Winch Purpose?
11-01-2017, 10:21 AM
#31
) and she can't get upset, and she can buy shoes and clothes and I can't say anything about it!The only time our $$ combines is at year end for taxes, other than that her $$ is hers and mine is mine, we've never once had an argument concerning finances.
Works quite well for both of us.
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11-02-2017, 06:34 PM
#32
So I would like a winch on my truck but my wife says no because i have never needed one yet so why should I need one now. I of course have one on my atv and love it. But my atv goes offroad and gets stuck.
So is a winch practical for a truck? Do they get lots of use? I dont take it offroad like the atv so am wondering what other uses they provide besides just getting unstuck?
Id like to be able to justify the purchase with my wife.... because of course I love to accessorize my truck.
Thanks for all the help!
So is a winch practical for a truck? Do they get lots of use? I dont take it offroad like the atv so am wondering what other uses they provide besides just getting unstuck?
Id like to be able to justify the purchase with my wife.... because of course I love to accessorize my truck.
Thanks for all the help!
Nah. Save your money and keep your mrs happy.
But then it’s easier to be forgiven than it is to get permission, well, with some wives it is.
Another way to look at is.... which would you rather sleep with - a winch or your wife? And that sir only you can answer.
11-02-2017, 09:52 PM
#33
Senior Member
I have no need for one but YMMV!
11-11-2017, 10:34 PM
#34
Senior Member
So I got to use mine today. It didn't necessarily help me much, but the guy with the CRV that was thoroughly in the ditch seemed to think it worthwhile.
Re: my earlier thought about a winch providing better options for recovery in limited-traction situations, that actually came into play today. I'd rather have just pulled the guy out with my recovery strap, but the road was slick enough (packed/somewhat iced snow in the middle, soft snow on the edges, and no pavement near the off) that it would have been a rather dynamic recovery...I'd have needed to use momentum to overcome both my own lack of traction and his inertia, and that would have meant pulling downhill and trying to get him back onto the road as the road turned left (he had come in hot and slid off the right side).
With the winch, I was able to park uphill, use one of the few spots of dry pavement to anchor the front tires of my truck, and pull him back onto the road. If I'd have been smarter, I might even have used a ****** block to pull more directly across the road rather than at an angle (ended up pulling him uphill but still in the ditch a ways before I got him onto the road), but hindsight is 20/20 and all that.
Re: my earlier thought about a winch providing better options for recovery in limited-traction situations, that actually came into play today. I'd rather have just pulled the guy out with my recovery strap, but the road was slick enough (packed/somewhat iced snow in the middle, soft snow on the edges, and no pavement near the off) that it would have been a rather dynamic recovery...I'd have needed to use momentum to overcome both my own lack of traction and his inertia, and that would have meant pulling downhill and trying to get him back onto the road as the road turned left (he had come in hot and slid off the right side).
With the winch, I was able to park uphill, use one of the few spots of dry pavement to anchor the front tires of my truck, and pull him back onto the road. If I'd have been smarter, I might even have used a ****** block to pull more directly across the road rather than at an angle (ended up pulling him uphill but still in the ditch a ways before I got him onto the road), but hindsight is 20/20 and all that.