Most of us have been there before - bogged... but some do it better than others! Whether it be on a cattle station during the wet (or dry), your farm or just on a road trip when you get 'unlucky' there's always a good bogged story to follow.
We all take some gratification thinking 'thank God that wasn't me' when someone gets bogged, and if it's a mate it usually involves a case of beer being handed over as a 'penalty'. Unless you were in the passenger seat urging them on saying "she'll be right mate, give it a go!", then you might be the one coughing up a few cold ones.
Here is a collection of some of the best bogged 'attempts' RFTTE members have posted on the RFTTE.com FB group... if you have one worthy for inclusion send it in for consideration to members@rftte.com or you can post it on the FB group here... in the meantime enjoy these bogged bewdies...
1 loader, 3 road trains… getting out of a boggy situation c/o @cattlemans_daughter at Kalyeeda Station via Instagram.
Some impressive skills by this grader operator to get out of a sticky situation.
This effort by the illustrious Bouta via Twitter. And that's a slab any day of the week Bouts!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS: GETTING BOGGED IN A DROUGHT!
The first of 5 triple road trains containing 2,000 Rangeland Goats from an Ausgoat client's property South-East of Bollon, QLD. In the worst drought imaginable... Feb 2019.
Bit sticky by Doug Cowey
When getting bogged is a family affair! By Simon Cheatham | Moree, NSW April 2021
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AN ABSOLUTE BOGMARE
No images but this is a cracking bogged yarn by Cameron McCumstie... thanks for sharing Cam:
When we were kids coming back from a fishing trip around 1998 we came across someone waving us down on the Highway.
They told us there were 8 vehicles badly bogged less than 1km from the main road so we drove in to look for ourselves.
Sure enough there were people everywhere digging in the thick Kimberley mud, every vehicle was either bogged to the chassis or halfway up the doors on one side.
But we only counted 7 vehicles?
We thought maybe the other one was further up the track until we noticed a bit of blue & white sitting just off the side of the track in the bush.
We formed a plan with another friend to hook up a snatch strap between both vehicles, hook another strap up to a nearby tree and then try to winch the vehicles out one by one.
This worked for the first 5 but then the last 2 needed a bit of help using a 2 vehicle snatch (yes it worked but you need to know what you're doing).
Now onto the last vehicle, as we know Toyota's make a great rig and the HJ47 was/is bulletproof, but when we realised the bit we could see sticking out was the passenger side front roof... that was an issue.
So a couple of men did the unenviable job of digging/swimming in the mud to hook a cable onto the chassis/Bullbar.
After a lot of digging and gentle pressure on the winch of the 80 Series, a wet mud engulfed HJ47 ute was dragged out of the hole it had sat in for about 14 hours.
Everyone then pitched in to clean off as much mud as possible so the ute could be towed home. But the owner said she'll be right and after double checking the engine wasn't waterlogged or damaged he gave the key a light turn.
She turned over nicely so then he gave it a start and bloody hell she started!
We all headed back to Derby at a very slow speed, exhausted, covered in mud and driving through the light rain. Unfortunately only 35kms down the road the hero vehicle, our friends 80 Series hit a bull and pushed the radiator back into the engine fan!
We stopped and had to use a strap to pull the bullbar off the passenger side front wheel so we could tow them home.
The whole saga took place over 5 hours after we expected to arrive home but the friendships, mateship and Aussie Bush know how got everyone out and back home in one piece.
Now that was one of many big bogs I've seen or been involved with.
Original Blog Post 29th November 2023
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