HELP bogged central coast nsw

TheInterceptor · 31-03-2012, 04:08 PM

hi need help! Got bogged in Heaton state forest, a track off freemans waterhole. theres a dirt road that comes off freemans drive, not far from the freeway. Theres two gates down it, ive gone down the right one and im near the end of it.

Is there anybody with a 4wd that can come recover me?

My GPS co ords are:
032 59' 18.7'' S
151 27' 38.5'' E

Police are of no use, nobody nearby to help. Already posted on the 4wd forum. No use.

My number is 0450 537 964

Theres a case in it for anyone who comes, will pay fuel costs too.
Kinda sinking too so as quick as possible would be great!

Help!
Mike

stalker · 31-03-2012, 04:22 PM

it would take me like atleast a day :/ good luck. dont stop trying, remember to chuck in plenty of sticks and let the tyres right down. 5psi or similar

TheInterceptor · 31-03-2012, 04:36 PM

hi. Tried everything. Its sitting on a bad angle now. Takin on water, now theres electrical problems. Have pretty well run outta options.

Hayden1 · 31-03-2012, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

hi. Tried everything. Its sitting on a bad angle now. Takin on water, now theres electrical problems. Have pretty well run outta options.

Damn wish I could do something! Unplugged the battery?

edit-
do u want me to post on the 4WD Action forum?

XARATE · 31-03-2012, 04:45 PM

Call the ses or a tow trick thats your fastest solution

stalker · 31-03-2012, 04:50 PM

yea i was stuck like that once, called a RAA and they sent out a truck tow truck. pulled out my gq, real sorry i cant help mate, bit far away. good luck with it (your gonna need some real pulling power at this point find a local farmer with some mean machines. the car will act like a suction cup and wont want to move)

(ill chuck it up on patrol 4x4 see if someone can help)

TheInterceptor · 31-03-2012, 07:02 PM

Thanks guys! 4x4earth member resuced me, took all of 2 seconds to get snatched out.

Thanks again.

stalker · 31-03-2012, 07:13 PM

very lucky! bet your gonna invest in a winch now hey?

XARATE · 31-03-2012, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by stalker

very lucky! bet your gonna invest in a winch now hey?

Or real 4x4

stalker · 31-03-2012, 09:10 PM

yer id put it up for sale if it got water in it...

dave351cid · 31-03-2012, 09:52 PM

gotta luv the snatch strap.......

and no, i`m not refering to a G string.

new2ford · 31-03-2012, 10:02 PM

First use of AFF as an emergency call centre? That's initiative!

nstg8a · 31-03-2012, 10:06 PM

good to see you got out, and hopefully take on board the lessons...

off roading by yourself, without the right gear isnt the smart option...

did you get any pics?

Windsor342ci · 31-03-2012, 10:07 PM

Lucky I was reading though this all. I was beginning to eye out my wife about to ask her if she wanted to go for a drive?

Windsor342ci · 31-03-2012, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nstg8a

good to see you got out, and hopefully take on board the lessons...

off roading by yourself, without the right gear isnt the smart option...

did you get any pics?

True. Every weekend my wife and I take out the 4wd on the weekend I always over loaded with stuff from snatch straps to radiator hoses because we never know where we end up.

XRGhia · 31-03-2012, 10:15 PM

Last time he managed to blow the radiator, and this time he got bogged! FYI, not much water ended up getting in by the end... Managed to mOve it a bit so no more water could get in...

Here's one of a few pics anyway...

Having just driven through there, Mike thought it'd be fine if he drove back the way he went... Back end went out and yeah, you can guess how it went after that...

