Top 10 Best Off-Roading Words of Wisdom
11-23-2009 | 02:17 PM
#191
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Re: Top 10 Best Off-Roading Words of Wisdom
Here's what the post said:
CHAINS ARE BAD.
In that case, disregard my entire post.
OTOH, it's still wise information to know if you are looking into purchasing some type of recovery equipment!
11-24-2009 | 12:49 AM
#192
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From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Tire chains are good if the ground is frozen and you are dealing with terrain covered in snow and ice. Otherwise they are bad (they tear up the trail).
Chains used for a recovery are bad. There is a place for a chain in your recovery bag (pulling deadfall out of the way), but this is a tool to be used by people who have plenty of knowledge and experience. An improperly used chain is about as dangerous as someone driving a truck down the trail through your group at 60 MPH.
Chains used for a recovery are bad. There is a place for a chain in your recovery bag (pulling deadfall out of the way), but this is a tool to be used by people who have plenty of knowledge and experience. An improperly used chain is about as dangerous as someone driving a truck down the trail through your group at 60 MPH.
12-02-2009 | 03:30 PM
#197
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Simply put, they break very easy.
And so are tow straps and/or redovery straps with metal hooks on the ned.
You would be surprised how much kinetic force you exert when you start pulling and especially when you start jerking a vehicle to recover it.
The best answer is to use a recovery strap - not a tow strap - with loops woven into both ends of the strap.
Check this out:
Sorry it's so long, but it's good information on why you should only use a recovery strap.
Want to read more, this came from the following web page:
http://www.offroaders.com/info/4x4-f...hot_Extraction
And so are tow straps and/or redovery straps with metal hooks on the ned.
You would be surprised how much kinetic force you exert when you start pulling and especially when you start jerking a vehicle to recover it.
The best answer is to use a recovery strap - not a tow strap - with loops woven into both ends of the strap.
Check this out:
Sorry it's so long, but it's good information on why you should only use a recovery strap.
Want to read more, this came from the following web page:
http://www.offroaders.com/info/4x4-f...hot_Extraction
To think I was crucified to being critical of some guys who used a chain with J-Hooks to winch a guy out of a mud puddle.
12-07-2009 | 11:18 AM
#198
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From: B.F.E, MI
While ignoring the above wise advice, and miles back on a power line, saw cattails on either side of me,
ahead of me...some green mossy area that still looked solid enough,
I suddenly sitting on the pans in some really (really) smelly swamp mud.
Trees lined either side of the powerline, and with the lockers and the 2 50' straps and winch, we got it out.
It would have been a long walk.
Where the cat tail grows, no man goes.
Trees lined either side of the powerline, and with the lockers and the 2 50' straps and winch, we got it out.
It would have been a long walk.
01-20-2010 | 01:15 PM
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From: Ft Worth
Great Thread! 
(Stuck in a muddy hay field. We are waiting on another buddy to bring a new strap.)
Me: "You smell something?"
Buddy: "Nope."
Me: "You smell something burning?"
Buddy: "It's just my cig."
Me: "No, it spells like a wild fire."
Looks under JEEP. Catalatic Converter was glowing red and had started grass fire.
Me: "OH $HIT!!!! OH $HIT!!!! OH $HIT!!!! THROW IT OUT!!!"
My buddy never lets me forget the "THROW IT OUT" phrase. He always asks, "What in the hell did you mean?"
(Stuck in a muddy hay field. We are waiting on another buddy to bring a new strap.)
Me: "You smell something?"
Buddy: "Nope."
Me: "You smell something burning?"
Buddy: "It's just my cig."
Me: "No, it spells like a wild fire."
Looks under JEEP. Catalatic Converter was glowing red and had started grass fire.
Me: "OH $HIT!!!! OH $HIT!!!! OH $HIT!!!! THROW IT OUT!!!"
My buddy never lets me forget the "THROW IT OUT" phrase. He always asks, "What in the hell did you mean?"