Land Rover Tow Truck - Land Rovers Only

gregory.pearson · 02-02-2008, 08:16 AM

I'm sure everyone reading this can relate:

A good friend calls this morning, it rained quite a bit last night, and in his haste while turning around on a dead end road, he managed to put his back tires onto soft ground... 5-10 minutes pass as he manages to back further and further off the road, sinking all 4 wheels, and lodging himself almost up to the doors. (picture okierover). No big deal, except that it is his work truck, a 350 superduty turbo diesel extended cab/bed (translation to me: really big truck).

I backed my bone stock '90 Classic into the mess, as the road was now too far away to effectively reach, finally used my only offroad purchase to date- kinetic recovery rope & shackles... hooked in, dropped into 4 lo and out we crawled. 1st try.

Rover Victory!

XtremeMarine · 02-02-2008, 08:29 AM

Gotta' love it! Score one for the home team!!!

Crysyn · 02-02-2008, 03:18 PM

stolenheron · 02-02-2008, 04:43 PM

haha nice!

Discodude19 · 02-03-2008, 12:50 PM

Very nice!!

Funrover · 02-03-2008, 01:23 PM

LOL Awsome!! It is amazing what these rovers can tug!

cellulararrest · 02-03-2008, 08:13 PM

I've yanked an F250 out of a mud hole. Feels good

cmc_greggy · 02-06-2008, 06:22 PM

i pulled a 6 wheel bus w/ my defender 110 that got stuck on the side of the road.. and i got on the 1st try too..

TerryS · 02-07-2008, 04:20 AM

I had that same dream

AAXD · 02-08-2008, 08:07 PM

I pulled 2 F250's out of the snow at the same time with my 93 LWB. They were plowing a parking lot and one guy ran his plow over the snowbank and got stuck, the other tried to pull him out and was just spinning his tires. I hooked my truck to the second F250 and we managed to pull the stuck truck out over the bank. I towed a Toyota up a long slick ice covered road the other day with my Disco, we made a bridle with my tow strap and hooked my shackles through his tow hooks. I just locked the diff, threw it into low range and chugged up the hill with him in tow. He wasn't paying attention when I came to a stop and nearly wrecked his hood on my tow fitting.

01001010 · 02-08-2008, 08:53 PM

to make things interesting..lol...

I got recovered by a Freelander once...

XtremeMarine · 02-09-2008, 09:25 AM

JC; that's only because of how you drive. LMAO! You've got to remember to send in a recon vehicle first.

XtremeMarine · 02-09-2008, 09:31 AM

I think the heaviest I've ever had to tow was our factory's 10 ton capacity Clarke forklift. W've got a boat graveyard behind the main factory for our plugs, molds, and test boats. Sometimes, a new guy will take out the forklifts after's it's rained. The old crew know not to, lol. Some newbie chico framed our Clarke, and Tonka pulled him out in low. Nobody thought I'd be able to do it. I've done it over a dozen times now. They don't even try using the other fork trucks, they just tell me to go home and get "big yella".
A couple of years ago I had to pull out two 2wd duallies out of the local mud hole. Can't believe southern kids, they're just ignorant. Trying to mud a dually ford and a dually chevy 2wd's with stock tires. Morons.

02-02-2008, 08:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
gregory.pearson 1990 RRC Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Newport, Rhode Island Posts: 49 Gallery: 0	Land Rover Tow Truck I'm sure everyone reading this can relate: A good friend calls this morning, it rained quite a bit last night, and in his haste while turning around on a dead end road, he managed to put his back tires onto soft ground... 5-10 minutes pass as he manages to back further and further off the road, sinking all 4 wheels, and lodging himself almost up to the doors. (picture okierover). No big deal, except that it is his work truck, a 350 superduty turbo diesel extended cab/bed (translation to me: really big truck). I backed my bone stock '90 Classic into the mess, as the road was now too far away to effectively reach, finally used my only offroad purchase to date- kinetic recovery rope & shackles... hooked in, dropped into 4 lo and out we crawled. 1st try. Rover Victory!

