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  1. 10th January 2009, 10:29 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Blknight.aus View Post
    depends on your purpose.

    If you absolutely have to get from A-B then the winch vehicle goes in front and you just take pot luck that should the second vehicle need recovering forwards that you can find somewhere to get turned around to be able to use the winch. If running this way always winch through something you suspect is going to cause you trouble enough to require winching because if you break the winch by asking it to pull the now stuck vehicle through the troublesome section you are officially pooched, especially if youve already been winching to get there.

    If you're traveling as recon or can backtrack as needed and have alternate routes (obviously this isnt the case if your planning a winchathon circut)

    put the vehicle with the winch where it can be used.....

    if the winch is front mounted put another vehicle in front of it, its absolutely pointless having the winch pointed where it cant be used. if the lead vehicle gets stuck you can recover it backwards this is very hard to do if the lead vehicle has the winch and is bogged up to the headlights.


    thats generally how I set it up anyway
    You military people need to start buying snatch straps.... or are they called straps kinetic.
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  2. 10th January 2009, 10:31 PM #12
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    There is no wrong or right answer.....

    Lead vehicle descending into a gully... I'd have the 2nd vehicle up top with a winch in case it had to be pulled backwards...

    Or if it was being lowered down!

    Ascending... I'd usually go winch first... But I carry enough recovery gear that I can get the rope far enough up a hill to recover from below anyhow...

    Most often when I go out alone... well the winch is "right there"..... so doesnt matter....

    Apart from a silly attempt at a mud hole I shouldnt have tried anyway, and sliding into a gully that was muddy from the rain I have never worried about the winch..

    However, the gully recovery pointed out a strong point....

    The vehicle(s) at the top of the hill didnt have winches.... But they were a great anchor point If I'd been solo, I doubt even my Ground Anchor would have got me out of it.
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  3. 10th January 2009, 10:37 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    You military people need to start buying snatch straps.... or are they called straps kinetic.
    For this exercise you will require:

    one times strap, kinetic.




    ahh school days.
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  4. 10th January 2009, 10:51 PM #14
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    Where would I put the winch?

    Near Slunnies' Rig.... You just know he's gunna try something stupid and get stuck again
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  5. 10th January 2009, 10:54 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by B92 8NW View Post
    For this exercise you will require:

    one times strap, kinetic.




    ahh school days.
    For R&R you should locate...

    one times snatch, preferably kinetic


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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie2 View Post
    For R&R you should locate...

    one times snatch, preferably kinetic


    rofl
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  7. 10th January 2009, 11:05 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tombie2 View Post
    Where would I put the winch?

    Near Slunnies' Rig.... You just know he's gunna try something stupid and get stuck again
    Oh man! I was doing a mental tally of the last 12months damage from 4WDing after a mate put his Paj on its roof, wheels, roof, wheels yesterday...


    Why do we do this again?


    hmmm, dunno. But we do.
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    The other solution is to carry a Tirfor in the other vehicle.







    ...or not get the car stuck on the bolards in the car parking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by dullbird View Post
    I wasn't asking a question tony....I was making a statement.

    for example some people don't have bull bars but have a recovery hitch on the back would be silly to put a winch car up the front if there are no recovery points

    and vis versa
    IF they do not have good recovery points front AND back they should not be out playing! Also tie down points are NOT recovery points.

    With the 110 and the hybrid I can winch both forwards and backwards. (Well need to fit that new wire to the hybrid winch first). Don't you just love a smart ****?

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    Quote Originally Posted by leeds View Post
    IF they do not have good recovery points front AND back they should not be out playing! Also tie down points are NOT recovery points.

    With the 110 and the hybrid I can winch both forwards and backwards. (Well need to fit that new wire to the hybrid winch first). Don't you just love a smart ****?

    Regards

    Brendan
    It is a real situation in not having a full deck of recovery points with many touring 4WD's, something that has been exacerbated now by bullbar manufacturers reluctance to build in recovery points.
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