Snatching in a Sierra

[adam.s]

What sorta car's have you guy's snatched out in a sierra before (1.3L) ?

Would you be confident snatching a larger car like a patrol with one?

[lay80n]

I have snatched a loaded 60 before, was a bit of a mission, but worked in the end.
Layto....

[alien]

generally, if it weighs more than my zuk i wont 'snatch' it as they tend to just stretch and yoink the zuk backwards rather than pull the biggin' out...

however, using a good rope and keeping tension on it while the driver of the big POS attempts to drive out seems to work 90% of the time... and if it fails its generally driver error, and easily corrected.

Using this method i have succesfully pulled out a Pajero and a Patrol on the beach in lancelin (with some digging under their tyres) and helped a hilux or 2 get out of tricky situations (bad side slopes etc).

Just remember when it comes to a rescue - YOU are the one who counts most - if theres any doubt about the attempt abort it at all costs. better to leave the bastard stranded and knw you tried than break ur own car and be stranded with him! eheh plus you can always drive off and send help.

[adam.s]

Cool.

Just weighing up if I actually need a winch or not - most of the wheeling I will do will be with a mate and his crappy sierra

Chances are I will get bogged cause its a nissan, and he won't be able to pull me out cause he's driving a gutless 1.3L

Cheer's for the replies fellas - good to know the little sierra isn't totally a hairdressers car

[HRZOOK]

I tried to snatch a 3 ton forklift once that was bogged..

It went nowhere

But I have pulled a hilux on a sand dune a fair way sidewards b4

[stumped]

I have snatched a loaded 60 before, was a bit of a mission, but worked in the end.
Layto....

ditto this, same 60.. detect a theme??? birlo was bogged both diffs, i reversed to 'bout a metre from the 60 and gunned it... snapped sideways when reached the end of the strap... had to do it a few times, but got him out eventually.

pretty dumb tho, wouldn't do it for some dude i found on the track. prolly bent my chassis a bit

[stumped]

Cool.

Just weighing up if I actually need a winch or not - most of the wheeling I will do will be with a mate and his crappy sierra

Chances are I will get bogged cause its a nissan, and he won't be able to pull me out cause he's driving a gutless 1.3L

Cheer's for the replies fellas - good to know the little sierra isn't totally a hairdressers car

bahahahahaha... hairdressers my butt, it ain't a vitara

dunno 'bout a stocker pulling anything outta mud tho, ours have BFGs or MTRs

[adam.s]

Cool.

Just weighing up if I actually need a winch or not - most of the wheeling I will do will be with a mate and his crappy sierra

Chances are I will get bogged cause its a nissan, and he won't be able to pull me out cause he's driving a gutless 1.3L

Cheer's for the replies fellas - good to know the little sierra isn't totally a hairdressers car

bahahahahaha... hairdressers my butt, it ain't a vitara

dunno 'bout a stocker pulling anything outta mud tho, ours have BFGs or MTRs

hey the vitara's have 1.6L's - gotta make a big difference in torque over the little 1.3L , thats like 20% more displacement

[Barathrum]

i've snatched out a Defender 90, a hilux and a patrol, all on the same day. i was the only one still driving but there has been times when i haven't been able to pull out either the patrol swb or the D90.

[adam.s]

i've snatched out a Defender 90, a hilux and a patrol, all on the same day. i was the only one still driving but there has been times when i haven't been able to pull out either the patrol swb or the D90.

What engine is in your beast?

[Spike_Sierra]

its not so much the engine, as i can sit there spinning the wheels with the strap fully extended, its more the weight of the vehicle.

900kg suzuki ---------<-----------<---------------< 3tonne pootrol/cruiser

just doesnt seem right...even though ive pulled alot of bigger cars out. just doesnt happen very easily

[RB zook]

ive pulled a few people oput in big rigs

range rover, bent his tie rod

rodeo on stockton he was goin farkin no where

cant rember but im always one to show that the hampsters can do it

[Barathrum]

i've snatched out a Defender 90, a hilux and a patrol, all on the same day. i was the only one still driving but there has been times when i haven't been able to pull out either the patrol swb or the D90.

What engine is in your beast?

then it was only a std 1.3. they were only just stuck on really slippery mud like clay, only needed a pull to get the going again. i've pulled the D90 out quiet a few times but its often need a lot of digging around it to make it move. it all depends how stuck they are, if they're bogged to the chassis then the poor little zook doesn't have much of a chance at all.

