Oregon and Washington Truck Spotting

Thought i'd snap a pic of this 1st gen with what appeared to be a DIY wedge. Was out at Avants Fest today at Pacific Raceways. I was helping man the Off-road booth.





Here's a pic of mine cause I washed it for first time in over 3 years for this event. This cool pre-Tacoma pickup also parked with us.



Me and the raptor were trees (anchor points) to run a demo of how to pull yourself backwards with a front mount winch. Only took 100 feet of line, 4 snatch blocks, a pile of shackles and a few tree straps, lol. Was a good time!

 

dang... my avants experience didn't get anything that complex haha, maybe because no one in my group had a winch

was still a blast!

EDIT: now I'm looking at winches... damnit, TW strikes again LOL

EDIT 2: Is that Mike playing jump rope in the death triangle??? @YF_Ryan

 

Naw, that was Kyle. Owner of the 4Runner that luckily had JUST enough line to pull off this setup without a winch extension none of us had, lol.

 

Huh?

color crayon drawing would be helpful as my mind just went "poof"

 

That looks like pre-Yetimetchkangmi when it was owned by owner #1 in Nevada...

 

Red thing = Truck
Brown Things = Trees
Grey Circles = Snatch Block
Black Box = Winch on front of vehicle
Yellow line = Winch line


We had to use one more Snatch block in front of the vehicle just to get a better redirect. But this can be done with just 3 Snatch Blocks. 2 for redirect, and 1 on the rear of the vehicle to double your pulling power in the BACKWARDS direction.

 

I had to google it and understand the line direction and snatch block setup

 

here you go, let me know how I did for accuracy @YF_Ryan

 

you forgot the loop dee loop

 

dude, in all honesty, I understand snatch blocks and their pulling multiplication; BUT - the difference between someone who is like "oh I get how that works" and someone who actually knows how to use the damn things.... night and day difference! haha

 

The important part of the puzzle is that the hook doesn't connect to the truck, but to a "tree" behind it. That's where the magic is

 

The magic / miracle is having enough winch line to do it. I kinda think I need to invest in a synthetic extension...

 

pretty close, lol. It was repeatedly described as playing cats cradle.

 

Spotted on BEH... too good not to share...

 

It's 2021, if an H3 wants to identify as a clown car it has every right to.

 

I found it quite serendipitous, as I was driving my Dad's 2009 Hummer H3 Alpha (5.3L V8) as I'll be trying to sell it for him. It's actually a pretty cool rig, in a lot of ways.

 

H1s are always cool. What's he asking for it?

 

It's an H3... not a cool as an H1.

He's asking $25k or OBO. It only has 80k miles and as said before, is a rare V8 model. I think he's asking a tad bit high, but in today's market, who knows...

However, for someone looking to mod it into a trail rig, it would be pretty awesome. Pretty much the same size as a modern Tacoma or Jeep, tons of room inside, easy to work on, and... oh yeah, V8 power. It's really making me want a V8 in my Tacoma.

 

I tore down one of those LS2's; modded the heads/exhaust and slapped in a mildish cam; was a LOT of fun, but not HOA/family friendly

SUPER simple motors to tinker with

 

Covington swim, YOHB?