Snatch recovery with a Land Rover Discovery 3/LR3

[smokings6x]

i think u need to cover more ground when u backing up and build up more speed before it starts pulling with elastic ropes?

[Tomolowicz]

looks like you having fun! That Defender needs a 2" lift to make it through that type of stuff also with a set of muddies it would destroy that track!

[maarten087]

@klaasbals

welke banden onder de defender ?

[klaasbals]

50/50 banden. Dus geenpure modderbanden, maar ook geen pure wegbanden. Maar als je met je buik tegen de grond geplakt zit, maakt het niet meer uit welke banden je hebt... :-S

[maarten087]

ja, inderdaad, prachtig filmpje trouwens ook!

heb helaas geen lier, dus soms wel bibberen..

[01getafix]

I'm from South Africa, and we hate mud!! Rocks, sand, dunes, mountains etc are all fine, but mud is the worst to get stuck in. Nice recovery and good common sense!

[maarten087]

hehe, this is belgium and we are used to mud now

[jumbodoug]

in most cases a tow recovery is first choice, a quick yank and on you go. being stuck down a narrow lane with such a distance between motors that your joining 2 ropes....if you have a winch IN THIS SITUATION winch first choice

[DaylightRobberyCA]

hahah you had a winch all along? Should have done that immediately.

[holyluke]

winches are slow as hell compared to snatching,, winching is reserved for when snatching dosent work.

[LDean5643]

Just curious: Were you speaking Dutch? Flemish? Norwegian? Where did this take place?

[klaasbals]

I'm Flemish. This was recorded in "De Kempen" in Flanders/Belgium.

Where are you from?

[LDean5643]

I'm from the USA. I was just curious about where this took place and I know it wasn't Danish, so I figured Flemish.

Thanks!

[maarten087]

flemish (almost the same as dutch) like american english and oxford english

grtz from belgium

[12487643]

nicely done there u shld try snatch recovery with a very strong bungee rope ....the idea is the elasticity in the rope also adds momentum and puts less strain on the recovery vehicles fastening fixtures and chassi give it a go sometime

[c2c2p1]

ah!..some understands the power of the stretch. if u got a good peice, u can stretch

and stop, sometimes the stretch alone will

be enough to pull.

[c2c2p1]

have to be rdy to duck in a blink though.

iv launched 75lbs 300ft+ in the air to

doing that.

[silluii]

Nicely done...

[mightyfinejonboy]

oh yes thats very deep mud lol!!!!!

[jptsousa]

what about a MUD 33" Tire? It would be much easyer

[stonefisk]

why's the kid dressed like a jihad bomber ?

[bushytas]

i think you guys need to spend more time 4wding

to short a run with the strap you needed more of a run up and you had the snatch straps connected wrong. the way you had them together i mean.never place a D shakle in two straps its one way of killing windows and people

[mikeyrover]

wht the hell r all the beaping in in disco 3?????

too many things to go wrong!!

[klaasbals]

The beeps are just the parking sensors that I didn't turn off... That's all...

[arsekicka]

It looked as if that the defenders tyres had too much pressure in them.

[swiftmalone]

NEVER, EVER, EVER use the winch again like that! you MUST put something over the cable somewhere around the middle. If it breaks it snaps towards the ground. A belt, a t-shirt, a towel...something.

[Nostradamis]

Looks like the Defender has the handbrake on and first gear engaged!

[d77coll]

it's great, u will always learn new things... experience is the best learning methode.

[tractorlandoverboat]

why are you pulling going backwards

[klaasbals]

Just because I happened to stand like that. It is true that I should have turned around to be able to properly pull him out, although I think that wouldn't have worked either.

[Shotgunlemming]

It looked like you discovery was on road tyres, i am impressed that it could move at all! Nice one for putting a new landrover through its paces, more people should do that.

[army764]

try digging your axels out first. try getting a thick bungie cord fir a tow rope. seen it on top gear and it really did work

[klaasbals]

Actually, it was what you call a 'bungie cord', with is a kinetic cord. Digging the axles out wasn't really an option, as it was all so muddy... We couldn't see a thing.

[army764]

i know what yo mean ive had to change a tank track under 4 feet of water. not nice. is the guy danish pulling you out

[thenabinator]

it may have actually helped that he was going backwards...the reverse gear is usually a little lower that 1st gear. This way, he would have more torque