-- [ From: John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Need to be more careful about chains vs cables. Chains are subject to catastrophic failure at their weakest link. Under strain that could hurt someone. Cables tend to begin failure one strand at a time, and will generally give some warning, like a strand breaking and unwinding suddenly.. .but it won't break catastrophically unless the strain is allowed to continue. Just thought I would pass the caution along. BTW, wenching vs winching is a lot more interesting.!!! John Rodgers '88 GL Driver. -------- REPLY, Original message follows -------- Date: Tuesday, 24-Nov-98 09:29 AM From: Derek Drew \ Internet: (drew@interport.net) To: Vanagon \ Internet: (vanagon@vanagon.com) Subject: Re: Winching, etc. I have put the tow hooks up there, but prefer a chain to a cable because the chain can be adjusted to any length, facilitating the lengthening and shortening of the chain on either of the two sides of the winch, and thus facilitating the ability of the winch drum to be angled toward the tree to which one is winching. Using the term winching beyond a certain number of uses per paragraph tends to twist the tounge and calls attention to this odd verb. In fact, it recalls another odd word which is wenching. One has a tendency to wonder with the guys, "Why aren't we wenching instead of winching," the answer in my own case being that I am married. At 08:18 PM 11/23/98 -0800, you wrote: >Why not install tow hooks at the front. Get some removeable cables that >will fasten to your winch and the tow hooks. Before you head out into the >rough stuff attach the cables to the tow hooks and attach the free ends of >the cables to something above the bumper so you can get to them when you >are stuck. Un-obtrusive and simple! > >At 13:19 23/11/98 -0500, Derek Drew wrote: >>I don't know how much into winching you are. I have winched my van from >>difficult spots a total of about 50 times and my friend's Toyota Landcruiser ________________________________________________________ Derek Drew New York, NY & Washington, DC drew@interport.net '90 Syncro Westfalia... ...seen off-road at http://www.tiu.net/~des/vw/drew/index.html Also seen at: http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swrange.htm http://4wd.sofcom.com/VW/snow.html http://www.pipeline.com/~tforhan/swmassn.htm http://4wd.sofcom.com/VW/Campers/Campers.html Note: most valuable Vanagon sites on the planet (for owners) are: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon ftp://gerry.vanagon.com/pub/
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