Just got the latest in Winch technology

[DanW]

That is a good cautionary tale, lol. If something like that happens to me, I will be buying a real winch the next day. Bush Winches has another device that fits to the hub. Them Australians be crazy actually I think at one point many military trucks/jeeps had something like this

That is freaking cool. I saw [Banned Site] visit their booth at SEMA. Very cool. Very powerful.

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[Minty JL]

Nothing better than old school tech and some man power

 

[Zachanadandy]

Nothing better than old school tech and some man power

Aside from power tools...

 

[Minty JL]

Aside from power tools...

I concur...........but when there is no power or charged batteries......back to the stone age LOL

 

[Zachanadandy]

I concur...........but when there is no power or charged batteries......back to the stone age LOL

The trick is to have enough firepower to be the one directing the "volunteer" labor force if it comes to that.

 

[Minty JL]

The trick is to have enough firepower to be the one directing the "volunteer" labor force if it comes to that.

Roger that

 

[Geoarch]

Would've needed 8 of those to get out of this pickle.

And if the cable snaps, there'd be two jeep owners.

 

[Geoarch]

Been doing freestyle for several years never had a need, and of the people I know that are more serious than me have never even used the winches they have... would be a lot of money and weight to haul around just in case, at least for me.

True, I've rarely used my Warn for me, but pulled out a lot of others.

 

[Geoarch]

I have been off-roading since 1991 (before that in 2 wheel drives but we won't talk about that!) and never had a winch until 2019. I have never used it once to get myself unstuck. I have pulled many others out and moved boulders and trees with it. Hitting age 60 made me want a winch over a come-along in 2019.
There are lots of variations to how and where people "Jeep" so everyone should keep that in mind as well - rock crawlers need a winch, everyone else may or may not.
I commend the OP for posting this. It helps people get out of the mindset that they "need" a winch to drive down some forest service roads or where-ever they go just because they have a Jeep. It also demonstrates that there are options besides a winch that work in some circumstances. To each his own, ingenuity wins regardless in most cases. If my winch dies before I do I probably won't buy another, I know I have gotten along without one before. ha.

As a young pup, I had a 73 CJ-5 I got new for $3400.00, that's right 3400, and put a steel cabled Warn on the front (I was 24). I used to go up to the mountains in east San Diego County when it snowed and pulled out the idiots in their sedans for 25 bucks. If they said no, I'd just get back in the Jeep and suddenly they were pulling out their wallets. Now at 75 I do it with my JTR for free, sometimes watching them try it for a while, until they give up. I'm sitting in the Jeep with the heat on, of course.

 

[Blade1668]

That is a good cautionary tale, lol. If something like that happens to me, I will be buying a real winch the next day. Bush Winches has another device that fits to the hub. Them Australians be crazy actually I think at one point many military trucks/jeeps had something like this

Yes that's a old school setup, and was used by the military. The M113's actually had that as a kit. I learned on doing that with M35a2 2.5 truck using the dual tires and spooling lines between them. The one I drove in West Germany actually had a winch, a later one didn't so recovery of it would have to be that method. By the way digging the hole to bury a tire or log in sucks. Building a picket anchor isn't much better.
For anyone who is going with a come-a-long get a good one. That cast iron one posted (heavy and not cheap) is good and can work from front or rear and to stabilize a vehicle. I've got a Mas-Dam 2k one at home it's pulled out a few 4.0 engines, AW4 w 231s still attached together. A years back I got the opportunity to pack my High-Lift jack, shackles and winch line extensions into a swamp to recover a large 4wheeler that was stuck with a failed Warn winch. 3-4 hours of mud up to knees in freezing cold. It started with stuck hunter, deer, 4wheeler, game wardens, and myself. We got done early in morning. The hand winch would have been a better choice if it was available over the High-Lift. But that's what I had in my Wrangler.

 

[CPTRVB]

That’s right, the Come Along Winch. No installation needed, no power draw from our vehicles, and no aftermarket bumpers required, just 10,000 lbs of muscle ,11.5 feet at a time.

$49.99 vs $1000.00

Nuff said..

My fingers spontaneously started bleeding when I saw this pic though.

 

[CPTRVB]

That’s right, the Come Along Winch. No installation needed, no power draw from our vehicles, and no aftermarket bumpers required, just 10,000 lbs of muscle ,11.5 feet at a time.

$49.99 vs $1000.00

Nuff said..

I think it's safe to say we all have a friend that has a come-along that looks like it was fished out of the Dead Sea, has twelve or nine knots in it and needs heat and 2 quarts of Type F just to get the lever freed up. Also, the spring latches will be missing from the hooks. But the grip will be in near mint condition because it is the same grip they used to put on bikes with banana seats, and we all know how tough those were. I digress.

 

[Billkowski]

I think it's safe to say we all have a friend that has a come-along that looks like it was fished out of the Dead Sea, has twelve or nine knots in it and needs heat and 2 quarts of Type F just to get the lever freed up. Also, the spring latches will be missing from the hooks. But the grip will be in near mint condition because it is the same grip they used to put on bikes with banana seats, and we all know how tough those were. I digress.

ok, I'm beginning to believe you don't think much of the Come-Along community.

We are proud of our accomplishments and our struggles, its a hard life...I am just waiting for the chance to save myself or some other adventurer from certain stuckness with a tool blessed by God when he inspired Abraham Maasdam of Deep Creek, Colorado in 1919 to invent it. You will all rue the day you ridiculed the proud traditions of this admittingly small sub-group!

 

[CPTRVB]

ok, I'm beginning to believe you don't think much of the Come-Along community.

We are proud of our accomplishments and our struggles, its a hard life...I am just waiting for the chance to save myself or some other adventurer from certain stuckness with a tool blessed by God when he inspired Abraham Maasdam of Deep Creek, Colorado in 1919 to invent it. You will all rue the day you ridiculed the proud traditions of this admittingly small sub-group!

It's been a 50 year love-hate relationship with this highly revered mechanism that has me emotional tonight. I can still smell the corroded marvel of its time like it was only yesterday.

 

[Billkowski]

It's been a 50 year love-hate relationship with this highly revered mechanism that has me emotional tonight. I can still smell the corroded marvel of its time like it was only yesterday.

Well said.....Abraham would be proud. I think he died of a hernia using this thing.

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