rkinsey
25th February 2012, 02:12 PM
Well, I finally got to use my winch and recovery gear for the first time in over a year, and it wasnt to get myself ourt of trouble either.
Wasnt even 4WDriving! Recovery was at home. We are having extensions done to our house and it has been raining so much that the ground is absolutley soaked. (We started in November 2011 and the day the builder laid the slab it started raining and hasnt stopped since)
After digging the trenches for the sewer and stormwater the builder tried to get his bobcat out but only succeeded in diging himself in.
Thanks to all of the posts on this forum which has given me a great deal of information on saftey and recovery techniques I pulled the 3 ton bobcat that was buried up to its belly, through the mud and onto solid ground. Didnt even engage 4WL. Chocked the front and rear wheels and used my Warn highmount 15000lb winch strung with 9mm thick 12000lb breaking strain cable to get him out without ripping up the newly laid PVC pipework.
I dodnt have any pics of the actual recovery but I did use my cable dampner and used appropriate recovery signals to all involved. Thanks boys. Here are some photos of the bogged bobcat though.
Wasnt even 4WDriving! Recovery was at home. We are having extensions done to our house and it has been raining so much that the ground is absolutley soaked. (We started in November 2011 and the day the builder laid the slab it started raining and hasnt stopped since)
After digging the trenches for the sewer and stormwater the builder tried to get his bobcat out but only succeeded in diging himself in.
Thanks to all of the posts on this forum which has given me a great deal of information on saftey and recovery techniques I pulled the 3 ton bobcat that was buried up to its belly, through the mud and onto solid ground. Didnt even engage 4WL. Chocked the front and rear wheels and used my Warn highmount 15000lb winch strung with 9mm thick 12000lb breaking strain cable to get him out without ripping up the newly laid PVC pipework.
I dodnt have any pics of the actual recovery but I did use my cable dampner and used appropriate recovery signals to all involved. Thanks boys. Here are some photos of the bogged bobcat though.