Saw a similar incident happen at Seaforth QLD a few years ago. It was a renovated bus towing a huge trailer containing a large 4x4. As you say some of the suggestions were downright dangerous. They stayed in the vehicle overnight and the next morning contacted a cane ****ey who came in with his huge cane tractor and towed them out. No vehicle in the campground would have ever moved it.
Well I guess I have to change that starred word to cane farmer lol
-- Edited by petengail on Monday 20th of May 2013 02:26:47 PM
justcruisin01 said
08:59 PM May 20, 2013
along with her manager & photographer ( all girl team) travelling in this Isuzu longreach Winnebago when they tried to drive through a muddy deep gutter to a free camp site.
This was the result.
It drew plenty of onlookers with all the suggestions of recovery, many of which were dam right dangerious.
With daylight running out quickely & the road blocked there was only one way this m/home was going to find a suitable campsite.
As we were the only ones that had a suitable recovery vehicle available the work began, unhitch the van & setup in position to begin the recovery.
Once again Leonie done a great job operating the PTO winch while I gave her & the m/home driver instructions, it was a very heavy retrival due to so much of the m/home & trailers weight resting on the roadside shoulder, the rear wheels were almost off the ground.
The team worked well together & it wasn't long before we had the rig parked up for the night. As we packed the recovery gear away & rehitched the van the rest of the campers had set up for happy hour.
Once done we were invited to join them, the girls from m/home joined us with a hand full of CD's , guitar in hand a songs for entertainment. The only damage they sustained was to the wiring to the trailer plug, If we had not been there it would have been very expensive to organise a heavy recovery from town ,lucky girls.
That's a great job you did JC You & Leonie deserve a pat on the back & hopefully a few free CDs Regards from Alice
Happywanderer said
09:40 PM May 20, 2013
Job well done JC's. Have never heard of Marie Wilson. Sorry for my ignorance.
neilnruth said
11:05 PM May 20, 2013
That motorhome looks too low slung to me to be pulling a trailer - but is it because of the angle they got stuck?
neilnruth said
11:08 PM May 20, 2013
Petengail was talking about another one he saw. We saw an enormous, though probably only a full size coach in an earlier life, motorhome that was pulling a trailer which had a big boat on top and underneath that the spare car was a Nissan Navara! They looked like they were on the road permanently but I'm glad We weren't paying for the fuel. You would have had trouble unhitching their trailer if it had got stuck. Good job JC and Leonie.
herbie said
11:17 PM May 20, 2013
We where camped next to this space ship on wheels ,at a stop in SA ,it was kind of like 3 stories ,if you get my drift. Do not think there would be any thing like this build ,it was brought out from America as this bloke was doing some doco on Australia for some TV station back there, he had the 4x4 and a small chopper looking thingo,so he could go into the places normal people would'nt /could not go to. Just the fuel alone for all this gear would have been a trip around Oz for most of us.I would like to know if and when he finishes this Doco would he be taking this monser back home, As over there you can pick up this kind of thing cheaper than the freight would be to get it back over to America.
GaryKelly said
11:46 PM May 20, 2013
You're a good sport, JC, and you've earned your brownie point for the good deed of the day. Lucky you were there - for them, that is.
Saw a similar incident happen at Seaforth QLD a few years ago. It was a renovated bus towing a huge trailer containing a large 4x4. As you say some of the suggestions were downright dangerous. They stayed in the vehicle overnight and the next morning contacted a cane ****ey who came in with his huge cane tractor and towed them out. No vehicle in the campground would have ever moved it.
Well I guess I have to change that starred word to cane farmer lol
-- Edited by petengail on Monday 20th of May 2013 02:26:47 PM
along with her manager & photographer ( all girl team) travelling in this Isuzu longreach Winnebago when they tried to drive through a muddy deep gutter to a free camp site.
This was the result.
It drew plenty of onlookers with all the suggestions of recovery, many of which were dam right dangerious.
With daylight running out quickely & the road blocked there was only one way this m/home was going to find a suitable campsite.
As we were the only ones that had a suitable recovery vehicle available the work began, unhitch the van & setup in position to begin the recovery.
Once again Leonie done a great job operating the PTO winch while I gave her & the m/home driver instructions, it was a very heavy retrival due to so much of the m/home & trailers weight resting on the roadside shoulder, the rear wheels were almost off the ground.
The team worked well together & it wasn't long before we had the rig parked up for the night. As we packed the recovery gear away & rehitched the van the rest of the campers had set up for happy hour.
Once done we were invited to join them, the girls from m/home joined us with a hand full of CD's , guitar in hand a songs for entertainment. The only damage they sustained was to the wiring to the trailer plug, If we had not been there it would have been very expensive to organise a heavy recovery from town ,lucky girls.
www.mariewilson.com
JC.
Good job JC and Leonie.
We where camped next to this space ship on wheels ,at a stop in SA ,it was kind of like 3 stories ,if you get my drift. Do not think there would be any thing like this build ,it was brought out from America as this bloke was doing some doco on Australia for some TV station back there, he had the 4x4 and a small chopper looking thingo,so he could go into the places normal people would'nt /could not go to. Just the fuel alone for all this gear would have been a trip around Oz for most of us.I would like to know if and when he finishes this Doco would he be taking this monser back home, As over there you can pick up this kind of thing cheaper than the freight would be to get it back over to America.