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Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??

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Old 04-05-2011, 02:31 AM
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Default Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??
Just watched a video of it. Why aren't these things more popular?!
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Old 04-05-2011, 03:23 AM
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I wouldn't trust it.

You really can't turn your wheels and I would be afraid of busting off my lugs. They have been around for many years and never took off for a reason.
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Old 04-05-2011, 06:08 AM
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I can't watch the video but is this similar to on dually military trucks when they run a line between the tires and let it win up to pull itself out?
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Just watched it and it is a drum of cable that attatches to the wheel studs and as your wheel turns the cable spools up.
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Around here they use them to winch deer and elk out of deep canyons but not vehicles.
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Just the idea sounds like its hard on equipment, and highly unsafe. I'll take my 9.5Ti.
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I'm not sure the wheel's bolts, differential and everything attached to them are dimensioned to pull the whole vehicle's weight through a single wheel. The weight is normally distributed among the four wheels.
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This is a very old design used on military vehicles and Land Rovers and has been used for at least 50 years. Do a search for Hubbytrax.
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yeah this has been around forever ,old military buddy told me about this years ago
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