CRASH at BLITHFIELD RESERVOIR | VEHICLE RECOVERY UK

Hello ALL!
WOW this was a JOB and testing the MERCEDES SLA winching capabilities!
The person involved was ok, just very shaken up as you could imagine!
Quite a tricky recovery within the vehicles position would have been easyier if it went on its roof, but hey we have to deal with what we got in hand whilst minimising any more damage to customers vehicle.
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[@KevinClarke-n1h]

That little police officer was amazing running up and down beside your wagon keeping the traffic moving safely she deserves a massive shout out bless her heart

[@james2156]

how incredibly patronising

[@ricksNZ]

Thanks Greg. You are the hardest working one man recovery operation on KZbin. The camera man did a great job capturing all the action.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening Thanks for the watch and the kind comment! I only do KZbin for people like you and others to watch and enjoy! GDB

[@Windscreen.tech1]

That police lady was blooming delightful and beautiful 😊

[@juliadaniels3871]

You are awesomely AmaZing as ever, Greg ! That was a nasty collision with the farmers deep field😯🤦‍♀️ Hope who was driving the car 🚗 / passengers were all ok? Great work from Staffordshire Police in their assistance:-)👍👏

[@hoppersmotorsportvlogs]

Top job on recovering the land rover and top job to shane for filming with the amazing angles. Looked very tricky but yet again you smashed to get it out of there

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Tuesday morning to you sir from Wellington Somerset

[@harrryryryryryry8469]

Just got into recovery 3 weeks in great to watch these videos for tips and ideas how to get proper stuck stuff out! cheers

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Ah sweet hopefully you will learn a thing or two! Stay safe GDB

[@BenHArtist]

See, not just a Chelsea tractor, they CAN go off road! 😂 I could feel the pressure of that traffic through the lens. Great video as always Greg.

[@markfoden765]

Hi greg,absolutely loved this one,you as always show how professional you are and how respectful you are to the vehicle,the public,the police and the farmer by trying to collect as much rubbish as you could,glad the lovely police officer turned up and was helpful and didn't turn up with attitude so 👏👏to her,great camera work aswell greg,cheers👍

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

YO YO YOOO, thanks for tuning in as per every other video really appreciate it and your kind comments! Lots more great stuff to come soon! GDB

[@Thomas_w1234]

Well, what a good video to end the week on

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Oh YES 😂💪

[@Georgiee.and.Dan.]

Top bloke who recorded the video fantastic shots 👍👍👍 bring on more. recovery work yes please 👍👍👍

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

On ittt! 😎💥

[@Georgiee.and.Dan.]

@@GDBRescueandrecovery can’t wait 👍👍👍

[@liamtansley-sb2jj]

Greg Liam here in Ireland done an excellent job on that light the way you performed it hope nobody was hurt please God Excel about I'm hoping to be watching more of them

[@old_con]

Great job Greg, it was difficult and technical but you saved the day ! Nice camera work as well 👍🏽😎

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Appreciate it 💥😎

[@driftlegend5968]

Love every second of this, even the camera man made it even better!

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Wahey glad you enjoyed it! GDB

[@mickjohnson8009]

Great job Greg proper challenge,,love the tidying up 👌👌👌👌

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening hope your well! Yeah gotta be done! Appreciate the watch! GDB

[@hodger79]

Great job Greg and clever use of the banna skin 😂

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Work smarter not harder 😂

[@tridentmusic5570]

Lucky It hadn't got a ton of potentially explosive and toxic battery! However THAT might have just meant an ash pan and brush instead.Lovely spot, but it does have it's share of overspeed numpties. Nice Work.

[@dazzlerbob1870]

I saw that on its side on the 14th Feb. It was there when I passed at 6am, still 9am and again at 12pm but you'd removed it before 4.30pm. Had to check my Dashcam as I passed it at 6am and never saw it. It was a horrid morning. Plus the road was flooded about 50 yards up. It's been flooding there quite badly with the recent weather.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yes was on valentines day thats it! , Think we were there about an hour in total, yes i was told it had aqua planned and thats why it happened. Who knows!

[@ocean5377]

That’s a very nice job , well done Mr GDB

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks so much 💥💪😎

[@wilky121]

Hi Greg, just watched the video you did just great on that recovery just having a tilt and slide also the vehicle at that angle that really was a job for a hiab recovery but you did a great job having what you had hats off to you and the road you were on made it more diffuclt but the police officer helped with that👍👍

[@robinharrison3907]

Great Work Bud 👍👍Looked well in the ditch nice job 👍👍

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening Thanks for the watch and the comment! GDB

[@MattBoyce1997]

Great recovery Greg. I was thinking similar plan of action to you. It can’t have been far from rolling over. A proper challenge to test your skills! Shame the cars a mess as it’s a nice car. Love the videos and great job from camera man!

