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Romania 2015
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Question:
Did anyone get any video or photos of the garbage truck recovery, just down the hill from my place? I would quite like to see something, it if there's any record of it.
Did anyone get any video or photos of the garbage truck recovery, just down the hill from my place? I would quite like to see something, it if there's any record of it.
OK Chas thanks for looking and Shayne/Helen for your efforts.
Not mightily important, but we had a bit of useful fun didn't we? The guy is still flashing his headlamps at me and giving me the thumbs-up when we pass each other on the road
Not mightily important, but we had a bit of useful fun didn't we? The guy is still flashing his headlamps at me and giving me the thumbs-up when we pass each other on the road
Nice when you get things like that and those involved remember it for years.
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clive help the local dustcart
clive getting there
job done or so we thought
job done or so we thought
clive move off but the dustcart was still stuck so who going to have a go next
all that power under the black beast but needed the body weight to do the job
still trying
still at it
clive came back to finish the job
clive getting there
job done or so we thought
job done or so we thought
clive move off but the dustcart was still stuck so who going to have a go next
all that power under the black beast but needed the body weight to do the job
still trying
still at it
clive came back to finish the job
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We all got dirty and Clive gets the beer 
I knew it was a forlorn hope before i started but Clive had gone , knowing that lorry was fully loaded and recognizing a much heavier 80 couldn't move it without the aid of a winch i decided against risking lockers because if a little extra traction wasn't going to do it a little more wouldn't either . All worth it for the friendly waves we got every time we passed there for the rest of our time in Romania 
I knew it was a forlorn hope before i started but Clive had gone , knowing that lorry was fully loaded and recognizing a much heavier 80 couldn't move it without the aid of a winch i decided against risking lockers because if a little extra traction wasn't going to do it a little more wouldn't either . All worth it for the friendly waves we got every time we passed there for the rest of our time in Romania
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Nice one. Good to get your teeth into something that needed a good pull. Tricky with it being a side turning but lucky that pole was there (and held against the forces anchored that high up). No wonder he flashes you!! [emoji4][emoji122]
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Thanks Mike, it was a team effort, that's for sure.
The high level winch point was unweighting the front wheels too much, so we dropped the chain to the bottom of the post and passed it under the steel fence panel. It was the winch that did all the work. Truth is, both the winch and the garbage truck were pulling me sideways towards a ditch.
We got him out eventually though, that was the main thing.
(I can't get the first vid to run either)
Thanks guys!
The high level winch point was unweighting the front wheels too much, so we dropped the chain to the bottom of the post and passed it under the steel fence panel. It was the winch that did all the work. Truth is, both the winch and the garbage truck were pulling me sideways towards a ditch.
We got him out eventually though, that was the main thing.
(I can't get the first vid to run either)
Thanks guys!
I got it to run and I use tapatalk. Who's Mike?
It's times like that when snatch blocks come in handy.
Is that an ARB snatch block or one of the identical ones without the ARB stamp that doubles the price?
It's times like that when snatch blocks come in handy.
Is that an ARB snatch block or one of the identical ones without the ARB stamp that doubles the price?
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Yes Rich, it's an ARB block, not cheap but it's very simple to use and of course effective. There's not much competition here for non-branded "identical" equipment, sadly.
Mike is ratrace BTW
Yes, sorry RR, I think I had a bit of brain fade on the last post. I had linked 'Mike' with 'ratrace' in my one remaining functioning brain cell a while back but I think I was all excited by dustcart unbogging and lost the plot completely!
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It's not often there's a chance to help anyone on my hill, as I'm only there at weekends. I once helped a guy to move an old scrap transit parked on a grass area, and it hadn't been moved for umpteen years and had "grown in" quite a bit. The guy was starting the construction of an extension to his house, the transit was in the way and he couldn't shift it with his Renault. Of course the 80 pulled it out with ease.
It would have been interesting how the truck would have performed pulling the dustcart out had it been dry and clean asphalt, instead of wet and muddy as it was. I had no grip whatsoever on the ATs, with the treads full of mud before I started from the muddy asphalt. The winch is nothing special, but geared back with the snatch block, the pulling power is amazing.
That reminds me, it's time I treated the winch it to a new line
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It was a great idea Mike and i don't think i ever thanked you for it so cheers mate dreading next years package holiday now i will probably spend a fortnight wishing the hours away so i can get home and pack for a proper holiday in Romania !
dreading next years package holiday now i will probably spend a fortnight wishing the hours away so i can get home and pack for a proper holiday in Romania !
I did wonder about pulling it backwards but it looked like there was no way to get cruisers (and I think two or more together might have made it look easy) round the back of it, then once unbogged, get it towed forwards past the mud.
On balance I couldn't see a better way of doing it than what was done, especially with the limited forward room, buildings, fences and ditch. Not straightforward at all if you pardon the pun!
On balance I couldn't see a better way of doing it than what was done, especially with the limited forward room, buildings, fences and ditch. Not straightforward at all if you pardon the pun!
It was a great idea Mike and i don't think i ever thanked you for it so cheers mate
I would love to do it next year (I may have already said this) but Lynn isn't struck on camping, the AO show at Stratford kind of put paid to that.
I need a 'little house on the prairie' with annexe for a complete heated bathroom I think! Or a Tentipee for £50 and that ain't gonna happen!!
