AnswerID: 26943 Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 06, 2003 at 14:53
Jarrod
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John,
I bought a PRT from John Webster about 12 months ago. A fantastic piece of kit, that 2 of my workmates have seen in operation and have since also bought. Yes they seem expensive for what they are, but I tell you, in sand, mud, clay, its' worth its weight in gold. Ask yourself - have you ever REALLY had to bury your spare ?? have you really ever had to rely on 3 star pickets ? Its hard bloody work, and doesn't work 9 times out of 10 in sand. The PRT just goes straight in, then down. The more you pull, the harder/deeper this thing goes. Tested on the beach it buried itself to the top of the handle, and came out with an easy pull. A couple of things I have found - It only works in snow if you first clear the snow and have the PRT bitting into the ground, for hard ground you need to dig a hole about a foot deep ( better then 5 foot to bury a spare!!)and 2nd, its heaps easier if there are two people during the recovery. one to operate the winch, the second to hold/guide the PRT only as it starts to bite in. - Once it starts to dig in, number two stands well clear as in all winching operations. If you were by yourself, you would need to dig a "starting Hole"of about 6 inches. to get the thing going, (its just that it would fall over or not angle in right if just left by itself.) The prt folds up to about the size of a briefcase and weighs about 20 K i think. Easy to use, sets up in seconds and rated to 12000lb. Bloody cheap/fast insurance when the tide's coming in in my book. John Webster from Websters
driver training is where I got mine, Never done a course with him, Dont know him from a bar of soap, just that he was the Vic Distributer at the time.
hope this helps
Jarrod.
P.S., Im pulling on it with a 12000lb warn on the front of my 2001 deisel 100 series.
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Wednesday, Aug 06, 2003 at 19:20
John posted:
Jarrod
Many thanks for your reply.
I agree I have no illusions about the effort required to dig a hole deep enough for a spare etc especially in the middle of the Simpson at 40 plus degrees. No fun in my book.
I also am interested in being as self sufficient when in the outback etc as i would not like to call for assistance unless it was as a complete last resort.
You are the second to recomend getting it from John Webster (Ref Bonz) he obviously did you a good deal.
I have got a 78 series Troopy and was fitting a 12000lb Warn also so your info in regards to your 100 series is useful from a weight comparison as both would be simmilar.
Once again many thanks to all who have replied all comment is most welcome.
Regards
John
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