PullPal winch anker

Hi Gmd

My summary on those is that they are a very marginal tool, unlike other post about tyrepliers in which cost/benefit is such they I think are worth carrying in all trips.

I fact while they can work, I the attemps I have seen they have not done the job
partly due to inexperience but I wasn't real happy about that heavy steel section
under tension.

Burying tyre in sand doesn't work to well either - but It can , as a last ditch effort.

Robin Miller

GMD
Check out my winch anchor in my photo's, though it would have been easier if i had an exhaust air jack and then just poke a bit of sand back under the wheels.

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Doug

gmd
Holy Dooly did you think to check the specs and price on that ,,what a rip off and the bigger one is 45lb = 20.41165665 kg I use the bigger because if it is going to work then the bigger will , the smaller would bend or pull out
RW14,000 *** 14" 45 LBS. 45" $500.00 + $40 shipping

A mate of mine uses 5 stardroppers as a winch anchor, they are hammered into the sand about a couple of feet apare, they are attached to each other by rope in a configuration which puts pressure on the next one if the first one pulls, hence increasing it's strength, although I'm thinking 4 or 5 stardroppers would probably weigh as much as the steel anchor, but much cheaper and could lay on the roof racks.

As for me, well I've got a hand winch and have tried to bury the tyre on one occasion with no success (sand was too soft way to deep), but I still managed to dig my way out.

Got stuck another time, hoplessly I would say, another fisherman helped us out by providing some rubber strips about 6 foot long, similar to tyre tread, we dug ouselves out a bit, put the rubber under the front tyres and drove out in a jiffy. Will be even easier when I get my front LOKKA fitted. Rays sell a similar thing which rolls up to a reasonable size for about $70 (even cheaper on a 20% off day) so they will be the next acquisition for me, just helps with traction a bit.

Carrying another 20kgs and losing more space with a $500 product, no thanks, but each to their own.

I bought one of these and as i have said before its like a first aid kit for your car . You hope you never have to use it but if you need it its there . (I dont have to dig any frikkin holes or carry star posts or bury the spare tyre)

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the bar has three different positions to adjust the angle . If you double line pull with a snatch block attached to the PRT,try to dig out first and you break it then im sorry but this is one serious predicament that you must have been in .

The answer may be in the topic.....I had to look twice, it is just me?

Cheers Andrew

Consider,

www.maxtrax.com.au/

Kind regards