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Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2016 2:43 pm
by Dylan Robinson

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 1:48 am
by Stickman
Those are pretty sweet. Those guys hooking that up and rigging everything have more balls than I do. Ain't no way is hell I'd lay a hand on any part of that other than the hook when that's spooling in that fast, or stand near it when they're putting it under load on a hillside.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2016 12:25 pm
by Colibri
Yeah, Europe has 4x4 competitions that emphasize winching. It's weird to me but some cool products have come about from it. I've been eyeing the gigglepin dual motor kit for warn 8274 for a few years.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 1:35 pm
by Dylan Robinson
Stickman wrote:Those are pretty sweet. Those guys hooking that up and rigging everything have more balls than I do. Ain't no way is hell I'd lay a hand on any part of that other than the hook when that's spooling in that fast, or stand near it when they're putting it under load on a hillside.

I'm with you, I wouldn't put my hands anywhere near that winch while it was spooling! I was just amazed at how fast the line speed is. I visited their website (http://www.red-winches.com/) seems incredibly expensive to me, but maybe its not for a competition grade unit.

Dylan

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 1:39 pm
by Dylan Robinson
Colibri wrote:Yeah, Europe has 4x4 competitions that emphasize winching. It's weird to me but some cool products have come about from it. I've been eyeing the gigglepin dual motor kit for warn 8274 for a few years.

Yeah I've had an 8274 on a couple of pickups. Very good winch. I can't imagine a scenario where a guy would need anymore line speed than what they provide stock (cept maybe competition) but it'd be badass that's for sure!


Dylan

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 12:35 am
by 2011TXPowerWagon
Holy crap that winch looks badass and scary as hell!!

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:51 am
by Will
SOB! I like that a lot! When doing chores around the property, I get inpatient waiting on the winch. :lol: It would be awesome for dragging trees, brush and what not.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:24 am
by adeluca73
Awesome, but scary.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 6:34 am
by Will
adeluca73 wrote:Awesome, but scary.
Natural selection, it'll ween out the ones that don't have any business messing with it. :lol:

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:39 am
by Dylan Robinson
Will wrote:SOB! I like that a lot! When doing chores around the property, I get inpatient waiting on the winch. :lol: It would be awesome for dragging trees, brush and what not.
I love my MU-2 on my 48', not horribly fast, but not to slow either. Really takes some "training" though and you learn not to get in a hurry. My 13yo daughter is learning the finer arts of running the winch pulling logs, fence posts, and brush around our property. Thought she was going to get a self recovery lesson last winter when she was driving out coyote hunting, but low gears and lockers saved the day.

Dylan

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 6:22 pm
by TwinStick
Not sure if anyone has seen this one. Impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM24klVyxFk

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:02 am
by DamageWagon
That's hilarious. He made that so complex. If he used a few prussiks he could have possibly run everything parallel. However you slice it that guy out some time into that system and did a good job though! I didn't watch it all to see the right hand pulleys but it looks like a 32:1 system.


Sent from my safe space

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:53 am
by TommyG
Interesting primitive setup. It would be a hell of a lot of work but might be a last ditch method if you didn't have any better options:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFDGGht ... e=youtu.be

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:19 am
by Colibri
That flip flop winch is really interesting, thanks for posting it!

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:34 am
by olyelr
Anybody have recommendations for a good winch recovery “kit”? Something that has the majority of the main essentials, that may be at a bit of a discount because it is in a whole package.

Or is it better just to piece one together?

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2017 12:06 pm
by Colibri
Piece together, that way you can get exactly what you need. I went Masterpull winchline, bubbarope snatch straps, van beest shackles, and factor 55 flat link. Masterpull again for snatch blocks and a pull pal winch anchor with maxtrax boards. Cherrypick from the companies that do their thing best in my opinion. Don’t want to cheap out on recovery equipment because of the potential cost of it failing is so high

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:02 pm
by Goslow

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:15 pm
by Low_Sky
Goslow wrote:
Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:02 pm
Get these, work great! :D
http://tuffstuff4x4.com/products/tuff-s ... -capacity/
Those look like a good low-price alternative to the ARB 9000s.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:00 pm
by verdesardog
Darn you making me spend money....LOL
They do look decent, I will now have three (all different) so able to do self recovery backwards if necessary.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:13 pm
by olyelr
Goslow wrote:
Sat Jun 02, 2018 1:02 pm
Get these, work great! :D
http://tuffstuff4x4.com/products/tuff-s ... -capacity/
Thanks for the link!

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:14 pm
by KevinABQ
Low_Sky wrote:
Wed Jun 06, 2018 1:15 pm
Those look like a good low-price alternative to the ARB 9000s.
The drawback is that the powerwagon winch can exceed the breaking strength when you start getting mechanical advantage from a series of snatch blocks.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:16 pm
by Hodgepodge
Quick question guys? Did your winch line come fixed to the drum or was it just laying on it? I’ve talked to a couple folks and there’s was not attached.

Thank you!

Kiah

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:02 pm
by KevinABQ
It was attached, but not tensioned. You should follow the tensioning instructions before you need it.

Re: Winching and Recovery 101

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 4:56 pm
by olyelr
KevinABQ wrote:
Wed Jun 06, 2018 3:02 pm
It was attached, but not tensioned. You should follow the tensioning instructions before you need it.
This ^^^^^