Winching Technique Often missed

[hammersley]

I noticed that in Joe Donnelly's excellent article on winching - last TRD - he obviously couldn't cover everything - although almost - he didn't mention one of the greatest methods of self extraction where there are no trees - rocks - other vehicles - well simply NOTHING but open ground - like a desert. And that's simply burrying your spare tire 90 degrees to the pull. I've used this technique on a beach and in a desert situation - there are probably better illustrations but scroll down and you'll get the picture..... if you plan on using this technique - have a HD piece of iron to run over the outside of the tire - and attach through the wheel.



When we did this we buried the tire below grade and ran the cable back a long ways - we even cut a trench for the last 30-40 feet so the winch was pulling against old mother earth - ahe wasn't going to budge!



http://www.bushwacker.co.za/p24.htm

 

[bighammer]

One thing I've discovered but never seen mentioned anywhere is that if you need a tug and have no winch, you can attach to a stationary object and push sideways in the center of the attachment. The longer the distance, the better. (assuming your attachment doesn't have excessive stretch) Also the tighter you make the initial attachment, the better as well.

It's just using simple geometry to multiply your mechanical advantage.

 

[Cummins Pilot]

Go get stuck out in BFN and you'll come up with all sorts of ways to get it unstuck.