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     Sus (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 396 Registered: 06-2002 |
Had my first MANLY Land Rover experience last night.. After reading how Eric pulled a Honda out of a ditch, I'm sitting in the breakfast room taking a look at DiscoWeb. Fiance comes in from outside and says "Want to get out the Rover and play?!" I, of course, respond YES! He says there is a car spinning in front of my house (marginally steep hill) and they probably need to be towed. He says he knew I would get excited by the chance...told the man "my girlfriend has a Land Rover; she gets off on this kind of thing" (!!!!) So, I got out the GoldieBox and went to rescue a new Nissan sedan (front wheel drive too!). Sad thing is, it was so easy for the Rover I didn't even feel a thing. Kind of an anti-climax!  Oh well, I atleast felt helpful. Watched for a few other stranded motorists through out the evening. Had a Subaru 'parked' in front of my house this morning...but he got help this afternoon. I can now be proud that I know how to use my powers...next it's time for a winch! | ||
| M. K. Watson (Lrover94) Senior Member Username: Lrover94 Post Number: 687 Registered: 02-2002 |
i hear you sus, i used my disco to pull someone out of a 6 foot snowbank....seems my boss wanted to show me how his new non H2 chevy heavy 3/4 ton 4x4 could drive thru said snow bank, it took a couple tugs but he's free now. mike w | ||
| TPH (Snowman) Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 242 Registered: 12-2002 |
Congrats Sus, hopefully you did not charge them any $$ like some do. That has always amazed me. I understand it when someone does something stupid to get stuck but not the usual situations. I always felt it helped the LR owner image more if we yank em' out free. Of course I see people off the road about once a week in my neck of the woods and it's usually my neighbors. S- | ||
| Greg French (Gregfrench) Member Username: Gregfrench Post Number: 200 Registered: 11-2002 |
Wish I had some snow. I think I am the only part of the East Coast that didn't get any | ||
| KJ (Karen) Senior member Username: Karen Post Number: 52 Registered: 02-2002 |
Great job, Sus! Strike one for the Gentle Sex! Karen | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 367 Registered: 09-2002 |
Waaahooo...way to go Sus! | ||
| mantaray (Mantaray) Member Username: Mantaray Post Number: 124 Registered: 02-2002 |
that's cool Sus. i have been meaning to buy a tow strap so i could do stuff like that. i'm stuck up in NOVA right now and only today took the Disco out. it handled the snow great (i was a tad worried of ripping off the front valence and foglights since we got 21" up here), so i'll be headed home tomorrow. | ||
| Sus (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 397 Registered: 06-2002 |
Well, I didn't charge any money. Thought maybe if I found someone else who was more cocky i would...! But these people were really cool about it. They just didn't know how to drive in the snow. I did, however, park in a snow bank this morning...just because I can!! | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 157 Registered: 10-2002 |
I've always found the practice of paying/tipping for recovery pretty interesting. I have ALWAYS been offered money or some sort of reward when I have winched or pulled people offroad, but I have NEVER accepted. It seems as if in this particular area it is the modus operandi and it would be bad form not to offer, at the same time it would be bad form to accept. Of course, I've never had anyone be a real jerk or dangerous. If I did, I'd just disconnect my rigging and continue on my way. | ||
| Kim S (Roverine) Senior member Username: Roverine Post Number: 406 Registered: 03-2002 |
Yeah, what comes around goes around ... Sus, way to go!  Kim | ||
| Prescottj (Prescottj) Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 186 Registered: 12-2002 |
SUS, For the ratio of posts to manly expierences you need to spend a little more time being manly and a little less on the computer. Definetly a point for the women after my expierence at the dealership with the 17 year old girl. Glad to see your being manly. There's nothing hotter than a chick being manly with her disco. | ||
| Sus (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 398 Registered: 06-2002 |