[@andrewcotterill996]

Good job done as always 👏

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks so much for watching as per usual! Really appreciate it GDB

[@old_con]

Interesting and technical this one Greg, but you saved the day ! Good camera work as well 👍🏽😎

[@jameswilkins7757]

Still a cracking job well done

[@sarahfrith1984]

Nice one Greg! Good to see subscriber numbers you deserve, I was here before 7k subs, it’s great to see a channel grow!

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening hope your well! Ahh amazing! I really appreciate you coming back and watching! Yeah its good and feels more rewarding when people comment and watch them etc! Dont know if theres much growing left but hey see what happens! GDB

[@jonbell2305]

Nice recovery 👍

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Cheers! GDB

[@ianratcliffe2299]

Cracking job👍

[@rmltransport]

Top quality job… premium content 😍

[@rhock1979]

It took the police a while for them to come and help you, plus I noticed that there was no ‘police aware notice’ on the car which was in the ditch, as they could have number of calls from the public saying there is car in ditch. Plus I wonder which ‘emergency services uses the green and white tape which was around on the car ?

[@imagseer]

That one looked dodgy... good use of the roll-back getting positioned. Wonderful police officer managing the traffic on that busy narrow road.

[@Ashleyadventures23]

That was a challenge but the sla smashed that angle spot on mate

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yeah your not wrong 😂 sla on its limits for sure but hey no hiab and tilt and slide got that job done! ☑️

[@Ashleyadventures23]

@@GDBRescueandrecovery oh yes on the limit but she pulled though

[@blackbirdmark495]

Excellent & well executed recovery. Barr an unforeseen circumstance, i.e. vehicle mechanical failure or a sudden incapacitation of the driver, but if one drives at the permissible speed of the road & is fully paying attention, how do you drive off the road & end up in a ditch…..speeding or not paying attention?

[@galaxion62]

Is this what they mean by off road driving in one of those things! 😄 . Great job done there, I was wondering if that would come out of that steep incline without the Hiab 🤔- that was an amazing result! 👏.

[@SaintsofAvalon]

Jobs like this is where the little 4t " come-along " hand winch ( like a mini tifor winch ) i carry comes in handy , could have put a strap through the rear wheel and to one of the tie downs on the bed and pulled the thing over as it was winched on .( creates a V from the car to the bed as a seperate redirect for the main winch ) Plus it would hold it while repositioning the main winch cable . An underated piece of equipment , possibly because they are cheap yet they come in handy . Shovel wise i carry a Lidl 6ft handle stainless one , it's shape lets you scrape the surface and the long handle keeps you upright it's good for getting in under cars stuck in the mud as well . And i swapped from the axle straps to a set of J hooks on chains after having a few of the straps cut through on the pressed steel A arms with the spot welded seam sticking out around them . Alloy arms just need a webbing strap saver slipping over the jook to stop it damaging the alloy . And when you put the strap behind the wheel you really should have used the next tie down along and come up along across the front of the wheel so the strap went behind and out then back across to the front tie down , how you did it could see the car pulled across and off the bed iff the other side strap failed .

[@alastairhonaker1155]

Good stuff again mate that was a work out

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Certainly was! Thanks for the watch GDB

[@kevinmartin9432]

Excellent video; I think you have a OS headlight out @21.59.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks appreciate the watch GDB

[@terryevans7055]

How are you finding the EV vehicles with them being heavier to sort out on call outs? Just curious if it affects jobs and if you have to get stronger equipment?

[@petercross8871]

Hi, small world my motor was parked behind that 'Rangy' in front of the garage on Tuesday waiting to be assessed.👍😂 (D &M)

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Nicee not moved from where it got dropped then 😂

[@MrBigMalT]

The cars probably a total scrapper, but great to see how you were still as careful as you could be with it. And top marks for tidying up the soil on the road, collecting the bits of bumper etc - going the extra mile 👍👍👍

[@rp-kt1le]

Glad to see that he did tidy up , but I don't see it as going the extra mile , surely that should be part of the job anyway !

[@unexplained5239]

Good job as always Greg! The new slippery jims works perfectly 🍌 🤣 Hope you had a good day today!

