Todays muck around

[Dawizman]

I like 4x4ing and beating on the truck. Just not on ice.

In the spring ill keeper pinned busting drifts until some ones truck is stuck

Yeah it was right at that temperature where there was lots of traction going up through the fresh snow, but then it was a packed trail of ice coming back down.

 

[lilduke]

Yeah it was right at that temperature where there was lots of traction going up through the fresh snow, but then it was a packed trail of ice coming back down.

Good thing you had the winch!

 

[Dawizman]

Good thing you had the winch!

We parked a hell of a lot lower the last couple days

 

[lilduke]

We parked a hell of a lot lower the last couple days

I bet haha.



Im sure everyone here knows this, but ill mention it just cause.

Most consumer winches dont have 100% duty cycle. You might pull for 30 seconds and then have to let it cool down for 5 or 10 minutes.

 

[Outwest1]

10,000 pound ramsey worm gear was best winch I ran.Should have never sold it would pull and keep pulling. Should have blown it up but just kept ticking. Heavy as he'll was the down side to it

 

[Dawizman]

Winch is fine. Some bonehead (me) picked a terrible ground point. It worked for a while, but now reads 200ohms to ground. New 2/0 wire right to the battery negative, and it's back in business.

 

[TylerG]

Winch is fine. Some bonehead (me) picked a terrible ground point. It worked for a while, but now reads 200ohms to ground. New 2/0 wire right to the battery negative, and it's back in business.

better fire that installer

 

[rknight111]

Winch is fine. Some bonehead (me) picked a terrible ground point. It worked for a while, but now reads 200ohms to ground. New 2/0 wire right to the battery negative, and it's back in business.

That winch if one of the newer warns should drag your truck up a tree, seems well refined.

 

[smokinD]

Get a set of these!

 

[Dawizman]

That winch if one of the newer warns should drag your truck up a tree, seems well refined.

I agree, and I was shocked when it just quit. No solenoid click at all, which made me think it was a failed solenoid. Now that I've had the solenoid pack open and figured out how it works, I can see that even if one failed, I should still have at least one direction of winching.

I picked it up used in the spring, but still a "current" model. Paid $800 vs what they want for them now - about $3200. I never got a chance to put it to the test before this trip besides winding in the new line. What a coincidence I had to put it to work within two weeks of putting it on. Funny thing is, I used to to skid one truck 90° on the trail so he could drive out the right way around, we lowered 2 sleds off the deck, and drug them up the embankment, and then it managed to pull the Chevy up enough that the front wheels were back up the embankment before it conked out.

Anyways... Got some new gear now in case I need it again. Picked up another 3"x30', and a 4" x30' recovery strap to go with the 2 3"x30', and then 4 more 30,000lb soft shackles and 3 33,000lb wll snatch rings.

 

[imdoo'n]

better fire that installer

he may work cheap though.

good that u fiqured it out,

 

[Dawizman]

Ive had a few near miss's over the years. Sliding down hills backwards ext.

And came to the conclusion that carbides are cheaper than trucks and if i have to ride a bit of gravel is what it is....

This is probably the best takeaway from the whole ordeal

 

[RXN]

Winch is fine. Some bonehead (me) picked a terrible ground point. It worked for a while, but now reads 200ohms to ground. New 2/0 wire right to the battery negative, and it's back in business.

So I didn't have to cut that soft shackle to release the tension with your pocket knife.

Lol.

 

[ferniesnow]

Fresh groom on Hunters last night. We staged just below the 3km switchback today. Nobody went any further than that. There were 4 trucks in the hydro parking lot, 4 at the switchback. Nobody used Ashton today.
165 cm just south of the main Chalet in some quiet trees. Most of the meadows are tracked out; busy weekend. Lots of overflow and creek holes.
Trail is awesome.

 

[lilduke]

This is probably the best takeaway from the whole ordeal

I don't know much, but I know about sledding cluster fuks haha

 

[Dawizman]

So I didn't have to cut that soft shackle to release the tension with your pocket knife.

Lol.

Knowing what the problem was now, a set of jumper cables could have solved it.

 

[rknight111]

Mine is a Warn ZEON 12-S Winch, I wired it with warn heavy duty recommended winch wires to the best possible connections with factory recommended connectors so should be good. Good to know that any connections that at any time can get corroded or heat up and cause power issues need to be not-considered. This has a duty cycle - Intermittent according to many documents ive gone thorough.
I have a few 50000 lb snach blocks need some more cables though. Good time to get stocked up and get my crap together.

 

[RXN]

They fit. Happy to see that.

The V bar ones for the rear

The plain chain for the fronts. Unfortunately my tires rub without chains on tight corners so I'll have to be mindfull should I ever choose to use the front ones.

 

[sirkdev]

really check brake lines, e brakes etc ask me how I know..

 

[Cableguy]

i hate putting chains on