ive got a winch, any recommendations on how to run the cable from the front, under the chasis and to the rear (1 Viewer)

[CharlieS]

I don't see there being many real world scenarios where setting up with snatch blocks to winch backwards will be practical or achievable with suitable anchor points etc.

Dyneema extension ropes, doughnut style aluminium snatch rings, soft shackles etc are all pretty cheap now. All these would definitely be part of a winch recovery kit, if I had a winch.

If you're the first car in a group, this means there's a car behind you that can do a static pull, or snatch strap recovery.
Extension rope, snatch blocks etc can open up possibile options for this too

Think also about the redirect, not just extraction.

In the pictures below I was driving and the rear end slid down into this tree root/ledge. If I kept driving, it would have mangled the rear quarter even more and probably ripped out the taillight.

We used my front mounted winch, two snatch blocks (traditional AEV pulley style), two tree savers and soft shackles to redirect the pull on the rear bumper to allow me to pivot off the root and get clear.

I'm the dope behind the wheel, not the guy in the photo. The angle felt fairly sketchy... The recovery was smooth.

 

[CharlieS]

PS. I was the tailgunner, so there wasn't anyone behind me to winch from behind.

PPS. It is hard to see, but the winch line runs uphill, over and back down, not under the 80. Friction is a synthetic winch line killer.

 

[use2bn83]

I carry a hi-lift and have used it to pull my truck or others backwards a couple of times. It works great, albeit a workout. Running a winch line under my truck is not something I’d try unless it was my absolute last option, just too much there to go wrong.

A 60” hilift is a great tool to have in the quiver.

 

[CharlieS]

I carry a hi-lift and have used it to pull my truck or others backwards a couple of times. It works great, albeit a workout. Running a winch line under my truck is not something I’d try unless it was my absolute last option, just too much there to go wrong.

A 60” hilift is a great tool to have in the quiver.

But like any other tool, requires knowledge of safe use. I saw an I4WDTA trainer use a coconut to demonstrate what happens if your skull (or other body parts) get between the handle and the post when the handle slips. Bad news. Definitely something that merits some training!

 

[clx16]

Sometimes the biggest baddest comealong/hand winch can be cost effective, light and enough to get you moving again. They have some at least to 10k lbs.

 

[Broski]

Sometimes the biggest baddest comealong/hand winch can be cost effective, light and enough to get you moving again. They have some at least to 10k lbs.

Or a hi lift jack would work !

 

[use2bn83]

But like any other tool, requires knowledge of safe use. I saw an I4WDTA trainer use a coconut to demonstrate what happens if your skull (or other body parts) get between the handle and the post when the handle slips. Bad news. Definitely something that merits some training!

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[Rifleman]

I saw an I4WDTA trainer use a coconut to demonstrate what happens if your skull (or other body parts) get between the handle and the post when the handle slips. Bad news. Definitely something that merits some training!

I've seen some dumb people do some really stupid SH1t while off road, I'm starting to think in their case they may actuality benefit by seeing a coconut getting smacked by a HI Lift jack handle, Or a steel winch cable go flying, and see the energy it releases if it breaks or comes free, All because they didn't put a simple weight on the cable like a floor mat to dampen it,

 

[Marvelicious]

There's a saying in heavy industry that incurious safety people have corrupted into, "Stay out of the bite," but it's actually a much older expression that was originally, "Stay out of the bight." Bight as in the bight of a line. I'm sure it's originally a nautical saying and I suspect it dates back to the time of sails. Anyone who has worked around rigging for long enough has probably seen the reason for this rule, when something came loose and a line suddenly straightened with incredible force and speed.

As for hi-lift jacks, they make cable rigging look positively safe, but they're a hell of a tool in a pinch.

 

[Broski]

Amazingly applying common sense works wonders !!