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yo Yoo hope your good! Thanks for tuning in as always! , Haha! Yeah was OK! Will get video out sometime next week hopefully! Lots on the LIST at moment!!

[@geoffreyrharris7926]

Yea nice job done

[@will..5849]

Things like this does the farmer get details of the car insurance to claim for damages etc?

[@colinlansdell5373]

Straight to Coparts

[@sercanserj7804]

Nicely done. I hate winching crash cars backwards

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening Thanks for the watch and the comment! Yeah quite front end heavy these which most wont understand lol. Cheers GDB

[@andrewjackson9741]

You obviously now your trade, nice job 👍

[@warrenbooth2103]

Back in the 1960s I used to repair dry stone walls on the Pennines ,that car’s had well the drivers had hit.

[@RichardArblaster]

Nice job 😎

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Oh hellll yeaaaaahhh! Ill catch up on your channel very soon sir! GDB

[@stevegregory2867]

Great vlog mate.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks so much appreciate it, GDB

[@rmorgan2042]

JLR will be delighted to get their car back

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

probably be a strip down job I think for salvage!

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

@@GDBRescueandrecovery For future reference they stopped building the Discovery 4 in 2016. These are very different from the previous separate chassis versions and usually referred to as Discovery 5 (though I don’t think Land Rover do).

[@longbar2344]

glad u take away the bits from the car. so many dont

[@shaunclarke5510]

My pet hate is seeing debris left behind weather it be a bumper or loads of smaller bits

[@longbar2344]

@shaunclarke5510 even truck tyres on the motorway:/

[@williamdonly7966]

Good recovery !! But would it have been better with a habit crane recovery truck !!

[@paulshaw1166]

Hey Greg I would have used the f450 twin line on this one

[@mbak7801]

In some US states SUVs have a sticker to remind drivers they are prone to rolling over. Not so in the UK. Drivers of such vehicles, with their windows wound down have been known to lose arms when they flap through the window before being crushed and dragged.

[@digitalradiohacker]

I always found slippery jims a complete waste of my time. Sodding things took too long to install and always came adrift. Winch 1 foot, stop to hammer back in, winch 1 foot, stop to hammer back in, winch 1 foot, stop to hammer back in..... Wherever possible, I used a couple of large sheets of polypropylene (about the size of a McDonalds tray). Much larger surface area to spread the weight. I hit the edges with a blow torch and bent a 2 inch perimeter upwards so that it would ride over most stuff. Eventually, I did a version 2 with some tie-down loops so that I could winch directly from the sheet - That really helped with lowered and supercars.

[@daved95]

Great Channel . one thing it may not breakdown again . it is a Rover

[@m1cxf]

For the next time you have run out of choke straps, just use a shackle. Soft shackles are possibly the best but steel ones are fine. Worked for me when I used to move agricultural equipment around the country.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks so much GDB

[@kovislevelcrossingtrafficlight]

They will put an Armco barrier

[@BrandynSmith-h6u]

You go Dumfries

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Cant say ive ever been!

[@nigelwilson8331]

Can i just ask why didnt you just cut that bloody tape..😅😅.it was anoying the hell out of me. But great job..

[@carljenkins3021]

Another great video, but why the need for that terrible background music?

[@nlo114]

Take the twist out of your strops before tightening, sweep the load bed before driving away: Loose debris can fall off and damage vehicles, or hurt other road users and pedestrians.

[@gazcook6218]

Where was the driver of the disco?

[@littlebigman6957]

Excellent videography , but your good lady is a lot prettier 😊

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Haha thanks so much 😂 GDB

[@ElliottSix]

"Used Land Rover Discovery Sport 2.0 D180 R-Dynamic HSE 5dr at Stafford Land Rover" Stafford Land Rover 1 month ago. Oops, it was a nice car before the crash

[@eddieMurphy11111]

And yes we need more videos please. but sorry i would have come for the job but i am too old nearly 75 if it was 50 years ago yes

[@tonytasker489]

Bit of T Cut & that'll be fine. 😂

[@RichardArblaster]

'ey up Greg 😎😎😎

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

YO YOOO hope your good!

[@ColinGarner-h1t]

Landscape Gardner could be an alternative!😅

[@essexlad860]

That's face it cars a write off but you got it out safely and without causing further damage so its a good day in the office

[@skanti-sp2qz]

First pull off all green/ white haz tape. Much easier than playing limbo with it

[@Georgiee.and.Dan.]

By heck we are spoiled twice in one week

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Easy tiger 🐯

[@TonyBlews]

If that had been a Freelander Mk 1, we'd count that as cosmetic damage and think about driving it home (once it was out of the ditch).

