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Towing a lorry
Its been digging down with Snow in Aberdeen Left home this morn for work was diverted at Anderson Drive due to stuck traffic on the hill Got to the nxt junction on the diversion to find a M&S lorry stuck on the incline thus blocking the diversion route,good police planning
Anyway squeeze past and ask if he would like a tow onto the flat 8) He says that my Disco wouldn't pull his lorry as its full of food for crimbo and its 44 Ton
Anyway lets have a go i thought Got the Tunisia recovery rope out,the short one Derek ,and hook up to his rig.Selected GGS low box 2nd gear and pulled him onto the flat,the car "danced" a bit but done it
Driver got out his cab and said "that was F g amazing"
Must admit it was what a car Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
22nd Dec 2009 11:23 am
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i towed a van this morning
been driving around all the lanes but the ice has melted Duncan
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22nd Dec 2009 11:25 am
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Did he give you a free turkey??? Good one Tony, just shows you what can be done with the right tow rope!!!
22nd Dec 2009 11:52 am
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Nice find Pete that shows the conditions well
Tyres are AT2s the road was a mix of compacted snow on top of ice breaking up in places.
We are now sending home our "countryside" staff home,local radio says the city is gridlocked on all approaches.abandoned vehicles and stuck lorry all over.
I am not being sent home as i have a D3 and can get home easily
No photos sorry,the traffic scotland live eye view of the A90 looks good
No free turkey Derek
Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
22nd Dec 2009 11:59 am
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Ah but Rescue01 pulled the truck up the hill, the Scooby was on the flat, in India they've got women who can pull trucks with their hair (admittedly it was in Bhopal so the chemicals in the air might have made her a mutant with super strength)
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22nd Dec 2009 12:24 pm
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Rescue nip out and plough the runway at the airport mate, can't get in from the Rig Club Pie n Pea
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22nd Dec 2009 12:44 pm
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Pete they are currently clearing the runway and the airport is shut
Sorry mate hopefully it will be clear later.
Hope you get off soon. Its not the height of the fall but the sudden stop at the bottom that hurts!!
22nd Dec 2009 1:02 pm
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Do you guys use snatch-straps (my Ozzie history) for that kind of tow or straightforward tow strops. Where do you get such things in this country?2016 D4 Landmark SDV6 (Euro6), Zanzibar (late run D4)
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Left home this morn for work was diverted at Anderson Drive due to stuck traffic on the hill 
Got to the nxt junction on the diversion to find a M&S lorry stuck on the incline thus blocking the diversion route,good police planning 
Got the Tunisia recovery rope out,the short one Derek 
,and hook up to his rig.Selected GGS low box 2nd gear and pulled him onto the flat,the car "danced" a bit but done it 
g amazing" 
