Is it Worth Fitting a Winch to An Up Armoured Vehicle? It’s considered standard that recovery equipment should have a safe working load/working load limit of 1.5 times the weight of the vehicle.
How I Store Hand Winch Wire
One of the most versatile pieces of recovery kit. Couple with a pulley block or two and a length of synthetic rope, to extend, it can do a lot (obviously the synthetic won’t work in the winch).
Why This Winch Wire Is Dangerous
Warn Out This vehicle turned up for a training session recently. It wasn’t part of a recovery course, thankfully. We found the clutch in the free spool position which is probably the reason for the rats nest. Lots of bumpy unsealed roads could do that to the wire.
Beware Nasty HF Antenna Fittings
Why do organisations insist on putting the HF radio antenna on the front? First, the mounting has destroyed the approach angle and increases the chance of damaging the antenna.
Do You Need a Winch?
Picking recovery equipment for your vehicle is a bit like selecting a 4wd. First, you need to examine where, when and what you are going to be doing – then selecting the equipment most suitable. I tend to overkill on the equipment I carry around, mainly because I have been stuck in situations where I […]