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Tirfor and altenatives

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J.D.:
The only reason I want a winch on the front of mine is that doing the job I do, frequently involves me driving through mud, trying to remove trees by hand, and moving boats around.

So much easier with a winch.

drmike:
Indeed it is - I was thinking more of recreational vehicles. the number of Discos I see with winches and snorkels makes me wonder why I never get into situations where I need them. I actually took a snorkel off my 90 as the damned thing kept on getting whacked by trees.

Mike

Range Rover Blues:
I've used my winch once in 18 months, when RRR got rolled.

Usually there are enough of us to do the job with less gear and much quicker, like a KERR or strop for example.

Though there have been times I'd wishes I'd had a winch before I got it.

For winchging BTW, the Hi-Lift is rated the same as for lifting, is that 4,000LB? and I have been known to carry 2 hi-lifts for the reasons you state.

jjsaul:
a couple of times ive had to use a winch for both self recovery and recovery of others in woodland, ive often used 50-70ft of the winch rope...doing this with a hand winch could be a tiring and time consuming process especially with 2 tonnes of RRC on the other end...having said that hand winches do have their uses (used my hilift as one a few times)...
having said that i reckon my electric winch could easily get used 5-6 times when i go out so it was worth the money (and i bought a plasma rope as well, which i also think was worth the money on safety grounds alone)

frosty:
the tirfors are great but the last time i used one was 4/5 yrs ago when i was in the army and if i remember rightly dont you have to roll the cable up propely otherwise itll kink and be completely u/s? (or was that the just the army way of doing things) ive got a normal farm jack which when used with a couple of strops is fine for winching but when the big summer spend occurs ill be definatly be upgrading to a extreme hilift and winching kit.

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