Ultra Low Budget Recovery

[Antichrist]

Not much to say really.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnRRGW6z3UQ"]YouTube - Fordson tractor stuck in the mud[/ame]

 

[ExpoScout]

Well, they've got ingenuity...I'll give them that

 

[Lynn]

That's actually a fairly well-known trick among farmers. At least my father knew about it, and taught it to me when I was a kid.

 

[Antichrist]

That's actually a fairly well-known trick among farmers. At least my father knew about it, and taught it to me when I was a kid.

Yeah, same here, but I hadn't really thought about it in a long time until I saw the video.

Ingenuity is often the name of the game, especially when you're alone.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

Another cheep of recovery technique I have not seen in many years, but did work. Bolted to the wheel lug nuts is a drum that a recovery cable could be attached to. When the wheel with the drum and cable attached to it would spin with the wheel, that became the winch. I have seen it work, but I have never done it myself.

There's a company in OZ land that is selling new versions of that.

Pretty neat. There's a thread about it here somewhere.

I like the tractor trick. The guy I used to hay for did that once to get his Farmall 300 and baler out of a wet spot.

He used 2x6 planks, but the effect was the same.

:coffeedrink:

 

[Antichrist]

Another cheep of recovery technique I have not seen in many years, but did work. Bolted to the wheel lug nuts is a drum that a recovery cable could be attached to.

Like this?

 

[rezdiver]

i have a set of those hub winches for my Iltis, they are also called "Unstuckers" they do work well but they are basically designed for mud and snow. they would probably break or you would break an axle if you tried to climb over a rock with it. they are not a cheap alternative though. a set would probably sell for around 200 or more plus a good rope is also pricy.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KHUL3N2Djg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KHUL3N2Djg[/ame]


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJOeEaba__c"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJOeEaba__c[/ame]

 

[bcrez]

What an awesome trick. I wonder how well that would work on a Taco?

 

[Lynn]

What an awesome trick. I wonder how well that would work on a Taco?

How much do you value your body panels? (Assuming you are talking about the OP, not the wheel winch drums...)

 

[scarysharkface]

Those winch-wheel drums were popular with tower-erector crews in the sixties. I was but a kid when I watched a crew erect a 185-foot FM radio tower using a slip-rope on one of those. They are great for cheap winching with really long lines, since the entirety of the line does not need to stay on the drum. With a person pulling tension on the back end, five or six turns around the drum has enough friction to pull a couple thousand pounds fairly easily..

John

 

[washington taco]

That trick can be done with a dulley. Wrap a recovery strap between the rear tires and ancher.

 

[Metcalf]

I wrapped a few sections of hose around a dually wheel set on a type 6 BLM engine to get out once. Not recommended. We ended up having to take the duals off to cut the hose off the rim. It did work to get the vehicle recovered.

You can get a decent electric winch these days for $300. Just saying.....

 

[Snagger]

Wheel winches have been available for Land rovers since the 50's. I have no idea how well they work or how prone to damaging the body they are.