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Old 26 May 2008
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Get a tirfor , hard work but never fail pull from any angle and can move to different vehicles .
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Get a tirfor , hard work but never fail pull from any angle and can move to different vehicles .
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If you're on your own, you can't drive and winch, but for what they cost, I'd chuck a tirfor in for good measure. Certainly would get your vehicle rubbersidedown again if you had a little roll and won't kill your batteries.

Electric winches are so much quicker & easier for a straight pull out of a hole though.

Please get into the habit of using a sail. I've seen some really close shaves with snatch-blocks or shackles though windscreens

Always use rated and tested shackles & hooks; they cost more but it's just not worth the risk to skimp.
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A private message sent to you Richard. Why did you take it off?

I'm pretty ignorant about winching, so please avoid wincing as I ask this dumb question:

1. "If you're on your own, you can't drive and winch" Really? I can't reach the controls around into the drivers area and try and slowly winch and drive at the same time. It does sound like youtube material in the making I suppose. Surely this applies to hand winches as well? I've always dug before but that isn't always so much fun...
Tom and Barry hand winching through the Amazon

I'm not against the idea of a hand winch but storing one and the steel rope in a 110 is hard. Either way I will get some training before attempting the afore mentioned abseil.

Tom and Barry noted "Hand winch - next time there'll be an electric or mechanical winch fitted to the landy. A hand winch is just not efficient enough for heavy use. The time taken to set it up (pulling an incredibly stiff lever to free the cable jaws), unwind the cable, pull it through the winch etc. is around 20 minutes if you're fast - then you have to put it away! After five or six times tiredness sets in and its just a total pain. An electric winch would have us through an obstacle in 5 minutes with minimal effort instead of 45 minutes hard slog." Link to more...
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1. "If you're on your own, you can't drive and winch" Really? I can't reach the controls around into the drivers area and try and slowly winch and drive at the same time.
Sorry, should have made it clear. I meant with a hand winch (tirfor) you can't winch and drive.
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Darrin, if you are coming to the HUBB meet in Ripley I will show you my Tirfor which is the big 532 model and Twodogs has the smaller one for comparison. I also have an electric winch which has a simple mount to the bumper.
If you do go with an electric then I would seriously consider making it demountable so that you can put it on the back - it's often easier to get out of trouble that way.
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A private message sent to you Richard. Why did you take it off?
I needed the carrying capacity and there's sod all to winch off in the dunes!
The controls do reach to the drivers seat (at least they do on a SW).
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A method for winching when there's sod all to winch off.
I use 2" angle iron with holes drilled for shackles. It works well and you get some warning as they start to pull out.
I don't know if it would work in sand. I think the method there is to bury an anchor of some kind.
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