As someone who manages a (non public) campsite i'd generally agree. If someone gets a van stuck on the field i'd rather one of my team went and shifted it. In fact, ideally, i'd have one of my team driving the 4wd and the other driving the van as people have a tendancy to spin wheels while being...

How do you define "off road". I'm assuming we're including legal byways as roads. What about someone who is on private land with permission. Ok most farmers will know other farmers locally who can help out, but lets take the hypothetical example of someone with a freelander at a caravan site...

I'm not complaining. I'm making the point that sometimes a very quick, mental, assessment of risk and getting on with the job using common sense is all thats needed. Not reams and reams of paperwork, long briefings about stuff people already know, etc before the job can commence. In one day we...

We may disagree on driving speeds and cars - but i think i agree with you here. This is a voluntary service - individuals offering help. Yes there is some easy stuff we can do to make it a bit safer and that's no bad thing, but if we were to go down the route of having to write risk...

And this is presumably why big building projects, road works, etc take so bloody long. How many deaths / injuries are actually prevented by writing all this stuff down rather than using common sense? Or is the paperwork just an exercise to keep the insurance companies happy? Yes - SOPs and...

Sounds like a real cowboy mechanic. The brakes not being bled should never have happened. The bolt missing from the steering - that's seriously negligent. I would suggest contacting the mechanic and explaining that as a result of the danger (and inconvenience) caused you expect a full...

Thanks!

Thanks Gary - do the clamps make fitting easier than using the standard pipe clips (asking as the current jubilee clips seem perfectly reusable) D

I've had a split appear in the top intercooler hose of the D3. Characteristic symptoms (loss of power, smoke, increased fuel use) and sure enough there's a split just above the top bend in the hose. No biggie, taped up for now and will change the hose this week. Looking on youtube it seems a...

My understanding was that one vehicle (Brian) initially responded. Then another vehicle attended to rescue Brian. Then another vehicle (or two?) attended later. Had the OP been truthful from the beginning (or capable of judging the conditions properly) then a team of equipped vehicles could...

I see no issue with LZIR members choosing to respond to a job like the welsh one - but its important that they know what they';re in for. Clearly one Disco (and eventually a winch equipped defender) responding on a cold wet day with limited daylight wasnt the right solution. But at the same...

Welcome to landyzone Duncan No issue with people who slot in with the other traffic. Whether thats 56mph in with the trucks (if i'm in the speed limited minibus i often drive slightly below the limiter speed if i'm not in a hurry and sit in with the trucks rather than constantly moving out into...

All good points. It's very easy to say with hindsight that things should have been done differently - but at the same time its easy to think "a CRV got up there, so a fully equipped landrover will" - especialy when the rescuee has stated that the terrain is ok. One can only assume that, even...

theres all sorts of reasons why people might call upon LZIR I'd be willing to respond to the same sort of stuff that i'd help with if i came across it / if a friend asked. So - car's slipped off a road or byway and needs a bit of help getting back on (which is what last night's incident...

I suspect we shall never know whether the chap in wales was being economical with the truth on purpose, or just completely incapable of judging the situation. I suspect a bit of both. @goonarmy almost seems to be suggesting that LZIR members should stop responding to requests for help simply...

Perhaps best then that individual users decide whether they wish to use askMID There is no such data protection warning on the DVLA's website to check if vehicles are MOTd and Taxed and to check that they are what they should be. I think the key is to ensure that responders are given the reg...

I imagine there is a range of experience across the forum. There will be people with a huge amount of experience - either in 4x4 response, pay and play day recovery, or working with the emergency services. There will be people who have no formal experience but are competent off road drivers...

what is he after? Help? Tools? Recovery?

Totally agree - although in the welsh case i think someone would have been doing the owner a favour (or at least they would if he'd had insurance) by nicking it But wellbeing of vehicles always has to come secondary to wellbeing of humans surely?

I can see why some members would not want to respond to a newbie. Equally i can see why someone in need of help might come across this forum and ask for help. If we are going to judge which jobs we respond to then where do we draw the line? I've been a member for 18 months and have about 600...