winching

Your correct in what you say, let the winch do the work,

The exception maybe when the load becomes to much for the winch (lets say you are using a snatch block already) you can use 1st low and low revs to help the winch out, careful not to let the cable fall slack.

Care is all that is required for a sucessfull extraction.

Hi There
When we drive in winch challenges
We always drive when winching as this helps the winch reduces stress on components as you have both systems helping to move the truck. The leaning prosess is is experience and time behind the wheel or winch.
The object is to have the wheel turning at a speed to match the truck speed
Ray

Very simple,

If you are being winched, you do not drive

If you can drive you do not get winched.

Winch the vehicle until it has traction, disconnect the winch cable, and then drive the vehicle out.

The risk of placing the winch and cables and all the other gear under a shock load is very high if you get traction for a short time and then start to slide back with the cable still attached. The vehicle moves forward a little bit the winch cable goes slack because the winch can't keep up , the vehicle loses traction and slides back and the you have a the recovery gear put under a shock load.

Sometimes the person who is being recovered has to say I am not happy with what I have been told to do by someone else and do it the way they think it should be done.I belive that the person who owns the vehicle has a right to say how the vehicle should be recovered.

If you own a winch learn how to use it and all the safty requiments and equipment required befor you set out.

Winches are great but learn how to use them.

Wayne

I always drive as well but have never been in a situation where I would have slipped back again, usually bogged on the edge of saltlakes

People are saying hard and fast NOT to drive.

But every situation is different. I usually drive to assist the winch, but then again, when I bogged, Im usually stuck fast. It all depends on the situation, conditions, and more.

Some situations you need to drive as well to give the winch some assistance, and also you can sometimes then just drive out of the bog once you get out of the inital goop.

Watch some competition videos, or some touring videos, they all drive while winching.

I will agree that every recovery is diffrent, how ever, trying to drive when bogged will only have wheels spinning and that only allows the vehicle to sink deeper.

Removing the build up of the mud or sand from in front of the wheels will help, the same as putting rocks to build up a deep hole. Logs and sticks should not be used because of the damage that they will cause.

All those winch challenge competitions are just that, competitions to see how fast a vehicle can get through a marked course and have very little to do with recovery and safety and should not be seen as the only way to winch.

The post asked to clear up something that was read about winiching and that has been answered.

Wayne

Hi,

I'm guessing these replies refer to electric winches. What about PTO winches?

The first time I used my PTO winch I broke the shear pin.

Was bogged in sand, wheels stuck but not sitting on difs, needing a pull up a slight incline and had one rear wheel down a gully off the track. I had thought the PTO drive would only work when the transfer case was in neutral therefore I couldn't assist winch by driving as well.

Any hints - one could be to try it out, and another to do a course....

Ta
Tim

I would say winching in general is dangerous and anything you can do to minimise risk is the way i would go .
Question. What do competition guys use as a ground anchor .

Winch plus low gear first. You're trying to get moving. If you only use the winch then when you stop winching you stop!