Retired service manager, member of Solihull Society, SCLR, NCLR and the Santa Barbara 4Wheelers clubs.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with Detroit,T.T. lockers, 4:11's,H.D. axles, custom ft/rear bumpers with sliders, a 9500 HSI Warn winch and 5 HID's.
^ +1 by posting things like this helps prevent accidents next time. otherwise you wouldnt have known the difference.
+2 i agree
here is a video i made a while ago the winching starts at 8:30, you will notice i have a very heavy jacket over the winch line and my spotter stays out of the winch cable kill zone.
In the very same spot the very next weekend i snapped my cable in half and because of the jacket i use the cable went no where it just wrapped around one of the the jackets and dropped to the ground.
I recommend that there be something on the winch line in between every snatch block and also the truck.
so if you are using one snatch block you will need two jackets/blankets to drape over the cable. 2 snatch blocks= 3 blankets/jackets and so on.
my cable snapped in between two snatch blocks so be prepared when you go out. there is no such thing as too much recovery gear...lol
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03 Land rover disco 2 -- ARB bullbar w/warn m8000, Custom rear bumper, 04 CDL installed, Muffler removed, 16" Steel rims 235/85 Destination MT's, Spare tire moved to load space, Pioneer radio, OME 2inch HD lift, Front and rear TruTrack diffs, scangauge2.
12 Mercedes-benz ML350 BlueTec 28-mpg
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03 DII, 2" lift, ARD Brush Guard with Warn W8000 Winch + 2 PIA lights, and Safari Rack with 4 PIA + 1 utility light. Tom Woods front drive shaft. Michelin 4X4 O/R - 7.5 16C 116/114N Tires. My disco web album, have a look here.
3to 10 pounds, some people use 2 sided sand bags others go to a 4 wheel shop and buy something made for this.
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Mike
Retired service manager, member of Solihull Society, SCLR, NCLR and the Santa Barbara 4Wheelers clubs.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with Detroit,T.T. lockers, 4:11's,H.D. axles, custom ft/rear bumpers with sliders, a 9500 HSI Warn winch and 5 HID's.
Horse blankets work well for this, And have several great uses off road as traction aids in the snow and ice, and as some place reasonably comfortable to lay when working under your rig, or keeping you warm when u do break down in the cold.
Horse blankets work well for this, And have several great uses off road as traction aids in the snow and ice, and as some place reasonably comfortable to lay when working under your rig, or keeping you warm when u do break down in the cold.
I have a shipping blanket that should do the trick then.
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~Patrick
03 DII, 2" lift, ARD Brush Guard with Warn W8000 Winch + 2 PIA lights, and Safari Rack with 4 PIA + 1 utility light. Tom Woods front drive shaft. Michelin 4X4 O/R - 7.5 16C 116/114N Tires. My disco web album, have a look here.
To demonstrate everything to not do when winching.
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Originally Posted by Daedrix
This is why i will continue to post things like this, i always get good advice on what im doing wrong and how to correct it. A picture says a thousand words but a video speaks millions.
Or you could educate yourself some before going out. You didn't even get the very basics rights. It's not difficult correct+winching+technique
Or at the very least, RTFM. Everything you did wrong is covered in the winch manual.
One example, someone comes along and sees the tree you scarred, and maybe killed, and decides to start a campaign to close the place to vehicles.
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Tom Rowe
Atlanta, GA
Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck
in places even more inaccessible.
Tom I love how your so willing to to offer such insightful advice while not sounding like a total ass. Everyone has been giving me great advice on what i did wrong and how to fix it , but you seem to venture the path less traveled. As for educating myself, i thought that was the point of the forum. But i digress, every experience is a learning one and the next time time i put up a vid of me winching, it will be done safer due to what i have learned from the people on the forum, that includes you too Tom.
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~Patrick
03 DII, 2" lift, ARD Brush Guard with Warn W8000 Winch + 2 PIA lights, and Safari Rack with 4 PIA + 1 utility light. Tom Woods front drive shaft. Michelin 4X4 O/R - 7.5 16C 116/114N Tires. My disco web album, have a look here.
"...venture the path less traveled"? Every winch manufacturer includes a manual that covers safe winching.
They don't say "Use the winch while being videoed and post it on a forum so people can point out what you're doing wrong."
So it would seem all winch manufacturers are asses also.
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Tom Rowe
Atlanta, GA
Four wheel drive allows you to get stuck
in places even more inaccessible.
"RTFM" lmfao! That is great! On another note I would go and get a good quality synthetic winch line, they are lighter, stronger, safer, and last longer when properly cared for, in addition get one that has a provision for a Clevis at the business end. This will eliminate near half the hazards of winching out.
Movers' quilts seem like a good idea based on DiscoMike's weight recommendation. I have two that movers left several years ago. I weighed them yesterday and they were 7.5 to 8 lbs. each.
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'99 DII, STI wires, Champion 7070s, '04 CDL, ARB Bull Bar, Warn winch, Garvin WILDERNESS rack, painted headliner, air springs victim, headgaskets at 109,000, plus victim of XYZ and many other ridiculous DII failures. AMIGO FREE since February 2011.
Runs like a top; now if I could just afford the gas!
Yesterday I noticed that Lucky8 has cable bags for sale, might check them out.
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Mike
Retired service manager, member of Solihull Society, SCLR, NCLR and the Santa Barbara 4Wheelers clubs.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with Detroit,T.T. lockers, 4:11's,H.D. axles, custom ft/rear bumpers with sliders, a 9500 HSI Warn winch and 5 HID's.
You dont need a locker, you have a winch.
90% of off roading does not require a locker, the other 10% requires a locker or a winch, you already have a winch.
If you had working traction control that would be almost equivalent to a winch, so save your money on the lockers and fix your 3 Amigo's.
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2nd owner of a '97 Disco with a ARB winch bumper, SD roof rack, Rover Racks ladder, Cooper S/T's and 220,000 miles on the clock and still a daily driver.
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