1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
Yes the interior is the burnt orange kind. ugly. but uncommon. all the panels are in poor shape, dash is cracked, and the 1 original seat thats left is tore up. i'm not too concerned about screwing it up as you can see
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the aftermath of fun (now with pics of stuck)
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Warn makes pretty good stuff nowadays. Their first ones were junk. Problem is, folks buy a winch, bolt it on, and have no idea what kind of force they are dealing with.
Back when I was helping build winches, we would try to give a little school to first time buyers.
For instance, if you are winching to a tree, stop before you get to it. Its really embarrassing to winch hard up to a tree and realize you are still stuck and cannot back up.
Personally heard of that twice.
First time, they unhooked, one guy stood on the other's shoulders and they hooked the cable up as high as they could to a neighboring tree. Turned the winch on, it picked up the front end of the truck and swung it over.
Second guys just chopped the first tree off close to the ground and kept winching on to the next one in line.
But the real danger is how much raw power you are dealing with.
Couple of guys got a Jeep Wagoneer stuck several years ago and wanted me to pull them out.
When I got there, I found a nice solid tree to put my bumper against, they hooked up the cable, put the Jeep in reverse low and I started winching.
The Jeep moved back about 2 feet and stopped. I knew this truck and winch real well, and I realized it was taking a lot more pull than it should.
I knocked the transmission out of gear and told the guys that we had better check things out, because something was wrong.
They said the only problem was that that big ol winch of mine just didn't have any balls.
Being as this was the old truck, which had the BIG pto winch shaft driven off the transfer case I knew that was not true.
Today, I am more mellow and would not take offense. Back then, it stung a little.
Told them to hang on, and dropped the tranny back into gear.
Couple of seconds later, I heard a loud clanging noise coming from the Jeep. Along with waving arms out the windows.
Then, the driver came slithering out the window, landing face first in the mud and then getting up and running back yelling stop! stop!
I had already put the transmission back in neutral, and we evaluated the situation.
It turned out, as he had driven into the hole, there was a large stump just under the mud. He was sinking as he went forward. The front end cleared it easily, the crossmember scrubbed across it, and then he was deep enough that the rear axle hit it solid and stopped him.
When I hooked to him, I pulled him back until the crossmember stopped him against the stump.
When I started pulling again, it bent the crossmember enough that it pushed the transmission and engine forward until the fan hit the radiator.
At the same time, it drew the sides of the frame in until it jammed all four doors.
I gave them a ride out, and they came back with some stakes and plywood. Built a cofferdam around the Jeep, dug out underneath it until they could cut the stump off with a chainsaw, and then towed it out.
I understand they finally got it drivable.
BTW, proper winch etiquette, says if someone is pulling you out, you do the dirty work of hooking up the cable, and then wind it up smoothly for them after you get out.
J.
Back when I was helping build winches, we would try to give a little school to first time buyers.
For instance, if you are winching to a tree, stop before you get to it. Its really embarrassing to winch hard up to a tree and realize you are still stuck and cannot back up.
Personally heard of that twice.
First time, they unhooked, one guy stood on the other's shoulders and they hooked the cable up as high as they could to a neighboring tree. Turned the winch on, it picked up the front end of the truck and swung it over.
Second guys just chopped the first tree off close to the ground and kept winching on to the next one in line.
But the real danger is how much raw power you are dealing with.
Couple of guys got a Jeep Wagoneer stuck several years ago and wanted me to pull them out.
When I got there, I found a nice solid tree to put my bumper against, they hooked up the cable, put the Jeep in reverse low and I started winching.
The Jeep moved back about 2 feet and stopped. I knew this truck and winch real well, and I realized it was taking a lot more pull than it should.
I knocked the transmission out of gear and told the guys that we had better check things out, because something was wrong.
They said the only problem was that that big ol winch of mine just didn't have any balls.
Being as this was the old truck, which had the BIG pto winch shaft driven off the transfer case I knew that was not true.
Today, I am more mellow and would not take offense. Back then, it stung a little.
Told them to hang on, and dropped the tranny back into gear.
Couple of seconds later, I heard a loud clanging noise coming from the Jeep. Along with waving arms out the windows.
Then, the driver came slithering out the window, landing face first in the mud and then getting up and running back yelling stop! stop!
I had already put the transmission back in neutral, and we evaluated the situation.
It turned out, as he had driven into the hole, there was a large stump just under the mud. He was sinking as he went forward. The front end cleared it easily, the crossmember scrubbed across it, and then he was deep enough that the rear axle hit it solid and stopped him.
When I hooked to him, I pulled him back until the crossmember stopped him against the stump.
When I started pulling again, it bent the crossmember enough that it pushed the transmission and engine forward until the fan hit the radiator.
At the same time, it drew the sides of the frame in until it jammed all four doors.
I gave them a ride out, and they came back with some stakes and plywood. Built a cofferdam around the Jeep, dug out underneath it until they could cut the stump off with a chainsaw, and then towed it out.
I understand they finally got it drivable.
BTW, proper winch etiquette, says if someone is pulling you out, you do the dirty work of hooking up the cable, and then wind it up smoothly for them after you get out.
J.
1BEATK5
1/2 ton status
The guy who owned the property i was on, and all his buddies where awesome. they wound the winch cable up on my wrangler at least 3 times, helped hook stuff up, and where on the phone with everybody they knew who had a winch trying to find some help.
i did however wade out and hook my truck up, not only as a curtesy, but i know where my tow points are in the rear of my rig, and i wanted to know for sure they where hooked correctly.
when my brother got there he was nice enough to hook the truck back up for me, and i operated the winch. was a nice break. it was getting cold and i was soaked and muddy.
i was trying to be as self sufficient as possible. it was my truck and my stuck.
my brother and i have had to winch together a few times and work well together and are on the same page. usually its his truck, not mine. and thats 3 times i've pulled out a heavy rig with the wrangler and the 9500ti. very happy with it. would buy another if i needed to. i'm very impressed that no recovery gear broke. prob just lucky.
i did however wade out and hook my truck up, not only as a curtesy, but i know where my tow points are in the rear of my rig, and i wanted to know for sure they where hooked correctly.
when my brother got there he was nice enough to hook the truck back up for me, and i operated the winch. was a nice break. it was getting cold and i was soaked and muddy.
i was trying to be as self sufficient as possible. it was my truck and my stuck.
my brother and i have had to winch together a few times and work well together and are on the same page. usually its his truck, not mine. and thats 3 times i've pulled out a heavy rig with the wrangler and the 9500ti. very happy with it. would buy another if i needed to. i'm very impressed that no recovery gear broke. prob just lucky.