Windsor342ci · 31-03-2012, 10:32 PM

New Ford Ranger for the win! 800mm depth capacity. Im obsessed with these things. Look sexy aswel. Ima go against the grain and for that price range, Id grab a new Ranger of the GS S/C.

nstg8a · 31-03-2012, 10:37 PM

look at those tyres...

jaydee · 31-03-2012, 10:58 PM

Nearly as good as this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrY-G...layer_embedded

nstg8a · 31-03-2012, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Nearly as good as this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrY-G...layer_embedded

that made me laugh... wonder what happened next, either he had to come back across or the others had to cross it as well.

gotta love diesels and a well setup intake for river crossings. and the bonus of having that much water inside it would have washed the skid marks right off the seat.

TheInterceptor · 31-03-2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nstg8a

good to see you got out, and hopefully take on board the lessons...

off roading by yourself, without the right gear isnt the smart option...

did you get any pics?

It was only a reccie run, it would have been fine if the track didnt end up being severley overgrown. Had to backtrack...suffice to say i hate clay now. I must have churned it up on the way through the first time. The rear end slid into a deeper rut and it was game over.

Not doing this again in a million years. And i turned around on a different track saying "i dont wanna get bogged, ill be stuffed!"...then went and did it on a different one...

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Originally Posted by stalker

very lucky! bet your gonna invest in a winch now hey?

Hmm maybe not, I dont go out often enough, and even then im scared of doing what i just did..had no choice though!

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Originally Posted by XARATE

Or real 4x4

You wouldnt believe what this has gone through.

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Originally Posted by stalker

yer id put it up for sale if it got water in it...

Only on the left hand side where all the wiring is sealed up. Alarm keeps going off though..and the rhs indicator turned on and stayed on for most of the time in the bog hole.
Though if anyone wants to buy....

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Originally Posted by new2ford

First use of AFF as an emergency call centre? That's initiative!

Well when i have no 4wd mates, nobody helpful on the UHF, nobody wheeling nearby, main road being a long walk...cops dont do recoveries, i have reception and the internet, after making it move half a meter after a couple of hours...figured id post here too.

I now have a nice case of what i hope is diff whine. Oh and water is sloshing around somewhere in the back of the cabin. And the alarm just went off twice for no reason. Ho hum.

Pics so you all can laugh.

Windsor342ci · 31-03-2012, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Nearly as good as this guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrY-G...layer_embedded

Damn!

nstg8a · 31-03-2012, 11:16 PM

great pics... even if you get a hi-lift jack, they can be used as a hand winch, slow but very effective.
i pulled my old patrol out of horrible clay'ey ruts with mine, took ages, but i had no other option. not even cell coverage.
hi-lifts are cheap as chips too, and damned handy.

TheInterceptor · 31-03-2012, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nstg8a

look at those tyres...

Yokohama Geolandar G012's A/Ts... Been a fantastic A/T tyre so far....till you drive into a clay bog....

Scott · 31-03-2012, 11:32 PM

Bugger mate, will check the hole a bit better next time eh?

Stuff happens, glad you made it home with your rig intact.

irish2 · 31-03-2012, 11:43 PM

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Originally Posted by TheInterceptor

I now have a nice case of what i hope is diff whine. Oh and water is sloshing around somewhere in the back of the cabin. And the alarm just went off twice for no reason. Ho hum.

Change diff oils. They will be full of water from breathers.

OffRoadFalcon · 31-03-2012, 11:44 PM

Ah that is bad... wish I'd been there to help... meanwhile I was probably taking pics of GT Falcons...

XARATE · 31-03-2012, 11:55 PM

Mate i would be checking the diff and gearbox oil fir water. More so the diff, ive heard of one filling with water due to a fautly breather. Glad to hear you got out ok

mik · 01-04-2012, 12:03 AM

four wheel drives are a trap, supposedly designed to get you out of trouble..........instead get you in to trouble

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TheInterceptor · 01-04-2012, 12:05 AM

Thanks Chris!
It was only when i walked into the bog i realised what exactly it was made of. Step in..sink down up to my knees. Great! Makes me wonder how it went through without wheelspin the other way.

Will be changing all the oils ASAP.

Cheers!