Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??

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Apr 5, 2011 | 02:31 AM

Jeremy072288

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Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??

Just watched a video of it. Why aren't these things more popular?!

Apr 5, 2011 | 03:23 AM

CJ7nvrstk

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I wouldn't trust it.

You really can't turn your wheels and I would be afraid of busting off my lugs. They have been around for many years and never took off for a reason.

Apr 5, 2011 | 06:08 AM

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I can't watch the video but is this similar to on dually military trucks when they run a line between the tires and let it win up to pull itself out?

Apr 5, 2011 | 05:43 PM

B09RUBI

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Just watched it and it is a drum of cable that attatches to the wheel studs and as your wheel turns the cable spools up.

Apr 5, 2011 | 06:52 PM

Weeds

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Around here they use them to winch deer and elk out of deep canyons but not vehicles.

Apr 5, 2011 | 07:07 PM

Blakspire

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Just the idea sounds like its hard on equipment, and highly unsafe. I'll take my 9.5Ti.

Apr 5, 2011 | 07:11 PM

Sahara_Maverick

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I'm not sure the wheel's bolts, differential and everything attached to them are dimensioned to pull the whole vehicle's weight through a single wheel. The weight is normally distributed among the four wheels.

Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??

Anyone heard of the "wheel winch"??

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