What's your best 4x4 winching tip?

As a trainer myself the best tip I can give you, to save accidently stepping over live rope -- Whenever possible attach the D shackle to recovery point on driver's side, when hooking up to the tree protector stand on the driver's side - you will automatically operate the winch from the driver's side, this almost totally removes the chance of finding yourself on the wrong side of a live recovery

Excellent video, you actually know what you are talking about.

When winching, have your motor running, preferably at high idle to recharge the battery & don't turn it off until well after the recovery is complete otherwise you might not have enough battery power to start your engine.

Excellent to actually see a rope snapped. Very good video for beginners.

Great video and thank you for running through the basics. I'm waiting for my new hilux to come, and I can't wait to get out for some adventures and learn more about it. Thanks mate really enjoyed your video

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Informative video. Thanks 😊 Seems like a good area to go 4x4ing.

More videos on recovery with different means in different scenarios would be nice

As the owner of a 79 with "Induction cooking but not a Air Fryer" I'm not insulted LOL. Never seen one weigh under 4000kg, fully kitted out. Winching one of these is a task. I don't take a extension rope, but a spare winch rope. I know its a No No. I boy scout it on to get that extra distance or to double up my pull. My bad. Dampeners do work with lighter items like bow shackles and recovery points etc. by absorbing some of the energy. But larger items like a Bulbar from a Hilux. Tend to just fall a foot or two in front of the vehicle !!!

Hello, nice video, and very well explained, congratulations, just one thing though. When you did the double line pull and demonstrated that the rope didn’t go through the pulley. In reality if the vehicle rolled, it probably would have just broken something and rolled to the bottom. The reason for this is called “shock loading” I will use the example of a free falling weight here, i know the car is not free falling but on a hill so the mathematics will be different but it will give you some idea. If we have a load on one tonne and drop it 1 inch, the force to stop it will require 2 tonnes, if we drop it 2 inches the force will 4 tones (this is a general rule of thumb). So for every inch a load free falls the force required to stop it will double. If a car starts to roll down a hill before it’s connected up properly there is every chance that you will never be able to stop it and something will break. So until the car is fully connected it should always be treated as “Uns-secured”

Thanks for the video :) That looks like the Grampians?? could be wrong :P

In an automatic, put in neutral and winch while it’s in neutral ? That’s not real good for your automatic gearbox though, especially if you’re winching any sort of distant. I’d leave it in gear and that way you can drive when necessary too 😉👍 Go the #littlegreymountaingoat - got to love a #zook 👍👍 Great clip mate

Thanks for the great video ☺️. I’ve got a query about the best way to temporarily shorten a synthetic winch extension rope, and the effect of the technique on the rope’s rating. Would love to hear your thoughts

and after that happened to you ( Car falling off truck ) you still remain in good composure? Hats off to you Sir, i like your attitude , ill subscribe in the hope some of it rubs off on me , LOL

Hey mate

Mate keen to see a vid on Kinetic Ropes

Info on your weight indicator and loadcell please

Do all winches have that free spool? Other recovery videos I see never show anyone loosened the spool they just pull the rope out...hence asking. Did you let the winch pull without driving up at the same time?

I imagine you were using a winch roap at the end of its life. Any idea how it failed? A nik or a wear point or do these ropes just harden and die? Thanks = always worth watching even when the props fail!

Ok serious question , because 2 lines , FROM car 9500lb and TO car 9500lb , the pulley is working at 18,000lb ( Double line pull ) BUT, you have your pulley connected to a 4.75t rated bow shackle, which is only rated to 4.75t ( 10,471lb) , so in essence its being overloaded .... Wouldnt that be correct ?

Maybe you should show the tow truck driver how to winch or how to secure a load LOL. Just one comment at the start and once you were back in the vehicle and each time you proceeded to winch.. you said to "put the vehicle in park and park brake on - put the vehicle in neutral and park brake off" .. that is only for automatic vehicles, for those of us that have manual vehicles it should be in 1st gear and handbrake on etc... :) I was taught to have the vehicle running anytime you use the winch, both for out spooling and for winching in, also to only use the winch remote/operate the winch from the driver side of the vehicle then there is No need to go over the cable when under tension, and when winching in to assist the winch by trying to drive the vehicle in the direction of the winch at a slow pace to not overrun the winch if you do gain traction. It would have been interesting to see where and how the winch rope broke, it's a pity you didn't have a camera set up on that area of the test rig. A great introductory video to show others how to use a winch.

Sorry about your rope let us know in a future episode what happened

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I don't get why you are winching in neutral. Every winching I have seen, they have been driving to assist the winch.

If you hook up the snatch block to the anchor point it is absolutely 100% NOT a mechanical advantage it is only a change of direction. If you have a snatch block at the vehicle that actually moves at your vehicle that would be a mechanical advantage. There are so many winch videos that don’t understand how mechanical advantage works. The other 99% of this video is amazing though

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