Using an anchor
One of the 2WD vs 4WD threads got me to wondering how useful could a boat anchor be, combined with a winch, to get one out of a sticky situation? An anchor is only as good as the ground it goes int...
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OK folks - Story time....
Many years ago I did a lot of fishing, I was always fishing but usually for a living. But as a casual activity, I liked surf casting. So, I got a hold of a Jeep, M2B3 Military with all the stuff including a winch. I set up racks on the top to carry the 20+ ft bamboo poles. I drove out to the surf edge lots of times. I just one time made a mistake and tried to cross the "blow sand" that had accumulated as a low flat but very soft drifted dune. As I felt the Jeep sink, I kept dumping gears and when to 4x (a mistake) and such until I was really stuck. Happens that I was also supposed to deliver and install a new 20# Hi-tensile Danforth that evening. It was in the back. Well, screw it on the end of the winch cable and walk the cable out and stick in in the sand and start the winch. With the jeep in all the lows and pulled up to a fast idle. it made progress though the dune at about a snail pace. When I ran up on the Danforth, I got out the shovel that lived in the Jeep's Kit and dug around it until I could pull it out and take another bite. About half way though that bite, it was clear that the tires were now on top of the sand. I delivered and setup that anchor.
Then I stopped at a guy that was a used stuff chandler and bought another and made mounts so I could carry it on the front. It rode there as long as I owned that Jeep. I sold it to a surf fishing friend when I got to go back to college.
Look at the PullPal thing and compare it to a CQR. I actually didn't want a CQR, I might not be able to dig one of those out of the sand.
Matt
Many years ago I did a lot of fishing, I was always fishing but usually for a living. But as a casual activity, I liked surf casting. So, I got a hold of a Jeep, M2B3 Military with all the stuff including a winch. I set up racks on the top to carry the 20+ ft bamboo poles. I drove out to the surf edge lots of times. I just one time made a mistake and tried to cross the "blow sand" that had accumulated as a low flat but very soft drifted dune. As I felt the Jeep sink, I kept dumping gears and when to 4x (a mistake) and such until I was really stuck. Happens that I was also supposed to deliver and install a new 20# Hi-tensile Danforth that evening. It was in the back. Well, screw it on the end of the winch cable and walk the cable out and stick in in the sand and start the winch. With the jeep in all the lows and pulled up to a fast idle. it made progress though the dune at about a snail pace. When I ran up on the Danforth, I got out the shovel that lived in the Jeep's Kit and dug around it until I could pull it out and take another bite. About half way though that bite, it was clear that the tires were now on top of the sand. I delivered and setup that anchor.
Then I stopped at a guy that was a used stuff chandler and bought another and made mounts so I could carry it on the front. It rode there as long as I owned that Jeep. I sold it to a surf fishing friend when I got to go back to college.
Look at the PullPal thing and compare it to a CQR. I actually didn't want a CQR, I might not be able to dig one of those out of the sand.
Matt
