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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 17:19:18 GMT
Post by robmac on Jun 18, 2013 17:19:18 GMT
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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 20:15:21 GMT
Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 18, 2013 20:15:21 GMT
Yes! You need big arms though goodluck
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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 20:43:57 GMT
Post by robmac on Jun 18, 2013 20:43:57 GMT
Yes! You need big arms though goodluck Hmmm! Might go electric in that case!
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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 20:54:56 GMT
Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 18, 2013 20:54:56 GMT
That sounds easier! I was thinking about one too,but its finding one that's lightweight and still man enough to pull 3.5T of van!
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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 21:04:47 GMT
Post by robmac on Jun 18, 2013 21:04:47 GMT
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Winch
Jun 18, 2013 21:43:17 GMT
Post by Etienne Le Croq on Jun 18, 2013 21:43:17 GMT
Going by ones that they sell for Landrovers,then yes you can spend 100's .Really though if its only used occasionally ,does one need to spend a fortune.That ones keenly priced ,so worth a try.I don't have a tow bar on my van yet though !
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Post by n brown on Jul 3, 2013 7:47:26 GMT
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Winch
Jul 3, 2013 19:43:48 GMT
Post by robmac on Jul 3, 2013 19:43:48 GMT
I bought the towing strap after seeing yours at Charlie's wedding Nigel. (actually I got 2 for £16 inc postage). They are a great bit of kit and my son has already used mine in anger. If I go for the winch, maybe this will get me to the nearest tree, they are usually just too far out of reach!
Any recommendations for a ground anchor which will be suitable for a m/home?
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Winch
Jul 3, 2013 20:20:14 GMT
Post by n brown on Jul 3, 2013 20:20:14 GMT
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Winch
Jul 3, 2013 20:42:10 GMT
Post by robmac on Jul 3, 2013 20:42:10 GMT
Looks quite good but large to stow. I've also seen a system where 3 pins are driven into the ground at an angle then lashed together so they support the one in front of them thereby tripling the grip. I might try an experiment with some old mooring pins.
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Winch
Jul 3, 2013 21:07:43 GMT
Post by n brown on Jul 3, 2013 21:07:43 GMT
I had an idea on those lines with 2 pins ,one a circus tent peg about 3 foot log,driven in about halfway,the winch line is fixed to this at ground level,then a rope from the top of the pin goes to ground level of an 8 foot scaffold tube driven in 2 foot then you have a mate,preferably a large slow witted one,hanging on to the top of the tube.this would either work,or your large mate gets embedded in your windscreen !
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Winch
Jul 4, 2013 8:35:07 GMT
Post by Pollik on Jul 4, 2013 8:35:07 GMT
I now have this mental picture of a front mounted electric winch connected to a land anchor flying through the air towards the windscreen.
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Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 11:59:34 GMT
I think the idea of using the tractor is probably best of the lot. Isn't that what you see down by the beach when there are boats to be pulled out or off?
I saw a great bit of kit yesterday when at the workshop. It's a device that slips over the forks of a forklift ( tractors can have forks now too) and is somehow anchored ( I've forgotten the detail, but i think it was some sort of easy pin. The point of the device is that it can be fixed to the draw -hitch of anything and can push the offender anywhere that a tractor can go.
Come to think of it, perhaps it is "push only". Basically it consisted of two pieces of square box that slip over the forks. The ball and drop-pin bit is welded onto a tongue at the business end.
All a bit like those caravan pushers really, but heavy duty. A bit bulky for lugging about, I suppose.
Tow ropes and chains and bonds are alright till something gives. Then it's look-out! On the other hand, this contraption is unlikely to break whatever the task.
sean rua.
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Post by n brown on Sept 5, 2013 12:17:26 GMT
on a few vans I've had,i've bolted a towball to the front as well as the back. really handy for manouvering statics and caravans about in tight places ,also handy for when it's you that needs pulling out !
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 18:02:41 GMT
Post by Etienne Le Croq on Sept 5, 2013 18:02:41 GMT
That's an old Landrover trick Mr Brown!
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:18:14 GMT
Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 20:18:14 GMT
Yes, so many more of the old vehicles had proper hitching points on them. This was a good idea. Since the coming of the age of plastic more vehicles are designed more for recycling than for rescuing, imo.
Though i hardly dare mention it, I wouldn't expect most of the RVs I see about to be much good off the tarmac. They look ungainly and top-heavy to me, especially with those single wheels at the back. Just my impression. I ain't having a pop. The son was always getting his ( mine) stuck. Now the thing is parked up most of the time, though I suppose that is the norm, even for things that are out daily, like milk-floats.
sean rua
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:21:49 GMT
Post by Firefox on Sept 5, 2013 20:21:49 GMT
What type of vehicle have you and the son got seanrua
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Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 20:22:53 GMT
I suddenly thought: with all these Travellers going around and all these councils acting the way they do, you won't need an anchor soon. All you'll have to do is hook on and winch yourself back to the barrier or height restrictor or TVO or whatever it is. And that's just to get ye through all the slippery grey water on the highway.
sean rua
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:28:43 GMT
Post by Firefox on Sept 5, 2013 20:28:43 GMT
If you can get under it! I'd dearly love to make a few of those disappear in the small hours, they're totally discriminatory against people with larger vehicles.
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:28:51 GMT
Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 20:28:51 GMT
An old Swift, Firefox. One of the worst buys I ever made. It wouldn't even encourage a man to chore one!
I hope I never see it again!
sean rua.
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:30:46 GMT
Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 20:30:46 GMT
The disc-cutter makes short work of them, Firefox, or so I read on another website.
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:54:56 GMT
Post by Firefox on Sept 5, 2013 20:54:56 GMT
Probably only 4 or 5mm thick CHS/SHS.
Basildog has a Swift. 9m low profile. It looks good, but he doubts the long term durability (to put it politely!)
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Winch
Sept 5, 2013 20:57:41 GMT
Post by seanrua on Sept 5, 2013 20:57:41 GMT
Well, running about with that chainsaw may shorten its prospects, imo.
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Post by X on Sept 5, 2013 21:27:49 GMT
Must admit a few are suprised when we pull up in our ostentatious (another persons description )plastic pig ! Out comes the chainsaw and a search for some decent firewood , am trying to educate this lot as to which trees are worth the effort of carrying back ? I was taught by my mates dad who is a timber merchant but known as Mr Boxwood ! We get called the yippies by our new age traveller friends as they do not expect a guy in a plastic gin palace to appear with a chainsaw and muck in ! Even lol my daughter 15 will carry a tree back on her shoulder which gets some looks too ! Karen will too .
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