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anyone seen this smittybuilt winch anchor? is this a cheap version of the pull pal you all talk about? first i have seen of it. nice at about 25% of the cost of the pull pal.

i suppose before i got this i would just need a winch

 

I've seen it on quadratec too.... 10 bucks cheaper there... I would be great to hear form someone who had this

 

it looks like it should act like a boat ancre, but it ends up being a farm tiller

 

I remember reading a write up on it, and it said it didn't dig in, and I think that the plow actually bent making it ineffective. Smitty used thinner metal to make it cheaper, and in this case if I had a vehicle burried to the frame rails I would want to know that my Pull-Pal could take the weight.

 

It's actually a copy of the ARB ground anchor...but way less, ARB want $500+ for that thing..

 

My idea of a pull-pal substitute is a 3-foot length of rebar and a mallet, hammered into the ground at slight angle - nice and cheap, and makes a decent winch anchor provided you're not tooo stuck.

 

...and you leave something for the next guy to winch on!

I would think you couldn't get that rebar back out of the ground very easily.

 

With Scouts we put up a monkey (rope) bridge. There are several ways to anchor it, but we like to use old axles sharpened to a point and pounded into the ground. You can use a Hi-Lift to winch the pegs out of the ground of they don't come free with a little pounding and sweating.

 

Actually, that's my method. Have an old axle from a ??? that has a point on it and a fat end on the other side. I put a chain on a jack (the hi-lift works too) and wrap it around the fat end of the axle to pull it back out. Works great.

I've tried to pull re-bar out of the ground. It's damn near impossible.

I just hope that no re-bar is left sticking 3 inches out of the ground (after a couple of years of weathering) that makes a better tire poker that it does a winch anchor. Just sayin.

 

Totally agree, no 4-wheeler should ever screw the next guy or generation - leave no trace !!!