Thread: Rangie Video

Originally posted by TuffRR
Which ones????

The biggest problem in Gembrook then was not traction but clearance.
On one of the hills, Mick (the grey RR) was running about 8psi in his 35's and was really struggling to get up the hill. I had mine at about 25psi from memory and drove it easily. This was all due to me not scraping my diffs wereas Mick was.

Did you know none of the toolangi vids are working and only half the photo's?

Nope, but I'll let Mick know.

Cheers, I'd love to see them, they are so much like barrington tops hear in NSW it's scary.

That vid you showed us i thought it was you noddy told it wasn't good though 8O

I have only watched the 1st one as yet, but i alwasy thought you werent supposed to drive whilst winching because it prevented the cable from packing back onto the drum properly. thats what they keep saying in the 4wd monthly gold label edition recovery guide. Matt

Ace - that is definately true for slower low mount winches but we are using high mounts which have a much faster retrieval speed under no load. Ideally, we still don't drive faster than the winch can retrieve but this is not always possible.
This also reduces the load on the winch and battery as it doesn't need to work as hard and also speeds up recovery times.
We also are using plasma rope which does not suffer damage on the drum in the same way that standard wire rope would.

HTH.

BTW, as a driving instructer, there is a lot of things that i dont agree with in 4wd Monthly!!! 8O

Originally posted by TuffRR
Ace - that is definately true for slower low mount winches but we are using high mounts which have a much faster retrieval speed under no load. Ideally, we still don't drive faster than the winch can retrieve but this is not always possible.
This also reduces the load on the winch and battery as it doesn't need to work as hard and also speeds up recovery times.
We also are using plasma rope which does not suffer damage on the drum in the same way that standard wire rope would.

HTH.

BTW, as a driving instructer, there is a lot of things that i dont agree with in 4wd Monthly!!! 8O

Thanks for that TuffRR, i did notice the plasma rope. As i dont have a winch yet i am keen to know the ins and outs of it all. And i to have thought some of the things taught by 4wd Monthly have been a bit suss.

Are you a trainer with a club, or do you run independent courses? Matt

Just a trainee club instructor. (For the moment! :wink: )