Noisydad wrote:Years ago I had an '82 jackaroo for which I made a capstan drum that bolted on to 3 wheel nuts. A heavy rope was passed through a D shackle attached to the roo bar then anchored. 3 wraps of the rope around the capstan and have the helper pull the loose end tight and the car was out of bogs easy as.
Years ago they were popular in South Africa,,,, and I think Landrover actually made them for their vehicles in that era.
For all you guys that havn't had a lot of experience off road, or in ingenuity, try this ever so simple (and cheap) method.
All you need is good quality rope.
The longer the rope, the more power you have to pull the vehicle.
Simply anchor one end of the rope to the stuck vehicle,, then anchor the other end to a tree or other fixed object.
Pull the rope as tight as possible in a straight line when tying off.
Then go to the 1/2 way mark, grab the rope and pull to the side.
Like I said, the longer the rope, the more power you can exert.
Then it is just a matter of repeating each step till you get the stuck vehicle out far enough from where it was stuck.
I won a case of beer in a bet once doing this.
I dragged an EH Holden station wagon with its hand brake on, and in gear for a distance of 10 meters on a dry grass surface, by myself.
If you don't believe what I'm saying, try it yourself.
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