Originally Posted by
silverelise
They put boards down in front of it and 3 HGV recovery trucks pulled it out of the mud on to the boards then on to the runway and then a tug took it away.
The road HGV recovery contractors are past masters at how to pull heavy trucks out of all sorts of unfortunate positions in extremely short time - overturned across a motorway, down an embankment, etc. Just stuck in the mud would be one of the easier recoveries. Big-engined truck to do the pulling, ancillary truck carrying the cables, boards, tools etc. All they need is a strong point to attach to. Did the vehicles actually pull, or did they use their winches ?