RAC/AA for Off Road casualties - i.e. places most tow trucks can't get to

My attempts to scour the internet have thus far failed so apologies if it's yet another repeat thread.

I live in Leeds, I've got a Defender 90 with a 200TDI and a huge number of problems. That's the Landy - not me.

I was up on the moors north of Patley Bridge (North Yorkshire) the other weekend and it occured to me that if I broke down I'd be snookered as I was about 6 miles from the nearest tarmac. I was in a legal place to be - just not somewhere that an RAC Transit would get to.

Bearing in mind that I know I shouldn't go on my own and that having someone with me would obviously make it safer is there a vehicle recovery service for West / North Yorkshire that anyone knows of if the worst should happen? Clearly it's something you'd pay for but it would be helpful to know if anyone knows of a company that does rescues like that.

I'm fairly handy with a spanner but just had my fuel lift pump fail which is an easy repair but up a mountain it would stop you in your tracks without a replacement. It made me think that if the failure had occured ten miles previously the Landy would probably still be there and slowly being picked clean by souveneir hunters...

So Off Road Rescue Service in Yorkshire (West or North) anyone?

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LZIR LandyZone International Rescue - Land Rover Zone

not a good idea to drive on unsurfaced roads, byways or off road with out somebody else with a equipped 4x4 for recovery incase of a break down or getting stuck.
been said on here many times before

however!, I do know it can be tempting to do easy lanes on your own, but with out a friend or somebody who would be willing to come to the rescue just a phone call away then your stuffed if something goes wrong.

do see what your trying to get at but most people (sensible) go in at least pairs when off the tarmac.

don't think the AA would be swapping there vans for landys anytime soon, they'll spend more time fixing there own fleet rather than there customers!

and what Paul said of course but expect beatings if your in the wrong

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LZIR provided you are in a legal place, accept and act upon any advice given, graciously bow to having the p**s taken out of you for a short while and provide photographic evidence.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not daft all the time, nor do I take risks (well risks involving life and limb anyway) but sometimes you see somewhere you can go and you have a little look and see that you can go just a little distance quite safely.

Then you go a bit further.

Then you are almost all the way to the end and you might as well go all the way as it's closer to the end than the beginning.

Then you get to the end and you do the whole thing again because it's like a shortcut home and nearer the pub you've had your eye on.

...something like that anyway.

I did 12 miles totally off road and totally on my own sort of by mistake (see above) just the other weekend. It was only when I got home that I thought to myself what a prize teat I was.

My hope was that an enterprising fellow (or lady) living in Landy country would have hit on the surefire money spinner of rescuing people like me. I found one in Halifax that does that sort of thing but it's miles from me so unlikely to offer a rescue sooner than Christmas. Christmas 2018 probably.

DaninLids said:

My hope was that an enterprising fellow (or lady) living in Landy country would have hit on the surefire money spinner of rescuing people like me. I found one in Halifax that does that sort of thing but it's miles from me so unlikely to offer a rescue sooner than Christmas. Christmas 2018 probably.

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It'd cost a fortune.

Think of the overheads of running a decent enough Landy with full recovery stuff and the ability to use it, along with a drivers mate. Then getting to where you're stuck, assuming you know where you are, negotiating the track to and away from where you're stuck, potentially towing you all the way.

What would you be prepared to pay?

AA have a special division that do off road recovery

Both the RAC and AA in their small print have a clause for if they cant get there, which this would come under.
They also will both arange for specialist recovery, but you then have to cough up to the company doing the recovering direct.
Best practice is dont go alone, then you can get a tug back to a tarmac road and call recovery from there

i would just ask on here & start chucking money at the issue till someone showed up and got me to a road

Paul D said:

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LZIR LandyZone International Rescue - Land Rover Zone

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its happened before, an i'm pretty sure it'll happen again.

My company had a recovery firm come get this. Was very off road.

Just a thought - your local car club probably organises rallies and they'll have contacts for local recovery firms used to working off road.

Lot of people have said LZIR but it shouldn't really be relied on thinking "it's ok to go laning on my own as somebody from LZIR will come to rescue to pull me out if I need it".

If everybody did this I'd imagine LZIR would be very busy! LZIR should really be a last resort IMO as it puts people out, costs you or them money and time.

But it is nice to know its there

LZIR isn't a substitute for recovery membership, we had the muppet with a caravan who thought we'd get it shifted 150 miles for free.

If you have breakdown cover and through no fault of your own you have a problem LZIR will try to help on the basis it is AT YOUR OWN RISk and if more than locally YOU PAY THE FUEL COSTS BOTH WAYS.

To date we have had some great rescues and common sense approach.

Jonnyb1990 said:

AA have a special division that do off road recovery

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they couldn't find me at junction 9 on the M62 …… in a red defender :roll eyes:

Rac have awd transits, lzir is good but don't weight on it hand and foot

Chris W said:

they couldn't find me at junction 9 on the M62 …… in a red defender :roll eyes:

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didnt say they was perfect

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