Hertfordshire Lanes?????

Good to see everyone is supporting!!

landroverjack said:

Jai if it had a winch fitted why wouldn't they have used it earlier?

I can be there 8am tomorrow if you want. Got to pick up my brother at 5.30pm in cambridge so can't be there all day...

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Cheers for the offer! We will be there at 10am ish.... As it's the earliest tine we can get there.. All help will be appreciated!!

Is there a little bit of set aside between that you can use? Not sure the farmer will take to kindly to a tractor going over his crops?

Sorry chap I thought you said you winched it.

Pm me where it is and if I am going near I will swing by to lend a hand

There only appears to be mud and grass in the field at the moment...

I'm teaching tomorrow night, so I'm out I'm afraid.
I need a new clutch slave cylinder, which I've ordered last night. Working all week during the day, free Thursday night onwards and all weekend. Good to do anything once I've got my clutch sorted or happy to ride shotgun from Thursday night onwards.

If its the lane with the tree, traction is really good, hard surface all the way. The problem on that lane is apart from the tree, that it's really tight, certainly not for the faint hearted because of the drop into the stream on one side and not being able to move away from the edge because of the trees on the other side. If he's cocked up and dropped a wheel over the edge, he's in a world of pain. Recovery is going to be a bitch. The drop down to the stream is probably 12' in places.

I can only think that's what he's done, otherwise he wouldn't be stuck. I can't see that a tractor would have any chance of getting down there, unless it can be recovered from the field on the other side of the trees.

tdcist said:

There only appears to be mud and grass in the field at the moment...

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Not too bad then! Is the field the only possible way out? Just incase he has the hump? Did none of you have a winch today that could of helped him/her?

Well spotted spyderman! That's exactly what's happened... Except the traction is shocking once the hard surface runs out 100m or so before we got stuck!

Yeah we think the only way is thru the field...

tdcist said:

Cheers for the offer! We will be there at 10am ish.... As it's the earliest tine we can get there.. All help will be appreciated!!

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PM me your number and location and I can be there at 10am. I only have road tyres on atm but if its a hard surface as Spyderman suggests I'm sure I can help. I suggest you don't ask the landowner first as this may give him more of an argument to close the lane if he has tractors and 4x4s all over his field.

should be possible to use a 100m pull no? We've done it before...(Harlington)

I won't be in that area in the day but by the sounds of things you will need a few landy's to help so I can offer my services after work.

spydie can you pm me lat/lon for this lane? Dont know it meself and wouldnt want to publish it atm!

landroverjack said:

PM me your number and location and I can be there at 10am. I only have road tyres on atm but if its a hard surface as Spyderman suggests I'm sure I can help. I suggest you don't ask the landowner first as this may give him more of an argument to close the lane if he has tractors and 4x4s all over his field.

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You have a valid point and we are running out of lanes

tdcist said:

Well spotted spyderman! That's exactly what's happened... Except the traction is shocking once the hard surface runs out 100m or so before we got stuck!

Yeah we think the only way is thru the field...

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Can you give me some more info?

1) Did you drive the lane in the same direction as in my picture, as in the stream in on your left?
2) Is he before or after the tree?
3) If he's before the tree anyone looking to recover him would have to reverse over that tree, even I haven't tried that. I'm not sure that would even be possible as there's a big bit of tree root that you drop off of on the way down, maybe with waffle boards. Reversing down with the drop behind you is certainly a sphincter moment.
4) How many wheels and which ones are off of the track and over the edge?
5) I'm thinking if it's just one or two N/S wheels, the answer would be to jack it up on a hi-lift and push it sideways off of the jack to hopefully get the wheels back on the track, might take a few goes, with waffles ideally to stop it slipping back.
6) The field IIRC is much higher up than the lane with a really steep bank. I'm not sure that a recovery from the field would be possible, unless there's a perfect gap in the trees and the bank isn't too steep.
7) Do not go into the field without permission.

Right going to bed if you need help tomorrow after 7pm just shout!

OK...

so a quick recap....

The Disco is sitting on the edge of the top of the bank against some trees....

having tried to use a hand puller to pull both ends out we believe the safest exit is through the adjoining field. A fressh pair of eyes may think differently but it is pretty sticky and slippy down there and narrow....

Who is available tomorrow morning to lend an eye/hand... all offers appreciated.

Add your names to a list below and i'll PM you my mobile number.

Thanks.

Or can anyone PM me the location? I think I know where it is..

Spyderman, benjyp will PM you shortly!

Benjy,

Are the Disco's bumpers standard or are they jackable?