Landrovers can do anything.

**Grimace** · 23rd July 2007, 12:47 PM

ANYTHING !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMJBK...related&search=

Pretty funny that the bus driver shock loads his winch almost instantly and breaks the line... you would think he would have abit more experience with his busses recovery gear and procedure.

But then again if he had that experience he prob wouldnt have ended up stuck.

Lucky the fender was there to rescue him

**scrambler** · 23rd July 2007, 12:49 PM

Repost

But it was a while ago, Grimace, so don't feel bad about it

**Grimace** · 23rd July 2007, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by scrambler

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But it was a while ago, Grimace, so don't feel bad about it

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

**Disco Steve** · 23rd July 2007, 01:01 PM

oh well

i thought it was funny

**MrsMcRover** · 23rd July 2007, 01:03 PM

I thought it was goood..... Landrovers can do anything lol......

**Frenchie** · 23rd July 2007, 03:05 PM

Great safety procedures.

People standing around, vehicles driving past while they were winching, and what was that attahced to the cable, a space blanket, what was that going to do?

I doubt whether the cable was rated for the weight of that bus.

**kaa45** · 23rd July 2007, 03:29 PM

Didn't look like winching at all. Looked like using the winch cable as a snatch strap. no wonder it snapped.

**Debacle** · 23rd July 2007, 04:21 PM

Can someone who knows how to do that sort of thing post the link on to the 4wd monthly forum.

Seeing as they are on to us, might as well rub it in.

**Hymie** · 23rd July 2007, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by Frenchie

Great safety procedures.

People standing around, vehicles driving past while they were winching, and what was that attahced to the cable, a space blanket, what was that going to do?

I doubt whether the cable was rated for the weight of that bus.

I just have to shake my head at the latest trend in Winching safety.
One of the popular 4X4 Mags that comes with a DVD tells how it's vitally imporant to have one of those tiny orange flag thingys velcroed around the cable to act as a dampener if the rope snaps.
Then, in the course of the video, they show the winch rope, under load inching the "safety device" closer and closer to the winch fairlead.
What does the operator or nearest bystander have to do? Walk up to the rope while the winch is in operation and move the flag closer to the middle, thats what.
How about this for an idea.
Create a safety arc by moving all the bystanders outside of the winch ropes radius.
Take the poxy damper off the rope and nobody has to go near the flamin thing.
In 16 years of doing heavy recovery in the Army I never saw a winch rope break. But I reakon that if a rope breaks with 2 tonne of load on it, 1/2 a square meter of orange flag will slow it down not a bit.

**Grimace** · 23rd July 2007, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by Hymie

I just have to shake my head at the latest trend in Winching safety.
One of the popular 4X4 Mags that comes with a DVD tells how it's vitally imporant to have one of those tiny orange flag thingys velcroed around the cable to act as a dampener if the rope snaps.
Then, in the course of the video, they show the winch rope, under load inching the "safety device" closer and closer to the winch fairlead.
What does the operator or nearest bystander have to do? Walk up to the rope while the winch is in operation and move the flag closer to the middle, thats what.
How about this for an idea.
Create a safety arc by moving all the bystanders outside of the winch ropes radius.
Take the poxy damper off the rope and nobody has to go near the flamin thing.
In 16 years of doing heavy recovery in the Army I never saw a winch rope break. But I reakon that if a rope breaks with 2 tonne of load on it, 1/2 a square meter of orange flag will slow it down not a bit.

Mate I know first hand that a little bit of a dampner can be the difference between a slight scratch on the bullbar to a completely destroyed radiator.

They do make a difference and unfortunately as much as I would push people to use them I don't purely because of the reason you state.
When it comes time to move the damper further up/along the winch cable people are seemingly too damn lazy to;
1. stop winching procedure
2. release tension from cable
3. move damper
4. retension cable
5. begin winchin procedure

So you have a valid point about the risk of having someone approach and manouver a damper along a 'loaded' winch cable. Its dangerous and no one should be near the cable whilst under any form of tension.

My second point is reguarding the dampener. Many a times also being lazy people wait till the dampener is almost ontop of one of the vehicles fairleads before they move it up/down the cable.
The dampener WILL NOT work well (if at all) unless it is in the middle third of the winch cable.

Winching (unless in competition) is not a race. Take your time stay safe.
Avoid nissan drivers

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