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Hand winch, any good?? Waste of money?

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05 Dec 2014 23:42 - 05 Dec 2014 23:44 #131655 by Tomhorntoad

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Seen a few of these online

Seeing that I can't afford a full on winch. Are these any good as a get out of jail card?

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06 Dec 2014 00:17 #131659 by Tomhorntoad

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06 Dec 2014 01:10 #131661 by Butta

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Was going to try one myself seen a guy use one to recover a shogun last weekend and was slow and laborious but better than nothing you can do similar with a high lift but more faffing about. the chap with the shogun says they dont last long if you use them though so treat as a throw away item eg... Iif you want one for an emergency great, if you want one to use regularly buy a poper one (t-max do a nice one)

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06 Dec 2014 01:54 #131663 by jonesyba420

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Tirfor hand winches are the ones but expensive.

The problem with the above picrured hand winch is the very short pull............if your stuck 20meters into a bog its not going to help but to pull you back a couple of meters after getting beached im sure it would be fine. You'd need a ground anchor aswell really.

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06 Dec 2014 06:55 #131664 by kirkynut

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I think Woffle Boards would be more useful.

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06 Dec 2014 07:09 #131665 by hunter1084

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kirkynut wrote: I think Woffle Boards would be more useful.

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This ^ Ive used a hand winch before when my mates truck was only just stuck, was a lot of effort just because you dont want to save up for a winch. The hand winch you linked from ebay looks abit flimsy. Handle looks like it will twist because its 2 bits of flat plate put together.

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