Winching - What if question
05-02-2004, 07:18 PM
#31
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Re: Winching - What if question
It seems to me, that if you are buried in mud, you might have trouble
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
05-02-2004, 07:18 PM
#32
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Re: Winching - What if question
It seems to me, that if you are buried in mud, you might have trouble
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
05-02-2004, 07:18 PM
#33
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Re: Winching - What if question
It seems to me, that if you are buried in mud, you might have trouble
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
getting the cable under it.
Most factory reciever mount winches are pretty light.
I have used my winch to drag the front end 90 degrees and set another pull
to get me turned around.
--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California
"
05-02-2004, 08:34 PM
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Re: Winching - What if question
In <c73p8d$hr46e$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
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> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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05-02-2004, 08:34 PM
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Re: Winching - What if question
In <c73p8d$hr46e$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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05-02-2004, 08:34 PM
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Re: Winching - What if question
In <c73p8d$hr46e$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
Del Rawlins- del@_kills_spammers_rawlinsbrothers.org
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> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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05-02-2004, 08:34 PM
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Re: Winching - What if question
In <c73p8d$hr46e$1@ID-193866.news.uni-berlin.de> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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> 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?
It can be done but there are problems with doing that, as Mike Romain
can attest. I think to do that successfully, you have to be setup to do
it from the start rather than rednecking something together in the field.
My current strategy for dealing with that involves pulling out backwards,
one hi-lift jack length at a time.
> 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.
Then you have the limitations of the receiver to deal with. You will
probably be limited to 3500 or 5000 pounds and they don't handle side
loadings very well.
One thing that I have been considering is fabricating a custom rear
bumper that would take a built in winch. It is still in the
brainstorming phase so feel free to laugh, but looking at the websites
of the various winch manufacturers, the most compact "recovery" winch is
the Ramsey REP5000. The obvious advantage is less size and weight, with
the equally obvious disadvantages of a short cable (80 feet) and limited
power. My thinking is if I had to use it, I could double up using a
****** block and still make a 30-35 foot pull at 10,000 pounds. It
should be enough to pull me out of anything I was dumb enough to stick
my nose into, and would be a damn sight better than using a Hi-lift jack
with a chain. Plus, it would give me some measure of engine out
capability, because I run a 10,500 pound milemarker hydraulic on the
front.
----------------------------------------------------
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