winch I had was in the garage at home. Would have been no use having a front mounted winch on the disco either as had to pull it out backwards or would have been in even deeper ****

put a tirfor and a ground anchor on yer next xmas prezzy list

and some waffles cos then they double as ground pads for the hilift as well. or carry a couple of 2ft x1ft lengths of 9"x2" timber or 3/4" ply and use them to spread the load.

I was thinking of getting a new leccie winch to replace the knackered old one on me 110 when I get it back together but after this experience I'm going to spend the dosh on a tirfor instead. Leccie winch mounted on the front would have been no use.

and a ground anchor

hughesy said:

I was thinking of getting a new leccie winch to replace the knackered old one on me 110 when I get it back together but after this experience I'm going to spend the dosh on a tirfor instead. Leccie winch mounted on the front would have been no use.

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Welcome to the society of the enlightened. Tirfor is the way to go. and a damn sight more useful than a leccy winch.


And for a Ground Anchor get a few lengths of 3/4" Rebar or similar and weld a loop of steel to each one then acquire a 3ft length of thick chain to link the bars together. Don't be wasting money on an over priced anchor.

they yer've gorra remember yer sledge ammer anorl.

tis fun tryin ter pull em back out of frozen ground too.

Nah, drive past and pull 'em out with the landy ...

Don't try this at home kids, you should never try to go offroading on your own (missus with you doesn't count) no matter how hard the ice looks.

Glad you got it out in the end mate