Nissan well and truly stuck!

[Chris]

Quote no one on this site actually uses chains to retrieve a stuck vehicle ... do they?

Well yes, I do use chains IN recovering a vehicle, but I don't have a chain wrapped around the winch. So I'm not sure what you are driving at. You have mentioned it before so clearly there is some pearl of wisdom that you want to share with us.

And yes I do understand chains. I was a foundry crane driver for some time with 30t of molten iron swinging on the end of my hook and a slinger too. I don't do anything unsafe in my recoveries. Chains have their use and I use them when they are the right thing to use.

Chris

 

[Paul_Humphreys]

no one on this site actually uses chains to retrieve a stuck vehicle ... do they?

Have done in the past for "work". I remember doing a recovery when we used 4 x 35T winched with pully blocks (double the pull rate (less the lose of the pullys)) to recover a 44T lorry (fully loaded). The winches were attached to the chassis of the lorry with chains. But they were BIG chains.

Paul

 

[Paul_Humphreys]

Where's the door, WHERE'S THE DOOR???

Oh, sorry, I'm outside

See what you mean Paul.

But Mudd's Law does hold true here. And that states, for every body that is more stuck than you have force available to get you out, it's always further than 3 miles to the nearest farmhouse. And that's science!

Chris

LOL @ Chris, it was the only one that I could find. But there is a prope one for Recovery work.

Paul

 

[Paul_Humphreys]

Have a read of this site,

http://pangaea-expeditions.com/resource ... index.html

It is quite a good read.

Also have a look at

I hope that helps someone

Paul

Edit to add,

http://www.attdg.co.uk/rta/archive/Cour ... h_Calc.pdf

 

[Crushers]

that is a pretty good graph ...