02-02-2008, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
XtremeMarine Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,574 Gallery: 0	Gotta' love it! Score one for the home team!!! __________________ "In certain places, at certain hours, gazing at the sea is dangerous. It is what looking at a woman sometimes is." - Victor Hugo Originally Posted by Elemental Some guys play hard to get, I play hard to want.

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stolenheron 2004 Discovery II driver Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Fort Myers, Florida Posts: 1,449 Gallery: 6	haha nice! __________________ 2004 Discovery II SE7 - My Ride 2006 LR3 SE - Dad's Ride

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02-03-2008, 08:13 PM	#7 (permalink)
cellulararrest 94 Defender 90 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Chester, NH Posts: 1,070 Gallery: 0	I've yanked an F250 out of a mud hole. Feels good __________________ S.N.H.L.R.

02-06-2008, 06:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
cmc_greggy Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Gallery: 0	i pulled a 6 wheel bus w/ my defender 110 that got stuck on the side of the road.. and i got on the 1st try too..

02-07-2008, 04:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
TerryS Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Bloomfield, CT If I died today, I lived there all my life. Posts: 2,186 Gallery: 0	I had that same dream

02-08-2008, 08:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
AAXD Goofing off in the great white north. Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alaska's Emerald Isle Posts: 627 Gallery: 1	I pulled 2 F250's out of the snow at the same time with my 93 LWB. They were plowing a parking lot and one guy ran his plow over the snowbank and got stuck, the other tried to pull him out and was just spinning his tires. I hooked my truck to the second F250 and we managed to pull the stuck truck out over the bank. I towed a Toyota up a long slick ice covered road the other day with my Disco, we made a bridle with my tow strap and hooked my shackles through his tow hooks. I just locked the diff, threw it into low range and chugged up the hill with him in tow. He wasn't paying attention when I came to a stop and nearly wrecked his hood on my tow fitting. __________________ "A deep respect for tradition allows vision for liberation from stagnation." Colin's Toys: 1972 Series III 88" 1997 Discovery XD 1993 RRC (Gone to a better place, goodbye old friend) 1983 Stage 1 109" 2002 Trek 4500 2005 Necky Looksha Sport 2007 Rans Rocket 2007 Honda Ruckus

02-08-2008, 08:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
01001010 Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lawrenceville, GA Posts: 4,542 Gallery: 15	to make things interesting..lol... I got recovered by a Freelander once... __________________ JC... 1996 Discovery SE - The Blue Marlin - gone =( 1965 Series IIa 109 RHD 2.25L Dsl - Wilks 1965 Series IIa 88' LHD 2.25L Petrol - Fionna

02-09-2008, 09:25 AM	#12 (permalink)
XtremeMarine Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,574 Gallery: 0	JC; that's only because of how you drive. LMAO! You've got to remember to send in a recon vehicle first. __________________ "In certain places, at certain hours, gazing at the sea is dangerous. It is what looking at a woman sometimes is." - Victor Hugo Originally Posted by Elemental Some guys play hard to get, I play hard to want.

02-09-2008, 09:31 AM	#13 (permalink)
XtremeMarine Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,574 Gallery: 0	I think the heaviest I've ever had to tow was our factory's 10 ton capacity Clarke forklift. W've got a boat graveyard behind the main factory for our plugs, molds, and test boats. Sometimes, a new guy will take out the forklifts after's it's rained. The old crew know not to, lol. Some newbie chico framed our Clarke, and Tonka pulled him out in low. Nobody thought I'd be able to do it. I've done it over a dozen times now. They don't even try using the other fork trucks, they just tell me to go home and get "big yella". A couple of years ago I had to pull out two 2wd duallies out of the local mud hole. Can't believe southern kids, they're just ignorant. Trying to mud a dually ford and a dually chevy 2wd's with stock tires. Morons. __________________ "In certain places, at certain hours, gazing at the sea is dangerous. It is what looking at a woman sometimes is." - Victor Hugo Originally Posted by Elemental Some guys play hard to get, I play hard to want.

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