Winches. How often do you use them?

The wireless is normaly a added option and doesn't replace the cable controller.

Cheers

Yep,
better to have it and not need it , than need it and not have it.
Take it off and see how soon you'd need it, its the way of things......

The advise on rope vs weight is true.

Agree, better to be looking at it than for it...

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Hi Scrubby.

What did you use to winch against pls?

Cheers.

Dig a hole and bury a spare.
It must be deep though. Well over the top of the tyre. If it is not deep enough you will just have to do it all over again.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhomer

G`day JB & Peter,
Peter after trying for some time to dig a hole deep enough to stand the spare up in and not succeeding because of a rock like base about two feet down, I then tried a circular hole and laid the spare down in this but that didn`t work either.
My offsider ( seen in pics) got sick of me stuffing about and wandered off disgusted. LOL
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We had two vehicles travelling together, both of which were bogged, we gave up on mine for a while and concentrated on the other, a 200 series L/C. Several hours later after a lot of digging and two broken MaxTrax we managed to get it forward of mine but a considerable distance away, using the full length of my winch cable and two snatch straps joined together we just reached it.
I know, it`s not good using snatch straps for winching but hey,we had been at this task for nearly 7 hours and we were willing to try anything.
With both diffs and auxiliary fuel tank etc. resting in the mud there was a lot of strain on the winch, being a single line pull the solenoids over heated and burnt out and the cable had buried itself into the cable on the drum and shredded about 75% of its thickness in several places along its length.
But we got out eventually.

Scrubby

Thanks scrubby.

Pretty epic; glad it wasn't me.

Cheers.

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Yes again in the Simpson 2010 - deep enough is the key - I tried 3 times on this one - I tried to cheat and save time - does not work - do the big hole first up

Cheers Tony

Clearly if we are driving in a forward direction the majority of the time then thats the way you need to go. Only a pessimist fits a winch to the rear ;-)
As a side issue our work in their wisdom fitted a winch to the rear of a Nissan Patrol in order to save a few dollars by not installing a bull bar. End result was a poorly balanced vehicle that lifts a front wheel at the sight of a bump & locks them up under brakes.
Cheers Craig............

I understand where your coming from Landseks thats why they hav designed a cradle to fit your rear hitch and all you need to do is weld a hitch reciever to your front bullbar...Use anderson plugs front and rear for power and BINGO..

I'd go down this track if i did not have my current setup....

Seen this setup in action and saved us a 40-50 minute travel in mud and slush to pull out backwards as the front was on the edge of a very steep drop...

TIGERZ11 PORTABLE HITCH RECEIVER WINCH CRADLE MOUNT 4x4

That is the type thing I would have if going serious off-roading again.

Another benefit is there is no need to get the winch wet & muddy unless you actually need to use it, keep it in the back of the ute / car.

Even if you want to proceed onwards as Crackles said, you can pull back out of the bog then find a better way around.

Cheers Neil

While in theory the portable electric winches that mount on tow bars may appear convienient, in practice unloading a 20kg winch in a bog hole or on the side of a steep hill & fitting it up is not easy if not dangerous in many circustances. Long power leads & plugs cause power loss so all round they are a poor option & possibly why so few people fit them.
In my experience 90% of the time recoveries would be in a forward direction as when getting stuck you often only just fall short meaning a winch of less than 10 to 15 metres. (Unless of course you're out there looking for trouble in which case it pays to go in a group)
Cheers Craig..............

I can only go on what happened,He carried it out of the rear of his vehicle,obviously already in the cradle ready to go,Removed the bolt in the Patrols hitch and slid the cradle in and the bolt,Hooked it to his Andesron Plug (this car had one in the rear too)....Flicked the switch to Freespool,I ran it up to a tree with a tree protector,probably 20-25 metres out to nearest tree for the recovery angle and the guy that owned the winch was near me with his remote control,and bingo pulled the Nissan Patrol off the side of the track where it needed to be and back into the clay rut's (Bunyip State Forest),there didnt seem to be any loss of power to the winch etc etc...For your own vehicle i would run bigger amperage wires to the rear.It worked in this case and saved a lot of hassle.

Pulled the winch out the hitch and put it back in his car...We were on the downward side of a hill no one would hav driven up or past,hence driving all the way back around...

I would have to think my ARB Recovery gear bag would weigh 15-20 kilo's and its never a prob.

In an ideal situation like that Swaggie I can see how it would work fine. Now imagine this guy below trying to get that winch out of the back................ or on the side of a steep hill................... or in a deep bog hole. I suppose it's a matter of getting the right recovery equipment to cover the situation we find ourselves in.
Cheers Craig..........

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yep!

Youve got it covered Pete...lol