Recovery Pics/Vids and BS

Had to get pulled out by the jeep in the back of the picture

 

I finally get to post here!
Did my first vehicle recovery yesterday!

This Nissan had been sliding down the icy hill. He tried to turn it around and started sliding mid turn, his passenger rear wheel was in the air and the truck was stuck on his leaf spring and stock gas tank skid. The hill was VERY slick and I started to slide down it while walking it a couple times and wouldn't have been able to stop without grabbing the Nissan's bumper.

Recovery was made with a single line pull. I used my ARB tree saver as an extension just in case he wouldn't be able to stop and had to run it over. All went well though. I directed him to keep his two passenger wheels on the far side of the trail where it wasn't icy. Unhooked the winch, then he slid down the hill. They stuck around afterwards but I didn't feel like asking for money.
First recovery down, hopefully a lot more to go! :thumbsup;






Winch line removed about to slide down the hill.

 

Awesome thread nick. I will start taking pics of my Recovery's....

 

We should have gotten a vid of you winching the lifted f350 out of the snow filled ditch.

 

Cmj did but never got around to editing it.

 

Sub'd! Nice to see all the recovery equipment in use!

 

I wanna see more

 

Me pulling out my buddies '86 bronco on 35's

 

Great thread i enjoyed the videos,
Thanks God that is not happened to me ever.

 

I finally have some recoverys.

Below is our Norcal christmas tree trip. We had a large group in the morning when we cut down trees but then a few of us stayed to wheel. We were on a super muddy very steep trail. Anthony had mud terrians and had driven to the top of the first hill. Jason made it aproximitly a 1/4 of the way up but his 35 inch ATs could get traction even with his diff locked. He would make it up a little bit then slide down into a ditch where the water crossed the trail. It was a steep and slippery situation with dark only about an hour away. Anthonys winch plus all of our tow straps couldn't reach from the top of the hill to jason so we were in trouble. We ended up putting a snatch block on a tree to the left and I winched him sideways onto the trail from behind.

Recovery starts at 4 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCtm01w4Dg&feature=youtu.be

 

So it snowed heavy christmas eve. The snow plows were not up and running on the little streets. The cars were still driving on the roads and compacting the snow. Christmas was cold and the snow turned to ice. I made this same turn multiple times on both those days. The next morning however I was in 4hi chatting with my wife driving slow and safe. I started to make the right turn. Almost a U turn onto the street my inlaws live on. The snow had still not been plowed.

The turn is the purple pin



Photos of the turn the next day saturday.


Looks like some one did the same thing saturday from the tracks strait into the posts


I started the turn like normal but the truck quickly decided to ignore my turning and braking. Even though I was going slow I hit a post (an older post) that was rotted on the bottom and broke upon contact with my relentless bumper. We started going over the edge and I thought for a moment. This is it.



The cable had been cut when they replaced the two new posts on the end and instead of sinking a new cable in the ground they Ubolted the two cabels pieces together. This did not hold so the post just fell over. The saving grace was my truck was completely sideways and I hit a new post on the side of my truck that held us in place.







I was looking over the edge in shock. It happed so slow it felt unreal. Like this cant be happening. The ABS brake system would not let the tires stop.

My wife quickly snapped me in gear and said what do we need to do. I handed her my phone and said take pictures Ill grab the recovery gear. I couldnt back up because the post was resting agianst the side of my truck. I ran the winch to a tree across the road but this did not work as the back end if the truck started going down the hill while the front went up. I grabed the snatch block given to me by my TW secret santa and ran the cable back to my slider. Once I was off the post. I had the wife spin the wheel in reverse while I winched sideways. This seemed to have the best result.



The good news is we were safe. My $250 diductible is nothing and the body will be fixed. I had to make the same turn several more times this weekend. What did I learn? 40 PSI is too high. A nice 30 in the mountains helps. Using my gears to brake gives me much more control. It was an experiance that will be with me for a long time.

 

When dave almost fliped his truck. No one got pictures of his rear tire 4 feet off the ground.

 

Drag Chevy truck all the way to the cement road

 

Dang, good recoveries guys!