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Very true words indeed, new stuff forget it! Ecus and control modules everywhere

[@tambovsky]

It seems you’ve already pulled a small car out of this spot, I think it was an Aygo Toyota. Doris even called the police because you blocked the road. 🚗🚦

[@jamiewhitfield4498]

Personally I would of took the disco too and used the winch to not only steady the vehicle abit but also to drag the front end over. Would of got it out alot quicker IMO 👌

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

If only i had another staff member in recovery i would of done, and charge a 2nd call out etc and would help with traffic etc, but unfortunately i cant find anybody suitable for the job, hence selling the landrover, else i would 100 percent be keeping her! GDB

[@jamiewhitfield4498]

@GDBRescueandrecovery don't you have the missus standing there watching/filming 🤔 remember, work smarter not harder 👀😉 you could of took it on the back with you and used both vehicles to assist then had her drive it back like you did when you got the truck 👌 I saw one of your first videos of when you grew the business and I'm not sure but maybe you grew too quickly, I don't know 🤷‍♂️ but you've just got to find the reliable/trustworthy staff that knows what it's like to run a business and that want to look after you and help you succeed 🙏 it's just about finding the right candidate and what works for you. I'm starting up vehicle transport in doncaster and I'm super excited about doing so 🙌🙏👌❤️ never know may end up in rescue at some point. I love seeing the disco set up, makes me want one 🤣

[@curvebuster]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc]

So much pressure to get the job done with glowering motorists looking on, as though it's your fault!!! Was there a reason not to pop the air bags with a penknife etc to gain easier access into the veh to disengage gears etc?

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Certainly but you have to see past it etc, i did close it then quick winch, then allow traffic past whilst repositioning etc dont like holding people up for the sake of if, unfortunately couldnt find the key so stayed in park. Cheers GDB

[@123MondayTuesday]

Do we get to request what vehicles we'd like to see you recover?

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Not really get what your given 😂

[@tj-kp7ce]

bannger vid as always

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Thanks so much really appreciate it! GDB

[@telkat4989]

Great videos but please please set your phone to vibrate, I'm getting repetitive strain syndrome from chckng mine 😂😮😂😮

[@RichardArblaster]

That Disco isn't very old.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yupp shame now its a write off!

[@guy4469]

This guy gets mucky i cant believe he was a trolly dolly for a holiday airline .

[@jameswilkins7757]

I would have pulled it out with my tellehandler or my 14 ton digger

[@guy4469]

I bought a damaged ford mondeo from a salvage company , i brought it home and found a foot still in a shoe under the passenger seat .

[@jeffreystephenson6946]

I think you need to bring that back wheel down

[@Techandtoolsreviews]

Where was police when u was hooking it on and stuff

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Was still waiting and waiting.. but eventually they attended. GDB

[@Tonykelsey19]

3 straps and the winch

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

4 straps here! 💪

[@griswald7156]

They up everybody’s premiums to pay for this standard of driving. itll be on a forecourt soon i imagine.. Whys my car walking like a crab?its only 4 years old.. they normally cover up the registration plate..after nasty accidents for some reason..its only done average mileage..

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

These things happen unfortunately. Thanks for watching GDB

[@mikesmith4718]

Thought that Range Rovers were supposed to be good off road ?😂😂😂😂

[@martinjenkins1827]

Amount motors end up in fields farmers need parking meters lol😅

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Evening Thanks for the watch and the comment! GDB

[@eddieMurphy11111]

how somebody could do that to a landrover I do not know they should take more care I bet they had the foot down around the corners I could cry another landrover going to the scrap yard in the sky

[@RichardArblaster]

Silly place to park 😆😆😆

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

You cant park there!

[@xTH3xMoDsZx]

Is this video only 720p for anyone else? 🤔

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Yeah it is sorry had to add a bit of music in and wouldnt export in 4k 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Robert-mt9jw]

allways gonna be writen off by the insurance.

[@BIBIWCICC]

Why was the police officer not wearing her hat? Are standard this low in the police force now?

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Not sure if they do or dont tbh! She helped with traffic though! GDB

One favour can you refrain from calling (Jesus) goodness would be nicer.

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

Dont watch the next video tonight many of jesus words incoming!

[@markydingle]

Boring video and Greg you talk rubbish

[@GDBRescueandrecovery]

See you on the next one 😂😂😂

[@markydingle]

Definitely not. Over acted recoveries. Not what happens in the real world.

[@sehardorairaj3674]

Nice land-rover, driving too fast???????