2015 Summer Journey, Canadian Crossing part3

jefe 4x4 wrote:
Alex,
Another excellent photo essay on your long summer trip. The part with the winch was a hoot: "I can't open the door!" I've only been in that situation a couple dozen times during my Jeep Dayz. I'm glad to see your home made winch cradle worked out without going south. It takes a lot to snap a 1/2 inch wire rope on it's first pull. What's that? 30K pound test?
When I get in that position, I'm always on the hunt like a point dog for something to winch on or anchor that's in front of me, not behind me. A buddy had two winches on his Jeep. One 9K pound winch in front and a compact 6K pound winch behind. It was always an easier extraction to pull the way you came if further forward progress could not be made.
jefe

To pull under the truck wasn't taken lightly on my part but with darkness coming on and the good folk that did stop was the last chance to to get the camper pulled out before total nightfall set in. Unfortunately it didn't work out as I hoped. I don't know what the tensile break point of the original cable was, but were I bought a new cable they told me that the original cable was of only mild quality and the the replacement is of much higher quality and strength.

I could have pulled the truck forward across the snow covered creek, but the ground behind me was hard as concrete that even my sand anchor couldn't dig into it which made it impossible to pull my camper back over the snow cover creek with the winch. Lesson learned and done with, poke the snow to see if the road is really there.