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9/11 NEVERFORGET

 

I'm going with 255/80s for my winter/off road set. Randy, and a bunch of others say this size will be best on the steel wheels I bought.

Looking at the Cooper ST Maxx hard. The Duratrac is a strong contender though. Winter traction is my first priority then off road traction.

Should be by November for me. Almanac is saying big snow this winter here, but not until after that.

 

Never Forgive

 

I said 255s Rob. Don’t be twisting my words!

 

Im with Miguel on this one

 

Nice Bro Truck Bro

 

We are sitting pretty at 98° today.

 

It's low 60s and raining here. And coming from last week when it was in the high 90s, its damn cold!

 

So I lurked and ran into a post of yours where there were bashing your 8k winch as small for the truck. Snatch block. How does it double your pulling capacity? Serious question

 

Physics bro

 

I paid a guy to take that class for me Bro. You are not helping winnie the pooh

 

I really don’t know why it works, but if you use a snatch block and hook back to yourself, it doubles pulling power and cuts line speed in half.

 

The "why" of the math on it is something I can't quite explain. It's the same reason that speed and torque are inverse of each other though.

As your line speed nears half, that speed is then converted to more effort over the reduced length of pull and thats why it doubles.

 

No shit Randall!?!

So I am on the search for a winch. Why? Because that’s what Bros do! Smittybilt seems to have the best bang for the buck. Can you tell me how yours has treated you Randall?

 

Basically

 

I'll vouch for a few of my friends smittybilts have really made me eat a nice serving of crow. I personally have been burned by the discount option enough that I gladly shell out the extra dough on rescue and recovery items, but I think you would be pleased.

 

Doubling your pulling power
Another type of winch rigging that uses a snatch block is the double-line pull. There are two common situations in which the double-line pull is useful. The first is if you think your winch doesn’t have enough muscle to pull out your vehicle. The second is if you want to recover a vehicle that’s bigger than yours.

A double-line pull involves using the snatch block to redirect the winch cable back towards the winch. In a self-recovery situation, you’d run the cable through the snatch block and then back to your own vehicle. The snatch block is attached to an anchor point and positioned directly in front of the vehicle.

If you are moving another vehicle, the stuck vehicle is attached to the snatch block. The winch cable goes through the snatch block and back to an anchor point that’s next to your vehicle. This anchor point takes some of the strain off your vehicle, which is important when you are recovering a heavier rig.

This double-line setup with the snatch block doubles the pulling power of your winch. Note that when you double the power, you also cut the line speed in half.

The snatch block may be simple in design, but using one properly requires some creative thinking. Make sure you practice rigging your winch with a snatch block before you head out on the trail.

 

It’s been awesome. I recommend getting one with syn line rather than converting it later. They just released the new gen3 9.5 xrc which is the version I have.