If I'm not mistaken...."prescottj" just told me to get a life! HA! Well, I'm not 17, I know how gas is made and bought...and I'll continue to glow from my **FEW** manly experiences. BTW, I'm sure most of the other people on this board are GLAD I spend more time typing here than acting like a MALE! I know my FIANCE is! | ||
| Sus (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 399 Registered: 06-2002 |
Thanks for the support, everyone else! Kim and Karen...perhaps we need a photo gallery for DiscoWeb Women. The "not so manly" pages! | ||
| TPH (Snowman) Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 246 Registered: 12-2002 |
"Rover Chicks Of Discoweb", it has a nice ring to it! S- | ||
| Prescottj (Prescottj) Member Username: Prescottj Post Number: 192 Registered: 12-2002 |
Hey I love manly Rover Chicks. I wish I married one instead of the prom queen. Which college do you work for? I have a friend that used to live where you live. | ||
| Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) Moderator Username: Kyle Post Number: 26 Registered: 11-2002 |
Kim , just remember to spit out the gum before attempting a recovery... Kyle "Blow me" | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 469 Registered: 09-2002 |
Jack - in my homeland (at least, when i lived there), there were never any thoughts or questions of reward for rescuing somebody in similar road situations. One day you're on one end of the rope, another - ...who knows. When my bro-in-law crashed the van into a tree 50ft from the highway, he and my wife were taken to the nearest hospital (not by paramedics, but by regular folks), and the van was brought back on the road (which took a 6x6 and a big ass winch), without as much as asking whether we needed help. I've bummed a flat-tow ride for the van all the way back home (about 150 mi away) for something like $10. Oh, and that included finding a crane in both points, for it was a big rig flatbed trailer. The same thing went for hitchhiking - you never let people on the side of the road in blizzard, and somebody would take care of you should you get similarly stuck. Things may have changed, though. I have to admit having been on the back end of the rope more than on the other - with old crap that i was driving. Guess I'm still a bit behind peter | ||
| Kim S (Roverine) Senior member Username: Roverine Post Number: 409 Registered: 03-2002 |
LOL Kyle, you better believe I will ... I'm not that crazy/wreckless you know TPH, no no no no no no ....  Kim | ||
| Al Oliveira (Offroaddisco) Senior Member Username: Offroaddisco Post Number: 1375 Registered: 04-2002 |
24" of snow in Northern VA and I had to go to work. Then since I was one of two people able to make it in and out I drove people to work for 12 hours. In the process I recovered about 1/2 dozen SUV's including a Mitsu Montero (Pajero), Yukon, and Full Size Chevy snow plow that managed to go off the road and bury his plow into some grass. Plus a few cars and a van. Some of those people had no business being on the road but everyone wanted to be a part of it. It's amazing to hear other peoples ideas of how to recover. I had people pull out an old piece of 1/2 rope to wanting me to hook up a strap to their hitch ball or even a grill! The grill suggestion was tempting Worst thing that happened to me was a broken rear wiper arm that just snapped under no real load. | ||
| TPH (Snowman) Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 248 Registered: 12-2002 |
Kim- Sorry I was in a fiesty mood and my knuckle dragging inner CroMagnon got the best of me. S- | ||
| Chu Y. Son (Cyson) New Member Username: Cyson Post Number: 12 Registered: 01-2003 |
Reading all this news of snow, I'm getting a bit jealous over here in dry, arid Denver. Just to think, I've been carrying snow recovery gear in my rover for the past 3 years now, for nothing!  | ||
| John Moore (Jmoore) Senior Member Username: Jmoore Post Number: 394 Registered: 10-2002 |
When I lived in nice warm Virginia, I had a 24' Chaparral and lived near the intercoastal waterway. One time while heading to a lock, I came upon a 45-50'sailboat anchored very close to the lock doors. They waived and I powered down, thinking they were asking for directions since their boat was registered out of state. As it turned out, the guy's diesel had died and he could not sail in the narrow channel, much less the lock. I offered to pull him through the lock and to a mechanic a few miles down the canal. Long story short, a few weeks later the guy sent me $500 and a very nice Thank You! As it turned out my wife and his exchanged addresses while we were in the lock. -John | ||
