Thread: Bogged the Mog..

Would a winch have helped?

I've thought about putting a winch on my MAN, but the proper sized unit is stupidly expensive. So far the Air CTI system has got us out of all the bogged situations we've got into (but nothing like yours).

Originally Posted by Summiitt

Would love to, but the things got to earn its keep, plus the tyres were brand new so only have 12k on them.. Will keep an eye out for something with a wider footprint down the track..but from experience, once you break thru the top 4 inches, tyres mean very little..it's all about floatation!

landrover rims with 7.50 R16 rubber on them with a 4mm steel plate welded or cut to fit the rim lips with a centering ring for the outrigger foot are ideal for your outrigger pads in the situation you got into.

conveyor matting in 3m lenghts with holes drilled for cross bars that can be threaded through are great for load distrbuitn and park matts/ surface braces

tyre pressure means a lot on the coins, dont go below 30psi.

spudboy for the man you dont need a full sized winch, a half sized winch with a pre configured 3:1 done with a snatch block and bridal combo will get you out just as well at around 2/3 the cost and it will give you incresed flexabilty, while you might only be able to self recover for say 30m youd be able to reach out over 90 to a normal sized 4x4. and sometimes that little extra is all you need to get to crawling forwards if you rig it in time. But Id suggest you invest in hydraulic, the nice thing about old PTO drive 8000lb winches is they are easy to adapt to a wider drum, you just need some suitable thick wall steel tube and rodding to remanufacture the drum and its support then build a cradle to suit, then you add a reduction box from a petrol post hole digger driven by about a 2hp motor..

Originally Posted by Summiitt

I suppose the army had some pretty 'do anything to get out of a bog training ideas..

not so much as theres still a few o us around who would rather get on with doing something rather than wait around for someone else to come and do it for us.

and dont forget...

hydraulics beats mandraulics every time is as much warning as it is advice.