Thread: 36 trapped on the old bush road

I know fuck all about trains but that bastard seemed to go on forever!!!!

Did the come down on the Waikaia side or Roxburgh side?

Rescue attempts and recovery were from the Roxburgh side.

I for one was surprised they managed to get back in and retrieved the trucks. Even more surprised the trucks all started and ran fine apart from one. Goes to show what modern vehicles can handle if they're maintained properly I suppose.

Still think they're idiots for attempting the road in those conditions,with that forecast though. I flew over the hill and was in that country on the Thursday/Friday and there was enough snow on the ground then to make the trip very challenging. However they still seem to think they made a good choice and it was unplanned breakdowns that delayed them, and the weather simply caught up with them.

I think if you push your luck when the odds aren't necessarily on your side, get caught out and need rescued that maybe you made the wrong decision in the first place....somehow I think it won't be the last silly decision they make either.

I was talking to someone involved with the rescue, $12,000 per hour for the NH90 for 12 hours... All up cost in the high hundreds of thousands.

Originally Posted by JoshC

Rescue attempts and recovery were from the Roxburgh side.

I for one was surprised they managed to get back in and retrieved the trucks. Even more surprised the trucks all started and ran fine apart from one. Goes to show what modern vehicles can handle if they're maintained properly I suppose.

Still think they're idiots for attempting the road in those conditions,with that forecast though. I flew over the hill and was in that country on the Thursday/Friday and there was enough snow on the ground then to make the trip very challenging. However they still seem to think they made a good choice and it was unplanned breakdowns that delayed them, and the weather simply caught up with them.

I think if you push your luck when the odds aren't necessarily on your side, get caught out and need rescued that maybe you made the wrong decision in the first place....somehow I think it won't be the last silly decision they make either.

I think it goes to show that modern technology, be it machinery (4wds) or digital (epirbs and cell phones) have probably saved more people than most care to admit. But it probably got a lot of people into trouble these days because of reliance on it too rather than common sense.

Originally Posted by K95

I was talking to someone involved with the rescue, $12,000 per hour for the NH90 for 12 hours... All up cost in the high hundreds of thousands.

I read somewhere that the rescue came out of the police budget and the recovery was their expense

$56K to give them a lift down

$56k to rescue stranded 4WD group | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

Would be interesting to learn what it cost them to recover the vehicles too!

That is not too bad really.

Originally Posted by sako75

$56K to give them a lift down

$56k to rescue stranded 4WD group | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

That's not too bad when you consider any other alternative

It's still an expensive weekend of 4wding if they had to cough up tho. That money could've been spend on something much more worthwhile

Originally Posted by oraki

It's still an expensive weekend of 4wding if they had to cough up tho. That money could've been spend on something much more worthwhile

56k is a lot of toys, or one big one!

Or a bit over 10% of this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...?id=1099021698



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Plus GST and it is only a C model

Agree with the rescue price. I expected it to be higher

Originally Posted by puku

Or a bit over 10% of this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...?id=1099021698



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With a new Trans and C20 that is a pretty good buy if all the component times are as good as claimed.
No mention of blade time which is 70k to replace with new.

Add another 3-400k for a D model in the same condition.

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