| Kim S (Roverine) Senior member Username: Roverine Post Number: 410 Registered: 03-2002 |
TPH, LOL!!!! -Kim | ||
| KJ (Karen) Senior member Username: Karen Post Number: 55 Registered: 02-2002 |
Sus, you SO kick ass, LOL! Boys, she's to the point AND she'll hold her own (at LEAST!) no matter what ya throw at her! Note to Axel: My vote goes to dropping that "number of posts made" feature! Roverine, heehee...can't help noting that I *hope* you remain "wreckless"! Karen | ||
| Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Senior member Username: Leslie Post Number: 1788 Registered: 02-2002 |
Axel, My vote is, add 1,000,000 posts to Karen's tally, and then she won't worry about the post-count anymore.... -L | ||
| KJ (Karen) Senior member Username: Karen Post Number: 64 Registered: 02-2002 |
HAHAHAHA! I want a prize for writing the 1,000,000th post!!!!! Karen, sending special sticking-tongue out face to Leslie | ||
| Sus (Susannah) Senior Member Username: Susannah Post Number: 402 Registered: 06-2002 |
YEAH KAREN IS REGISTERED! Thanks for the overwhelming vote of confidence...I was feeling pretty fiesty that day! | ||
| Steve Andrews (Sillybus) Member Username: Sillybus Post Number: 174 Registered: 08-2002 |
I've got two not so humorous stories from the great snow storm. The first is embarassing. While attempting to free my father's Ford van out of 20+ of the fluffy stuff, I got stuck. I had no problem moving around in it but once I tried to snatch him out and lost momentum, that was it. I did manage to recover myself. The jeep owner next door laughed several times at me but the joke was on him. I was out and about every day while it took at least 3 days for him to dig out enough snow to free his precious Cherokee. The second was sort of typical of how some people can be a-holes in just about any situation. My development is right off of a major highway and only has one entrance. I had left for the typical "gotta be out in the Rover" mood that struck me every couple of hours when the road crews did a number on the entrance with a snowplow, throwing a small berm in my path. Some idiot was right in front of me in some Pontiac Mom-van of some sort, thought he could make it, which he probabably could have... being not much more than a gnarly road-bump. He approached the obstacle and slowed down as he hit it. Big mistake. No momentum, he was stuck. Even if he was not blocking my path from getting home, I would have offered assistance. I got out and told him to straighten up his wheels and I would rock him out of his predicament. It was nothing a little muscle couldn't overcome. He turned to me and said something about digging out the snow first (which was totally overkill) and called me "Chief" in a obviously derogatory manner. At that, I turned, got into my nice warm Disco, and watched the a-hole dig for nothing 20 minutes. At that point, a private recovery vehicle came and pulled him clear. The recovery driver then told him he owed him 60 bucks. I cracked up as the dude pulled out his wallet and I blew past him on my way home. It just doesn't pay to be rude. Especially when someone is offering you help. | ||
| TPH (Snowman) Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 250 Registered: 12-2002 |
Steve- So can I guess you guys won't be grilling some burgers together this summer, eh? Funny story and the "Chief" comment would have been the end of it for me also, good call. S- | ||
| Steve Andrews (Sillybus) Member Username: Sillybus Post Number: 178 Registered: 08-2002 |
I think "Chief" is the most PC derogatory term used in the professional world. I've used it extensively. LOL | ||
| Peter Matusov (Pmatusov) Senior Member Username: Pmatusov Post Number: 493 Registered: 09-2002 |
not on the boat, Steve. BTW, these car-based minivans suffer some grave consequences from snow ingestion, so the owner may have been right about not humping the berm (not that he'd know much about it). If you ever looked at them (as any other front wheel drive car), they have front-mounted electric fans, placed very low, about 8-10" off the ground. A little snow on a non-spinning fan, and a minute after the temp sensor tells it to run, it's all up in smoke. About 90% of the drivers never look at the temp gauge (if there's one), so after a minor bravado in a foot-deep snow the vehicle can get hosed big time. It happened to one friend of mine - he slid off Rte17 in upstate NY during the blizzard of 96, got his Olds' fan choke full of snow, fried it, and the engine overheated and died shortly after. peter |
