@@4x4Explore-au i saw a YT clip where someone used straps around the tyres to demonstrate a recovery, i.e the tyres provided the rotation that a winch othwerwise would have
@RockGarden8888 raises a point. I have seen the 'wheel winches' advertised, and assume you could do a similar thing in an emergency with a snatch strap (you would probably need to replace the strap after that). Three potential issues, in my mind... 1. If you're stuck, you would put it on the spinning wheel, but if the other tyre loses traction then the one with the wheel winch stops spinning. But this would not be an issue if you have a diff locker on that axle. 2. For recovering forward, you could turn the wheels toward your anchor point a little bit, but if recovering rearward the anchor point would need to be pretty well directly behind you. 3. I am not sure how the asymmetric pull would go, with all the strain on one side. But potentially it would not be too much worse than when you have one wheel in the air. Maybe the answer is to have two wheel winches? As I said, I have never played with them, so am not being critical. Just some thoughts. Keen to hear from someone who has used them.
Nice clear presentation
Thanks for the comment and feedback. Always appreciated.
@@4x4Explore-au i saw a YT clip where someone used straps around the tyres to demonstrate a recovery, i.e the tyres provided the rotation that a winch othwerwise would have
@@RockGarden8888 great point. I have thrown it to the wider audience in a separate comment.
@RockGarden8888 raises a point. I have seen the 'wheel winches' advertised, and assume you could do a similar thing in an emergency with a snatch strap (you would probably need to replace the strap after that).
Three potential issues, in my mind...
1. If you're stuck, you would put it on the spinning wheel, but if the other tyre loses traction then the one with the wheel winch stops spinning. But this would not be an issue if you have a diff locker on that axle.
2. For recovering forward, you could turn the wheels toward your anchor point a little bit, but if recovering rearward the anchor point would need to be pretty well directly behind you.
3. I am not sure how the asymmetric pull would go, with all the strain on one side. But potentially it would not be too much worse than when you have one wheel in the air.
Maybe the answer is to have two wheel winches? As I said, I have never played with them, so am not being critical. Just some thoughts.
Keen to hear from someone who has used them.