If you can't afford a winch.

[buckshot500]

If you can't afford a winch, at least take one of these with you.

http://www.google.com/products/cata...ei=cC9UTteFC4XcgQeI18wz&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQ8wIwAg

Yes it's 8,000 lbs rated for $30.00.


And a hi-lift jack if you can swing it. and some decent tow straps & shackles.

 

[Mg-rover1]

Pretty cool...I don't want to be in the middle cranking that thing when it breaks off winching a truck.

 

[007]

Horrible reviews on that contraption of junk, why would you reccomend such a thing?

 

[mrchips]

Winches are so cheap now, you can get a 8000 lb for $299. it will get you out of a jam if needed

 

[Eventhough]

These are an option, just like using a Hi-Lift to winch with the appropriate straps. The BIG downside is you are right in the middle of everything if something happens to go wrong/break.

 

[K2ZJ]

Winches are so cheap now, you can get a 8000 lb for $299. it will get you out of a jam if needed

And what does the bumper cost to put the winch in? And if they are so cheap feel free to send me one

 

[Ray Hyland]

Come-alongs can be very useful.

I sometimes carry one if I am going up some tricky trails on my own and if I have lots of space in the back of the truck.

I have a 12000 pd hydraulic winch as my main recovery tool, but I have a high-lift if I get a log or rock wedged under the axle, or if I need to lift the truck up and out of a deep rut. Less damage than dragging the truck off with the winch alone.

The come-along is very useful for tricky sideways situations, or for positioning logs etc if you are in a situation where getting the normal winch into play is difficult. Also if you need to winch yourself backwards off of something. I know you can do all of that with the hi-lift as well, but I find the come-along a lot more convenient to use in those situations than the hi-lift.

But the amount of time I actually use and need it is rare, so it only comes along when I have the space and weight available, or if I will be on a tricky trail.

Most of the time I just use it to pull firewood from a slash-pile or clearcut.

Cheers

Ray

 

[mogwildRW1]

For real work, the manual kind, like tipping your rig back over, you'll want to trust something like the TIRFOR, or GREIFZUG

They run a special cable, but grip that cable like no other, and the pull gobs of weight safely.

 

[Ray Hyland]

Trev, the Tirfor is an amazing tool, but the last time I looked at them they cost nearly the same price as an electric winch.

So a very cool, very capable, but fairly expensive (to me) tool. At least the ones I looked at, I may have been looking in a very expensive place.

 

[Sirocco]

TIRFOR is the only recommended hand winch. They can be had for cheap on ebay (here in the UK) just make sure you get the cable with it as it has a tapered end. normal cable will not work.

Used one once to haul a fully loaded 90 around a corner and up a very steep slope. It took 2 of us, but it was very handy indeed.

G

 

[Nonimouse]

"Used one once to haul a fully loaded 90 around a corner and up a very steep slope. It took 2 of us, but it was very handy indeed."

And very entertaining to watch it was to!

 

[LR Max]

If you can't afford a winch, then a) don't get stuck or b) don't travel alone + tow strap.

There, easy fix.

 

[mogwildRW1]

Trev, the Tirfor is an amazing tool, but the last time I looked at them they cost nearly the same price as an electric winch.

So a very cool, very capable, but fairly expensive (to me) tool. At least the ones I looked at, I may have been looking in a very expensive place.

They go pretty cheap on the used market, watch Kijiji and those kind of sites. Just make sure the cables in good shape, they cost an arm and a let.

I know its probably near the same price an an entry level winch, but when your winch is dead, or your ride is tipped sideways, its a real life saver.

I agree with LR Max, don't wheel alone if you can't afford good recovery equipment.

 

[Sirocco]

Forgot about that.

We used it to haul it up Dunlop Hill in West Wales. Around a switchback and on some.

G

 

[Nonimouse]

I can top trump you there, we used one to hall a 110 (not mine) up Pheasant Pen Steps - all the blessed way