[grimbo]

I've pulled Hiluxes, Cruisers, Patrols, Rangies and even a Massey ferguson tractor out of trouble before

[nicbeer]

Whats the best method for pulling them all out? High speed or slow take up of the snatch? etc

Damn nissans and toyotas getting stuck.

cheers

[RB zook]

Whats the best method for pulling them all out? High speed or slow take up of the snatch? etc

Damn nissans and toyotas getting stuck.

cheers

try the slow method first

thou it ususlly takes a bit of momentum to do anything

[Barathrum]

Whats the best method for pulling them all out? High speed or slow take up of the snatch? etc

Damn nissans and toyotas getting stuck.

cheers

i've always only started out with a slow pull and the a couple more harder ones if that doesn't work. if they're still stuck then i give then a shovel and tell them to start digging, then try again after some of the dirt/mud is cleared away. while they're digging i then proceed to drive around them through every bit of mud i can find to show them why a suzuki so much better i've only ever gotten stuck once while doing this and then i wasn't very popular.

[adam.s]

Haha that's classic if you actually do drive around them

I guess it still comes down to lack of suzi weight, not being able to slingshot the other car.

[Barathrum]

Haha that's classic if you actually do drive around them

I guess it still comes down to lack of suzi weight, not being able to slingshot the other car.

yeah my mates hate me for it. but i got stuck in a creek crossing next to DFND90 once, both of us were stuck next to each other facing oposite directions. we eventually dug and pushed the zook out then dug and snatched the landy out. but it was dark defore we got out. its all good fun.

[droopypete]

ive pulled a few people oput in big rigs

range rover, bent his tie rod

You should have put the strap on his tow point (much stronger than a tie rod)
Peter.

[RB zook]

haha it was hung up on the tie rod

thou had to snatch from his bullbar

haha did he cop shit for gettin pulled out by a car half its weight

[droopypete]

A few weeks ago Mick (ljexreme) in his girlfreinds 1L zook extracted Steve (gwagonsteve) in his long wheel base Mercedes Benz G Wagon.
I think that may be a record
Peter.

[bazooked]

lets see, ive pulled nissans, cruisers, nivas, well just lots of things, oh and twin lockers help to...

[RB zook]

ah now i remember i pulled out a lwb patrol all the way out of menai


haha that took a bit of effort

[benjamin78au]

largest thing i got unbogged was a old style f250 in the mud, yeah , the old style 3.5 ton lots of mud flew and i have lockers and mudders but it came out.

cost
:- 1.5 hours
1 x brokern shovel
1 x suzi rear tail shaft collasped after got out


method depends what and how deep?

Try is slow from 2 metres of slack , if no go give it a bit, other wise hand em over a shovel.
then try again .

bj

[adam001]

Ive pulled my friend and his extra cab hilux out of sand and mud a few times. he wasnt in real deep, but deep enough that he couldnt move.

Just a little speed does it.

[stumped]

hey the vitara's have 1.6L's - gotta make a big difference in torque over the little 1.3L , thats like 20% more displacement

engine power... meh... got gearing? what's IFS?

[Robert Polsen]

iv draged a beached vl commodor wagon sidewase from the towball (my old mans car) after i backed it off a ledge. and that was a stock 1.3 siarra with balled road tyres. it only moved a few inches at a time but u can almost duble the suzis whait if u put 4 people in it

[badreligion_pennywise]

me and my brother (bru21) were motorbike riding, i was on my cr500 and he was on his wr400, he got stuck in some clay, we tried to dig it out and ride it out but it was useless, he got his gq, then it didnt have the ls1, but it took a fair go to get it out, you could see the front forks flexing. but cr500's just dont get stuck

[87suzi]

I've pulled out 4 runners and ford raiders in mine, both around 1.6 1.7 tonne. Usually when someones bogged all it takes is that little bit of extra forward force to get em out. However sometimes they're not going anywhere. I'll never forget this one time in my suzi I was a little bit stuck spinning my wheels, and me and the passenger started rocking backwards and forwards in the car, and then the tyres started to take and the car began to move. Obviously it was nearly at the point of taking but it's just hilarious to think about how light these cars are. Another time after bottoming out over a little hill, I started the car left in 4 low, first gear let the wheels just spin, then standing outside the car with one foot on the throttle I rocked it off. Ha Ha, best thing.