Thread: ARB Snatch Block

Thanks good advice Tank.
Weeds yeh I know, its only to use as a last resort. If I buy a power winch would then more then likely have to beef up front springs, it then becomes expensive sweat is cheaper.
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Tony

Weigh the Tirfor, cable and other bits and pieces and compare with a 9000lb winch and rope - I think you will find they are very similar.

That weight isn't hanging out in front of the front wheels though, and the tirfor can pull in any direction. There's an argument for both.
Wouldn't a hand winch with rope rather than cable be great.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Weigh the Tirfor, cable and other bits and pieces and compare with a 9000lb winch and rope - I think you will find they are very similar.

Don't forget to include the weight of an Auxillary battery and the fact that a power winch is as far forward as it can get.
Though I wouldn't go bush without one, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

Don't forget to include the weight of an Auxillary battery

While there may be other considerations weight wise, the weight of an axillary battery would not normally be a consideration.

Usually (but not always) the aux battery will be some type of deep cycle battery and not suited for winch use. Mostly (and again not always) the winch is powered by the main starter battery not an additional battery.

But I do accept there may be variations.

Cheers

Garry

Back to the OP'a original question, the ARB recovery kit is a good bit of gear - the snatch block is good quality - mine mainly gets used for winching the caravan up my driveway. . I bought an ARB kit for my Birthday a couple of years back. It hasn't been used much, but it's easy to chuck in the back of whichever vehicle I'm in.

Originally Posted by garrycol

While there may be other considerations weight wise, the weight of an axillary battery would not normally be a consideration.

Usually (but not always) the aux battery will be some type of deep cycle battery and not suited for winch use. Mostly (and again not always) the winch is powered by the main starter battery not an additional battery.

But I do accept there may be variations.

Cheers

Garry

Handy to have a spare battery up front when winching for long periods at night, can always get a start out of the auxillary battery (deep cycle), have a swith on my Redarc system to start the motor if the main starter battery (which powers the winch alone) decides to have a rest, came in very handy on last recovery job on Mericumbene and Dry Creek F/T's, 17 hours total, probably 5 hours of winching a fully loaded Holden Captiva that had wrapped his metal fuel tank around his tail-shaft.
Amazing he got as far as he did, had no idea of the damage he'd done, car was a write off, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Stuart02;2613081

Wouldn't a hand winch with rope rather than cable be great.

Wyeth-Scott.com make a nice one.



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