Snatch recovery with a Land Rover Discovery 3/LR3

http://www.bals.be/snatch-recovery-with-discovery-3

In January we went 4WDing, after it had been raining for 2 weeks... It was great fun!

This movie shows a recovery of a Defender by a Discovery 3. We try to use a kinetic rope to pull him out. A kinetic rope is elastic and allows to make some speed before actually starting to pull. This has the advantage that you don't just use the pulling power of the recovering vehicle, but also the kinetic energy.

I can be dangerous to use this technique (also called snatch recovery), because when you drive too fast, the kinetic energy will be too big, and something will break (either the cable, or the attachment points on either one of the vehicles, potentially causing serious damage or injury. So only do snatch recovery with caution, and use firm attachment points on the vehicles. Even using a tow ball isn't failsafe because it could break...

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• disco3
• discovery3
• lr3
• landrover
• 4x4
• 4wd
• discovery
• snatch
• recovery
• kinetic
• rope

[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

[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?

[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...

[holyluke]

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

[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]

ja, inderdaad, prachtig filmpje trouwens ook!

heb helaas geen lier, dus soms wel bibberen..

[maarten087]

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

grtz from belgium

[maarten087]

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

[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!

[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