South Westland: 3 traffic cones = a dozen heavy earthmovers doing their thing rebuilding the road All of the North Island: 3 traffic cones = a pebble has fallen onto the road
@Seiskid16 күн бұрын
In Australia the cops would totally shut the road and traffic would be banked up for miles. They'd be at least five vehicles and ten people working on traffic control. But still only the same two doing the actual recovery. Seems a much better system you have.
@netking6615 күн бұрын
Would they if they were rescuing a vehicle north of Musgrave Roadhouse?
@FlacK88-ek8vg12 күн бұрын
They do further Nth as well mate,it's bumfknowhere down in Sth Westland and the locals do what the hell they want!
@tonymckeage102817 күн бұрын
Great Video Geoff, thanks for sharing
@PS-Straya_M817 күн бұрын
LoL I ducked under those bridge supports at the start! 😁
@randomtj179117 күн бұрын
I swear I've been there back in 2020, when I visited New Zealand. Funny enough, that type of bus was exactly the one my tour group was riding on.
@alanmitchell732217 күн бұрын
At least they didn't shut the road like the cops would have done plus no wasting time puting out about 100 road cones
@geoffmackley17 күн бұрын
South Westland is still a "common sense" location
@alanmitchell732216 күн бұрын
@@geoffmackley I now lived and worked there
@gamgepers15 күн бұрын
Thanks, love your videos., never stop please.
@1737kushu16 күн бұрын
Seems an unlikely place for an off road excursion. It would be interesting to see that drivers log book! Great work by those involved.
@oldinuselesshancox519416 күн бұрын
Thanks for posting brother ??? Does the camera on top feed into cab of truck at all or is it just a gopro type thing??? How did it end there ( speed ? Or avoiding oncoming traffic) Thanks again for your work posting
@chrisbarnes282316 күн бұрын
Looks like the South Island? Nice recovery vehicle.
@Phil_Reid17 күн бұрын
Perfect example of "you cant park there mate".
@raungstones651117 күн бұрын
6:46 beautiful landscape
@DB-thats-me17 күн бұрын
FARK! 😱 How the hell did he/she get there?😳 Anyway, hold my beer, I got this. 😂
@PS-Straya_M817 күн бұрын
Straight road .. suspect distraction or fatigue
@DB-thats-me17 күн бұрын
@@PS-Straya_M8 or, “I get you up close to nature”. 😂
@JohnSmith-pl2bk14 күн бұрын
Geoff, Nice work........probably the biggest "catch" reeled in to date? To ensure winch recoveries continue successfully could you please take 20 litre of old sump oil and slather that winch wire in it? The wire's strands need the lubrication so that when the strain comes on the wires slide over each other rather than cause a "sticking point" which may then cause a broken strand...or worse......multiple broken strands..... Also when the wire packs down onto the spool under tension the same 'slip" is necessary as each rotation lays the wire beside the previous rotation... which also helps stop tangles and aids in unspooling the wire manually.... and lastly of course.... rusty winch wire reduces the wire strength..... Was the winch OEM or did you have to engineer it? Is the drive to the winch mechanical/hydraulic or electric?
@motleydude7314 күн бұрын
Straight road. 'Lets go over here' 🤦
@gussyshield245614 күн бұрын
Beautiful scenery.
@bizzlebasil116 күн бұрын
They were lucky they had the hard area across the toad to work from.
@JohnSmith-pl2bk14 күн бұрын
That may also be the root cause of the crash... someone pulling out back onto the road after "admiring the view"... and being on the wrong side of the road... like they would drive in their home country... with the bus driver forced to take avoiding action....???
@yossarianbombardier682315 күн бұрын
Great video Geoff.....there'd be half an hour of bullshitting on if it was a Yankee video...!
@VidioJalanan-hr6ll6 күн бұрын
How come my boss got out of the way? Even though the road is good!
@thepointlesstroll570217 күн бұрын
Brilliant 10/10
@pippaul427914 күн бұрын
No . Try the north .it's a different story here . Our brynderwyns close for two months .traffic contro on every side roads .people cang even read stop sign or give way anymore millions of cones traffic trucks . Still wait till all the banks slip in the bryunderwyns slip again .due to bank batters to steep .can't see why they couldn't cut be hind banks whole new rd . Then pull it in with diggers no rd closing then .
@JohnWilson-cs7iq17 күн бұрын
Good to see the health & safety road hazard cones & signs out & traffic management people doing their thing. Guess you can get away with out that in South Westland aye.
@geoffmackley17 күн бұрын
Because you didn't see it, that doesn't mean there was none, there were "ACCIDENT" and "Road Closed" signs either side of the crash and people guiding the ...4 , passing cars through the scene during the recovery...
@larsaxelnilsson12 күн бұрын
V. . 😊😊😅 😊😊 😊 😊
@hamshackleton17 күн бұрын
Very crude recovery - just sheer brute force, no finesse. Have a look at how Ron Pratt does it - MidWest Trucks, in the USA, with his Rotator.