Winching - What if question
 

What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
that way?

A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
from the front and put it on the back.


Comments, ideas......

Thanks,

Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

There are plenty of adapters that do just that, for the too small
winches, but I've run the steel cable under the Jeep many times if
that's your alliterative and never had a problem with it kinking too
badly.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

There are plenty of adapters that do just that, for the too small
winches, but I've run the steel cable under the Jeep many times if
that's your alliterative and never had a problem with it kinking too
badly.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

There are plenty of adapters that do just that, for the too small
winches, but I've run the steel cable under the Jeep many times if
that's your alliterative and never had a problem with it kinking too
badly.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

There are plenty of adapters that do just that, for the too small
winches, but I've run the steel cable under the Jeep many times if
that's your alliterative and never had a problem with it kinking too
badly.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

Your buddy is right to a point....

I mean, really, when you get stuck, how many times are you 'not' going
forward....

So I nose dived into a grass patch that turned into a 300 yd swamp one
of the first times out with my winch on.

Ya, ya, I was solo and 'just going to the store' from a cottage with my
nephew and he recommended a 'short cut' the snowmobiles take in the
winter.... LOL!

I ran my cable down on my roller fairlead, went under the bumper, under
the front axle tube (had to get down and nasty in the swamp to do this)
and under the back axle tube out to a tree....

Well it worked, but it bent my new winch plate down a bunch. It kinked
it.

I do 'not' like receiver hitches. Yes they have a place and can work,
but on a full sized vehicle, I consider them dangerous and/or damaging.

I am thinking I need to make a couple sockets and weld them on the
outside edges of my winch mount for say 1 1/4" square tube so I could
have an A frame with a pulley at the cross brace to guide the cable out
and back under...

There 'shouldn't' be a market for such a device, because we aren't
'supposed' to run solo.....
;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

Your buddy is right to a point....

I mean, really, when you get stuck, how many times are you 'not' going
forward....

So I nose dived into a grass patch that turned into a 300 yd swamp one
of the first times out with my winch on.

Ya, ya, I was solo and 'just going to the store' from a cottage with my
nephew and he recommended a 'short cut' the snowmobiles take in the
winter.... LOL!

I ran my cable down on my roller fairlead, went under the bumper, under
the front axle tube (had to get down and nasty in the swamp to do this)
and under the back axle tube out to a tree....

Well it worked, but it bent my new winch plate down a bunch. It kinked
it.

I do 'not' like receiver hitches. Yes they have a place and can work,
but on a full sized vehicle, I consider them dangerous and/or damaging.

I am thinking I need to make a couple sockets and weld them on the
outside edges of my winch mount for say 1 1/4" square tube so I could
have an A frame with a pulley at the cross brace to guide the cable out
and back under...

There 'shouldn't' be a market for such a device, because we aren't
'supposed' to run solo.....
;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

Your buddy is right to a point....

I mean, really, when you get stuck, how many times are you 'not' going
forward....

So I nose dived into a grass patch that turned into a 300 yd swamp one
of the first times out with my winch on.

Ya, ya, I was solo and 'just going to the store' from a cottage with my
nephew and he recommended a 'short cut' the snowmobiles take in the
winter.... LOL!

I ran my cable down on my roller fairlead, went under the bumper, under
the front axle tube (had to get down and nasty in the swamp to do this)
and under the back axle tube out to a tree....

Well it worked, but it bent my new winch plate down a bunch. It kinked
it.

I do 'not' like receiver hitches. Yes they have a place and can work,
but on a full sized vehicle, I consider them dangerous and/or damaging.

I am thinking I need to make a couple sockets and weld them on the
outside edges of my winch mount for say 1 1/4" square tube so I could
have an A frame with a pulley at the cross brace to guide the cable out
and back under...

There 'shouldn't' be a market for such a device, because we aren't
'supposed' to run solo.....
;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

Your buddy is right to a point....

I mean, really, when you get stuck, how many times are you 'not' going
forward....

So I nose dived into a grass patch that turned into a 300 yd swamp one
of the first times out with my winch on.

Ya, ya, I was solo and 'just going to the store' from a cottage with my
nephew and he recommended a 'short cut' the snowmobiles take in the
winter.... LOL!

I ran my cable down on my roller fairlead, went under the bumper, under
the front axle tube (had to get down and nasty in the swamp to do this)
and under the back axle tube out to a tree....

Well it worked, but it bent my new winch plate down a bunch. It kinked
it.

I do 'not' like receiver hitches. Yes they have a place and can work,
but on a full sized vehicle, I consider them dangerous and/or damaging.

I am thinking I need to make a couple sockets and weld them on the
outside edges of my winch mount for say 1 1/4" square tube so I could
have an A frame with a pulley at the cross brace to guide the cable out
and back under...

There 'shouldn't' be a market for such a device, because we aren't
'supposed' to run solo.....
;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

William Oliveri wrote:
>
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill

Re: Winching - What if question
 

What about the old fashion come along.. As long as it isn't too far to latch
on something...

Ben
95 YJ 2.5L

"William Oliveri" <wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote in message
news:c73p8d$hr46e$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de...
> What happens in a scenario where the only thing to hook a winch to is
behind
> you. How is that handled? Do you run the cable under the jeep and work
it
> that way?
>
> A friend of mine was thinking about hooking the winch to a 2" receiver
hitch
> in the front and back so in case of this scenario he could unhook the
winch
> from the front and put it on the back.
>
>
> Comments, ideas......
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
>