Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
Off-road recovery assistance in Sussex
I have done a very silly thing - thought my garden was dry enough to take the Discovery 3 down a grassy slope! It’s stuck. No winch and I would worry about a recovery vehicle (friend or by sons Defender) also getting stuck or not having a long enough winch cable.
If we don’t sort something out this weekend, does anyone in the mid sussex area (Danehill) have recovery boards I could try?
Many thanks in advance
Barn1e2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
19th Nov 2021 2:21 pm
Trailered Movements
Member Since: 16 Jan 2020
Location: East/West Sussex Coast Borders
Posts: 1200
How far to terra firma, and is it in a straight line?
Dave2011 Discovery 4 Commercial SDV6 (Gone)
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19th Nov 2021 4:34 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15263
Could you not just stick your feet through the floor and power forward?
Just like you did in the good old days with Fred.
...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
19th Nov 2021 4:42 pm
sarumlight
Member Since: 06 Nov 2008
Location: Off the Plain
Posts: 1592
We’ve all done it
Is there space to get moving down hill, then turn up with a bit of momentum?
If so, terrain response has a nasty habit of cutting the power when you don’t want it, so DSC off / sand mode and floor it has been known to work.
19th Nov 2021 5:08 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
I so miss the old days of:
1 - point the car up hill
2 - plant foot fully down on loud peddle and keep it there
3 - turn the steering wheel enough to keep her pointing up the hill
4 - prey!!
Good days, but long gone.
19th Nov 2021 5:18 pm
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1820
DEFLATE your tyres!
Like pressure drops to 1.2-bar and even lower if needed..
Remove the mud ridges with a shovel in the drive direction and there you go…Best regards
Harold
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19th Nov 2021 6:09 pm
robpenrose
Member Since: 12 Jan 2016
Location: Surrey / SW London
Posts: 2138
Get some pictures up
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19th Nov 2021 6:11 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
also ... I'm told plastic bread trays (as seen piled up at side of road sometimes ) are very good ways of getting some grip.
19th Nov 2021 7:15 pm
James W
Member Since: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Riyadh, KSA
Posts: 3079
Is there a sturdy tree nearby that you could borrow or hire a tirfor winch to use on? Dig the tyres out first and then air down before winching backD4 XS, gone, much loved, never forgotten
2018 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography - Gone to someone with less sense and more time to enjoy it
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19th Nov 2021 8:04 pm
Barn1e D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
Thank you for all the advice. It’s a good forty metres to firm land, mostly in a straight line. I have some ropes and boards that mean I hope to get you son’s Defender on firm surface for a tow. Don’t want him to also get stuck.
But he also suggested I try my snow chains.
I have some short scaffold boards that have two battens underneath that will stop them slipping out. When I used them today, the car slid off, but perhaps with chains they will bite. Aiming to try that first. Then revert to Defender pull on Sunday. Will drop the pressure as suggested.
I will post some pictures!2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
19th Nov 2021 8:08 pm
Barn1e D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
This gives some idea of the route back up. The Disco was resting against two small trees!!!!
2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
19th Nov 2021 8:15 pm
Barn1e D3 Decade
Member Since: 28 Aug 2006
Location: Mid-sussex
Posts: 2021
This suggests the hill is less shallow than it is! What was I thinking???
Click image to enlarge
2005, TDV6 S, Auto, 190k miles, owned from new, V8 Brake Upgrade, Nancom Evo, RLD protector, BAS EGR blanking & Remap, separate ATF cooler, changing all the fluids ahead of time.
19th Nov 2021 8:20 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73075
I know how that feels, been there & done it with clogs on. Needed the tractor of my neighbour to pull me out.
DSL's other approach would, naturally, be "strip it" then reassemble at the top of the slope .
Dean
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