Winches (this is for you, Alec)

[Hummie2]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> So, now for the million dollar question. When I get my new H2 stuck, how do I figure out how much force I will need to unstick it? Maybe those books on recovery that just I ordered will help me figure something out for myself!
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Don't know anyway to calculate how much force it takes to unstick something. That is mostly a try and see situation. Hopefully the books will have a section on winch saftey. When winching I stay as far away from the cable as my remote will let me, also lay some old tarp over the winch line to slow it should it break. The new synthetic lines are supposed to be "dead" (won't fly back) if they break, but are susceptable to abraision. When using a block use a saftey rope with some slack in it tied off to another tree to stop it from flying back should it break loose from its anchor point. I had one break loose once.

Remember Paragon's 9000# winch put 9000# on the receiver, 18000# on tow hook #1, 9000# on tow hook #2, and 36000# of force on the tree.

BE SAFE

Don

BTW the rear tow hooks mount to 11 ga.(.120)also, same as the receiver.

[This message was edited by Hummie2 on 04-28-03 at 11:51 PM.]