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The wrong sort of mud

willwander

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The wrong sort of mud. Doesn’t look too bad, almost flat, still got totally stuck. Was a busy car park at the time so worried about sliding sideways into cars that were parked either side. Managed to get out using the rubber footwell mats and some carpet under the wheels. 2wd can be really useless on these vans.
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We always carry a couple of rubber poundshop doormats to leave outside the sliding door normally. Very useful in that sort of situation, also not a disaster if they get left behind.
 
andyinluton said:
We always carry a couple of rubber poundshop doormats to leave outside the sliding door normally. Very useful in that sort of situation, also not a disaster if they get left behind.
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That’s a good idea. You need 4 mats really, 2 under the wheels and two to drive on to, then keep moving them along.
You also need to get the Mrs to push, it doesn’t do any good, but it does reduce the weight in the van.
 
That wrong Mud was probably caused initially by wrong leaves, then the wrong Snow, then wrong rain & then by the wrong vehicles parking on it, with wrong tyres at the wrong time
 
Looks like front in parking needing a reverse out?

Always best to assess for any getting out before stopping for the night/day.
No doubt your learning curve has made a big advance or at least your 'pusher' will done so.
 
willwander said:
That’s a good idea. You need 4 mats really, 2 under the wheels and two to drive on to, then keep moving them along.
You also need to get the Mrs to push, it doesn’t do any good, but it does reduce the weight in the van.
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Now if only the van was rear wheel drive...... you could have great fun when the wheels spin up slinging mud all over your wife! (hard hat on, duck for cover :D )
 
chockswahay said:
Now if only the van was rear wheel drive...... you could have great fun when the wheels spin up slinging mud all over your wife! (hard hat on, duck for cover :D )
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No need for RWD.
Just do as @willwander ;
Park nose in and attempt brisk reverse out, which, going from pics, appears what happened?!?

Please note; I, in this reply, in no way endorse these digs at wives, or any others and would probably find the scenes far more amusing if roles reversed, or any other alternative permutation.
Andy
 
chockswahay said:
Now if only the van was rear wheel drive...... you could have great fun when the wheels spin up slinging mud all over your wife! (hard hat on, duck for cover :D )
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Getting her out of the van also reduces the amount of ‘helpful’ advice and general ear-ache and allows you to think more clearly.
 
willwander said:
Getting her out of the van also reduces the amount of ‘helpful’ advice and general ear-ache and allows you to think more clearly.
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If she's like mine though, she will shout advice from behind the van whilst refusing to stand anywhere other than in a blind spot. Being deaf she also cannot hear reply I make unless it was muttered under my breath & was not intended for her to hear.
 
I'm feeling relieved that my wife doesn't read this ....... :eek::D
 
AndyGreybeard said:
Please note; I, in this reply, in no way endorse these digs at wives, or any others and would probably find the scenes far more amusing if roles reversed, or any other alternative permutation.
Andy
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Is your wife standing behind you as you write?
 
Yes, was parked in nose first, reverse out. Tried the brisk approach, nothing. Tried going further forward for a run up. Worse. No point in spinning wheels, tried to let the DSG edge me out as slow as possible. Progress could only be made in a sideways direction, closer and closer to the tree and a car parked right next to me, gradually making the situation worse and worse.
 
andyinluton said:
If she's like mine though, she will shout advice from behind the van whilst refusing to stand anywhere other than in a blind spot. Being deaf she also cannot hear reply I make unless it was muttered under my breath & was not intended for her to hear.
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Well the likelihood for me is that my wife would be at the wheel and I would be getting covered in mud :D
 
andyinluton said:
Is your wife standing behind you as you write?
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No. I’m soaking in the bath, after cutting logs all afternoon until after dusk.
My wife and I don’t read each other’s msgs, emails etc unless requested.
I am tho, now concerned that @GrannyJen et al may well read this thread, and we’ll all be in various levels of ‘mud’.
 
If anyone wants to try with or without wife, can offer this experience at the far end of the Donnington Castle car park in Newbury. It is the wrong kind of mud with inclines the wong way making you slide all over the place and make zero progress.

PS: nope, I don't have experience ... but did help a stuck motorist once. Could not help much as I was walking and did not have my Cali. She then phoned her husband to bring his car/call the AA or something like that.
 
Amarillo said:
YAATAICMFP
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I’ve no idea what that means, but if I read it phonetically it does sound like some of the advice she was trying to give me this afternoon as she was pushing the van. Couldn’t really hear over the noise of the engine and both dog’s barking.
 
AndyGreybeard said:
No. I’m soaking in the bath, after cutting logs all afternoon until after dusk.
My wife and I don’t read each other’s msgs, emails etc unless requested.
I am tho, now concerned that @GrannyJen et al may well read this thread, and we’ll all be in various levels of ‘mud’.
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Darling,

I have never ever found anything so useless for getting out of mud as a man at the wheel.

It requires thought, feeling and compassion.

Thought for understanding the vehicle you are driving, the slump of the mud you are trying to extricate from and the correct vision of where and how to go to traverse through such obstruction.

Feeling is for the vehicle, which way is it sliding, are wheels skidding or digging in and are you going to roll over something that could damage it.

Compassion is for the poor man behind that you have just run over as he pushed and you reversed.:D
 
Time for a Swamper conversion…
 
GrannyJen said:
Darling,

I have never ever found anything so useless for getting out of mud as a man at the wheel.

It requires thought, feeling and compassion.

Thought for understanding the vehicle you are driving, the slump of the mud you are trying to extricate from and the correct vision of where and how to go to traverse through such obstruction.

Feeling is for the vehicle, which way is it sliding, are wheels skidding or digging in and are you going to roll over something that could damage it.

Compassion is for the poor man behind that you have just run over as he pushed and you reversed.:D
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Wonderful, lovely lady.
Insightful and probably difficult for some.
Nuff said.
Andy
 
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