laurie-the-lorry
Adventurer
I guess it depends on where you wish to go, how far off the beaten track you want to travel, and how much peace of mind you need.
I Disagree with this statement Mike, Sorry:
A winch is a "nice-to-have". Without one, but with the right ropes, pulley blocks and levers, there's nothing you can't accomplish that a winch could do, but the winch does it a whole lot more easily
I have competed in many winch challenge events in the UK, and you obviously need a winch, In India I didn't have one on the Jeep. I thought I could get through but if I did not with all my experience I knew I was two hundred miles from recovery. So discretion proved the better part of valor and to get around we drove over 1000kms. If I had a winch I would probably not have needed it, but it is the what iff's.
I have similar experiences in Africa, when traveling with a winch equipped, vehicle go for the impossible.
Winches make a difference, personally I have bogged three Land rovers down trying a recovery that a winch would have accomplish with ease'
So for green laneing, or plodding were a mobile phone will bring a rescue no winch.
If you really are out there by yourself, its your best buddy, and hopefully you wont need it, But it takes you places you wouldn't dare to venture
I Disagree with this statement Mike, Sorry:
A winch is a "nice-to-have". Without one, but with the right ropes, pulley blocks and levers, there's nothing you can't accomplish that a winch could do, but the winch does it a whole lot more easily
I have competed in many winch challenge events in the UK, and you obviously need a winch, In India I didn't have one on the Jeep. I thought I could get through but if I did not with all my experience I knew I was two hundred miles from recovery. So discretion proved the better part of valor and to get around we drove over 1000kms. If I had a winch I would probably not have needed it, but it is the what iff's.
I have similar experiences in Africa, when traveling with a winch equipped, vehicle go for the impossible.
Winches make a difference, personally I have bogged three Land rovers down trying a recovery that a winch would have accomplish with ease'
So for green laneing, or plodding were a mobile phone will bring a rescue no winch.
If you really are out there by yourself, its your best buddy, and hopefully you wont need it, But it takes you places you wouldn't dare to venture