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Some idiots failing at recovery


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Thought people may "enjoy" this...

https://jalopnik.com/new-truck-frozen-in-mud-has-only-a-few-months-before-it-1821769043

TL;DR is a couple of idiots go off-roading on someone's (frozen) land, which turns out to be a lake... truck falls through frozen crust, is stuck. Idiots return with tractor to recover it, guess what happens... both things now stuck in frozen mud on private property, in a few months it will thaw into a lake and things will be even worse.

Play stupid games and all that!

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Only a prize numpty would take a 7 ton machine in to a place to tow a 3 ton car that's got stuck.... they obviously haven't heard of a winch, and are too stupid to recognise dry land! They are going to have a very expensive recovery bill!!

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The Silverado doesn't look that stuck?...I've had a D3 on road tyres stuck deeper in mud than that (to my shame lol). Took about 3hrs and lots of swearing to dig the behemoth out. The backhoe on the other hand looks exceedingly bogged, I'm sure one of those huge American big-rig wreckers with extra long cable winches could extract them without too much pain?

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Don't get it, the JCB (or copy) should be an easy self recovery, just use the buckets to lift the chassis out of the mud, then use the slew to move it sideways until the wheels are on better ground?? Similar for the 360?

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Yes but the original mishap was a lake, so there could be 10 foot of sludge before you get to anything solid, and the second one was what can only be described as quicksand!! Either way the safest way to recover them is with a very long winch cable, and keep the winching vehicle on dry land... In the first case there is no excuse, the Americans invented big winch drums on 10 wheels!

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