Thread: Winches and wire cables - Help

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

No Pics - My family bogged a tractor, They got the other one to extract it and bogged it as well. Another bigger one was brought in and bogged it as well. The Biggest was obtained and yep it sank. 2 months later they all drove out. That was 30 plus ago in Western Districts Vic

Would have been about 1960, my maternal grandparents had left their Pyramid Hill property in the care of my Uncle Don, for a trip OS.

He bogged 3 tractors in sequence and they stayed in situ for months till it dried out.

DL

If the electric winch is causing problems beyond just getting the rope on, would it help to hire/borrow/buy a hand winch like a turfor. You appear to have enough trees about to anchor to, to exert a pull force from off-vehicle. In a similar situation once, the vehicle electrics constantly running low was an additional curse/source of stress alongside the terrain I was stuck in. Kept on draining the battery on the winch and once I had an external source of pull, it took a lot of stress out of the situation when each small movement was a source of satisfaction.

In no way am I suggesting you try this, but years ago when I had a very stuck 4wd, I attached a rope to a large tree, which could be felled in a suitable direction, leaving a bit of slack in the rope and then proceeded to drop the tree. The vehicle moved enough to then fully recover.
The slack in the rope let the tree gather momentum.

Originally Posted by windsock

If the electric winch is causing problems beyond just getting the rope on, would it help to hire/borrow/buy a hand winch like a turfor. You appear to have enough trees about to anchor to, to exert a pull force from off-vehicle. In a similar situation once, the vehicle electrics constantly running low was an additional curse/source of stress alongside the terrain I was stuck in. Kept on draining the battery on the winch and once I had an external source of pull, it took a lot of stress out of the situation when each small movement was a source of satisfaction.

Hi Windsock

I have been using a high lift jack (with the appropriate fittings) as a manual winch off one of the trees but it is unable to move the vehicle even after adding a 2 meter length of gal pipe for leverage. So much tension on it now I can’t get it lower, ie reduce the tension. Depending on the forecast rain and even if I can get some sort of cable on the winch I need to get some timber under the wheels to overcome the suction and the diffs stuck in the mud. There are plenty of saplings that they used to get the excavators out so I just need to chop some of those to length.

Cheers - Simon

Originally Posted by Saitch

In no way am I suggesting you try this, but years ago when I had a very stuck 4wd, I attached a rope to a large tree, which could be felled in a suitable direction, leaving a bit of slack in the rope and then proceeded to drop the tree. The vehicle moved enough to then fully recover.
The slack in the rope let the tree gather momentum.

Hi Saitch, there’s some lateral thinking!

If you're stuck as bad as you say, don't go losing the vehicles' undercarriage. It can happen, with too much tension.

If you're stuck as bad as you say, don't go losing the vehicles' undercarriage. It can happen, with too much tension.

Actually it is better to pull on the axle as that is the stuck part than it is on the body/chassis.
A company a while ago was selling wire loops which attached to each side of the axle to attach a bridle to.
Virtually nobody uses this method, although it is the most sensible way . The problem is getting under hence the loops reaching forward to the bumper.
Regards PhilipA

Originally Posted by Saitch

In no way am I suggesting you try this, but years ago when I had a very stuck 4wd, I attached a rope to a large tree, which could be felled in a suitable direction, leaving a bit of slack in the rope and then proceeded to drop the tree. The vehicle moved enough to then fully recover.
The slack in the rope let the tree gather momentum.

Thus we have the Nullarbor Plain.