Outer Limits 4x4 Board

The old man just gave it to me.

Sorry bout the crap photo, it's off my phone.

It is rated for 1000kg vertical lift.

Is it safe/possible to use for recovery? And how exactly could I rig it? I was thinking I'd need some sort of cradle with anchor points front and rear.... ideas?

The lack of fairlead or any way to keep the wire neatly spooled could be a bitch.

Cheers guys,
Benno

If its not too heavy you could always make a bracket to have it as a portable winch that you can attach to any side of your truck. That way you could recover from any angle. Looks easier to use than a turfer.

toughnut wrote:If its not too heavy you could always make a bracket to have it as a portable winch that you can attach to any side of your truck. That way you could recover from any angle. Looks easier to use than a turfer.

Sounds like a good idea - don't neet to attach it to a truck though - I find with a hand winch it is better to use it at a distance from the truck, in case the truck moves unexpectedly. Just attach a hook to the back end, so you can attach the winch to a tree protector or similar.

The handle looks very short though, there would want to be some decent gearing in that thing. Tirfors are a bugger to use with a heavy load, even with the long handle.

Might as well put some rope on it to make lighter
Tiny

yeah using it as a portable winch would be the go. It is bloody heavy though.

Apparently it's designed so that you can lift 1000 kg with one hand (!) so the gearing should be ok.

Rope would be sweet but $$$$$ !

Anyone else ever used something similar?

Benno

I got rope i got in a bulk buy deal....10mm dyneema for $340 + $18 airbag.....better than $750 and only weight 3.7 Kg for the 50m

In saying that, you could get away with smaller rop for the rated winch capacity.

Tiny