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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / February 2004Winching and tree protectors
I'm about to buy a hand winch and will also need some sort of tree protector. I already have a 10m webbing tow rope / winch extension strap, is there any reason I cannot use that as a tree protector by simply looping it around the tree and attaching the winch hook to the two end loops of the strap? Mike Harding Can't see why not, tree protector is handy if you need some extra distance. Murphy's law that the tree will be that extra few metres away ? > I'm about to buy a hand winch and will also need some > sort of tree protector. I already have a 10m webbing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Mike Harding Mike I have a handwinch and I bought a recovery kit along with it...shackles, gloves etc including a tree protector. Those handwinches are slow and you need to be fit. But they will get you out of the poo. I rekkon that when you need to winch the health of tree is about the last thing you'll worry about so anything at hand is good. I also have a ground anchor, heavy and bulky but for sand or loose ground they're brilliant. The nearest tree is always further than the length of rope you have. Cheers Jim > I'm about to buy a hand winch and will also need some > sort of tree protector. I already have a 10m webbing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Mike Harding No real reason why you couldn't use the winch extension strap. I bet that when you get bogged/stuck though you will need the winch extension AND a tree protector ;-) The tree protector is better suited being shorter and wider than an extension strap. Whatever you do though dont use a snatch strap in place of the extension/protector, but I suspect you would already know that. :-) >I'm about to buy a hand winch and will also need some >sort of tree protector. I already have a 10m webbing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Mike Harding >I bet that when you get bogged/stuck though you will need the winch >extension AND a tree protector ;-) That goes without saying :) >Whatever you do though dont use a snatch strap in place of the >extension/protector, but I suspect you would already know that. :-) Thanks, I did - good way to make a catapult :) but you have given me an idea; How about wrapping the snatch strap around the tree many times until the two ends are only a foot or so long and then hooking the winch up to that - I _think_ the pulling energy would then be dispersed in the first turn or so of the strap and, thus, there would be very little elasticity - comments anyone? Mike Harding That's what I do! ......................................................................... : On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:52:13 GMT, Jason.Goods@washdown.net.nl wrote: : : >I bet that when you get bogged/stuck though you will need the winch : >extension AND a tree protector ;-) : : That goes without saying :) : : >Whatever you do though dont use a snatch strap in place of the : >extension/protector, but I suspect you would already know that. :-) : : Thanks, I did - good way to make a catapult :) but you : have given me an idea; How about wrapping the snatch : strap around the tree many times until the two ends are : only a foot or so long and then hooking the winch up : to that - I _think_ the pulling energy would then be : dispersed in the first turn or so of the strap and, thus, : there would be very little elasticity - comments anyone? : : Mike Harding : > Thanks, I did - good way to make a catapult :) but you > have given me an idea; How about wrapping the snatch [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > dispersed in the first turn or so of the strap and, thus, > there would be very little elasticity - comments anyone? It's always best to have all the equipment you may need, but when you don't, you have to work with what you've got. I was once in a situation requiring some winching with only the winch and snatch strap available. I did exactly what you suggest: wrapped most of the length of the snatch strap around a tree to minimize the springing and hooked the winch to it. This worked well enough. Vector |
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