stanleymann
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Ah Belize, once got the choice of 4 months in Belize or 4 months in the Falklands. Hell of a hard decision!
slob said:years ago we pulled a plane(trident or tristar) out of the mud at the end of belize airfield. had someything like a 45:1 pull and, if i remember correctly 4 AEC size trucks to pull the bugger out...the series landy wouldn't touch it
so with the right pull ratio you could move yer artic with a discoormus said:hardly surprising. a tristar weighs 100 metric tons empty and over 200 tons max.
But how do these strains relate to the strain of pulling a stranded fellow landy out of the mud on a pay&play etc? At the end of the day probably 30%+ of the people on here would hitch a stuck mate up and pull them out of mud upto the eyeballs (some of you may even snatch it out!). It's not like any of us are talking about pulling a truck for 20miles, were only talking about a pull to the verge or onto solid ground. & didn't the police originally justify buying Rangies with "we can pull a 44tonner off the mway in an emergency"? I even recall someone suggesting that was the excuse of the HA wombles driving Disco3's hundreds of miles to knowhere.
And finally relating to the original point - if the truck was leaving asda logic says it was probably empty (they tend to take stuff out and put it on the shop shelves) so didn't weigh a full 44T anyway.
just to add my bit the breaking strain on ropes straps etc is worked out for a dead lift as a safe working load probably about half the actual breaking point and anyway the clutch would most likely burn out first
very true james but just think of the strasin putting on all of your vehichles components just for the driver to say, thanks mate. i bet he wouldnt say heres 50 quid for the wear and tear on your car, it may sound harsh but i say **** em let the recovery boys sort em out![]()
Not til you posted this, found it by accident and saw a mention of snow / ice and it just seemed to fit. Oh well:doh: :doh: :doh: ave you noticed the date on this thread?
You'll lose grip before you rip the chassis in half, or the towbar off, unless its so corroded that it shouldn't be on the road anyway. If you're on the level and smooth surface, all you're doing is overcoming the rolling resistance of its 18 wheels or so, with your 4 wheels.
Being bogged down in mud is different, and depends on a lot of other factors such as - is the stuck car also spinning all 4 wheels (or is it broken down?) - is the chassis sitting on the mud too, meaning there will be a shear force to overcome - is there any slope involved, eg has the stuck car "dug itself down" or obstacles like tree roots, etc etc. Every off road recovery is slightly different.
Robin & a chap in a landcruiser pulled a jack knifed tesco artic up a short slope and onto the main road in the Ice & snow last month.
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