Woken up last night.

andicole0 said:
No neighbour involved, the car owner, his parents and me. I do know more than that particular recovery driver. He tried to tell the family his truck weighed 12 tonnes and the car would weigh at least 3 tons. He had a 7.5 ton car transporter.
Andi.
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3 ton car? Did you put the granite in the boot?
 
andicole0 said:
No neighbour involved, the car owner, his parents and me. I do know more than that particular recovery driver. He tried to tell the family his truck weighed 12 tonnes and the car would weigh at least 3 tons. He had a 7.5 ton car transporter.
Andi.
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Ahh, fair enough.

He sounds clueless!
 
recovery guy was probably worried about further damaging your house and/or car. Hard to tell from the pic, but if you can rope it up from the front suspension, rotate it a bit and pull it out with someone turning the wheel maybe.

If it were me, id make the guy get a professional recovery. If you let them do it DIY stylee, you will no doubt take part as well. If it goes pears you will have to accept some responsibility. Depends what level of DIY the guy turns up with lol, if its a transit van and some rubber band rope from halfords id worry lol!

I've done a bunch of recoveries off road in landies with winches and lots can go wrong, and thats with properly rated kit and proper attachment points. Its hard to judge the forces being applied, and if the equipment is crap its easy to snap stuff. You dont want to be near a snapping rope with a hook/shackle attached!
 
A Telehandler with long forks front to back would allow you to lift it carefully away from the house. If you can get the forks along the chassis rails you might not even do any further damage to the car.

Craning it straight up will drag it against the wall of the house a lot more with potential for damage to the house.
 
Mr Jack said:
Oh, come on. The guy failed to spot a drop in the rain and the dark in an unfamiliar situation. Yes, it was a big mistake and came out very badly but it's hardly "just quit driving", it's just a momentary error.
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And how much room did they have on the other side? Loads. A complete lack of spacial awareness. A "momentary error" while driving could cost your life and others too.
 
Did you ring you building insurance and ask their advice, and whether they needed to assess the cars impact before it gets moved, at all.
 
What you need is two landies* hooked up to either end and pulling at the same time.

*V8 powered!

Calling house insurance is also probably a very wise idea...
 
GeX said:
3 ton car? Did you put the granite in the boot?
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Probably not even half that but if you've got a weight like that with the forces involved there might be circumstances where you have a 3 ton strain involved - still the average recovery vehicle should manage that fine.
 
I cant see how that car can come out without a crane style lift.

It looks like you have to move it straight up, or 90 to the direction it is pointing. If you pull sideways from the front its back end is going to push into the house.

I Would not in anyway allow this to be done without someone who can take liability professionally.
 
Connect up the cars towing eye, get some rope on it, get some one in the drivers seat, full luck and then someone in a Landrover or a tractor to very slowly pull or winch it out. Plus its dry now so it should have some grip making steering possible and the result will be the lads car out with minimal damage and not the expense/time of having to get some hardcore vehicle out which will maybe cause further damage to both car and house.
 
Could two strong planks not be placed under the car, one behind front wheel and in front of back wheel. Straps on wheels and front/rear tow points and slid sideways up the planks?
 
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