Recovery - The Fundamentals

[Newiereef]

So useful for the beginner.thankyou

[thelawz]

Thanks, very usefull information indeed. And seeing the Cruiser makes you realise how quick thinks can go wrong. I will buy a couple more snatch blocks.

[Winnie]

Look at how far a bull bar can travel when things turn bad.

Got sick of Motorculture so gone back to Tappa

[MudRunnerTD]

Wow!!!! Imagine being in the way of that!

[threedogs]

There is footage years ago of two grey nomads exploring up the NT ,when one got bogged not knowing what to do they hooked strap around the top of the stuck 4x4s bull bar.
Ripped the bulbar clean off the 4x4 not sure if anyone was injured, but pride was surely dented

[AJTich]

Thanks for all of this Muddy. So much great information... That is fantastic.

[Gu777]

Awesome information that is probably overlooked by so many, thanks I'm learning so much on here

[kind]

Great write up guys one thing I have learned the hard way is to make sure my winch also has reverse gearing. Puts a nugget in ya pants trying to go down a hill backwards and dropping a few feet from the winch letting go

[MudRunnerTD]

Great write up guys one thing I have learned the hard way is to make sure my winch also has reverse gearing. Puts a nugget in ya pants trying to go down a hill backwards and dropping a few feet from the winch letting go

Hi Kind,

Be very careful winching in reverse down hill. Sometimes it's necessary and such is life but understand what is going on.

A Lowmount winch (98%) of winches have an internal brake inside the drum that functions only when the winch stops. It them holds the winch in the stopped position. Your Lowmount winch actually just let's the brake out a little and when letting yourself down on the winch that internal drum brake gets very very HOT. This is the main reason that Lowmount winches are not ideal synthetic Rope. It melts. A protective sheath is recommended on the first wraps of rope.

If you run a steal cable then its not as concerning. Just be aware. It like riding the clutch or driving around with the handbrake on. It gets Hot. Play safe.

[bear3103]

Ime only new to the hobby and was wondering, on the back off the gu above the towbar is a metal loop, is that a good recovery point or should I invest in the towbar hitch????