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| elevatorbernie Expert Date registered: Aug 2006 Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada Vehicle(s): 1989 280GE Posts: 1347  | ||
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| 4x4abc Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico Vehicle(s): 02 G500  | ||
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| Dave P Veteran Date registered: Jun 2006 Location: Ashford,UK Vehicle(s): Posts: 184  | Re: Ideas for internal Hi Lift mounting? 4x4abc - 1/6/2007 3:43 PM in the modern world we are using a Pull-Pal anchor when we need something to hook onto when nothing else is around (rocks, trees etc). Have been using mine for 15 years with great successs. Most of the time it can be extracted witrh one hand - rarely you would need both. Used it frequently when I was part of the Mount Washington Expedition: http://www.4x4abc.com/Carlos_adventures/Mount_Washington.html http://www.pullpal.com/ Have you ever used one in the desert? It looks like a rip-off of the old Brit Army spade anchor,and,your blade looks very narrow. Love the Range Rovers by the way.  Dave P Edited by Dave P 1/6/2007 12:54 PM | |
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| Re: Ideas for internal Hi Lift mounting? In it the desert its a good option using your spare wheel under the sand ( 1 meter deep) with the anchor fixex with two or three cable turns arround the wheel . It wiil make a lot of resistance inclusive in soft sand. There exist a lot of anchors models too. (DSC02022.JPG) Attachments ----------------  DSC02022.JPG (124KB - 5 downloads) | ||
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| Dave P Veteran Date registered: Jun 2006 Location: Ashford,UK Vehicle(s): Posts: 184 | Re: Ideas for internal Hi Lift mounting? BCFdealer - 1/6/2007 6:06 PM In it the desert its a good option using your spare wheel under the sand ( 1 meter deep) with the anchor fixex with two or three cable turns arround the wheel . It wiil make a lot of resistance inclusive in soft sand. There exist a lot of anchors models too. Yep,it's a technique called a Baulk Holdfast,I've used it many times,and taught others how to do it,there are lots of variations on what you can use to bury,but looking at your picture I don't see the reason to put the chain,or wire over a roller,the whole idea is to get as straight and low a pull as posible from the buried holdfast,to the winch. Looking at your model,the wheel will pop out of the ground? Dave P | |
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| 4x4abc Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: La Paz, Baja California, Mexico Vehicle(s): 02 G500 | ||
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hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | ||
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| NA450 Member Date registered: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Vehicle(s): 2000 w463 Posts: 40  | ||
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| Dave P Veteran Date registered: Jun 2006 Location: Ashford,UK Vehicle(s): Posts: 184 | Re: Ideas for internal Hi Lift mounting? 4x4abc - 1/7/2007 5:38 AM Dave, I have use the Pull-Pal in almost any material - mud, sand (including quicksand), snow and rocks. I have two different blades (wide and narrow). It folds easy, stores easy and works like nothing else. The army uses them to pull out Hummers. If it is good enough for heavy Hummers - it'll be good enough for almost anything else. Tire in burried in sand? Works good in instructional manuals. Fails in real life - I have tried everything books offer during the last 20 years. Plus, imagine digging a deep enough hole in dense material. That's a killer. Hi,Harald The guys I taught were soldiers,as part of a vehicle self-recovery course,the vehicle in question was an 8 tonne Bedford TM truck. A pre-requisite to passing was to extract said truck from deep sand using this method and others,yes it took a lot of effort,but it worked everytime for them. In a combat situation,supplying ammo to artillery gun lines,I'm afraid "sophisticated" things like,a spade anchor,or your Pull-Pall take up space,that could be used for something else! Dave P P.S. I still liked the Range Rovers............  | |
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