From: Mike Maynard (mike@wesleyscott.com)
Date: Thu Mar 11 2004 - 11:16:17 PST
Dave you are right, I had a large clevis hanging from the Pintle hook.
I had decided that it was save to go under the truck, as the axle tubes
are smooth, and they kept the cable low enough to clear everything else.
The pipe idea while good in theory, wouldn't be practical. That pipe
would create a nice 'skid rail' for the truck to get hung up on. I have
a plow frame on my old pickup that does just that, and it really sux...
;-) I would like to put a roller or 2 on the truck to allow the cable
to clear the bumper without rubbing on it. I suppose that a roller
could be mounted to the front axle somehow to keep the cable from
rubbing on it, as well as the rear axle, then up through a clevis or
roller at the pintle... allowing for frictionless movement of the
cable. My guess is though that if the mil got one stuck, and there
wasn't another available, they did just what I did... :-)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: David Cole [mailto:DavidCole@tk7.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:11 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Video As promised
While the pipe would guarantee that the cable didn't hang up on
something,
all you really need is a way to direct the cable under the vehicle and
away
from critical items. Some loops of steel rod might do the same thing.
The
big thing would be to have a proper roller setup on the front to direct
the
cable towards the back of the vehicle so that it clears the oil pan,
etc.
I beleive that Mike had some type of clevis hanging off the rear pintle
to
help keep the cable in the center of the truck. I couldn't see that rig
in
the movie however.
Dave
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:21:42 -0500, <L51940@aol.com> wrote:
> As I watched Mike's video I remembered an idea I had a long time ago
to
> install a pipe from front to back under an off road vehicle. With
some
> form of a roller fairlead at each end a winch cable could be threaded
> thru and you could safely use your front winch for pulling backwards.
> This pipe would encompass the cable and not allow it to wreck anything
> under the truck or mess up the cable itself. The hook on the winch
cable
> would have to removable so that the pipe could be of moderate size. A
> small diameter cable, with loops at each end could be used as a fish
line
> to pull the cable thru the pipe. When retrieving the cable back into
the
> winch the fish line would be pulled back in to the pipe, ready for the
> next time. Has anyone ever seen this done?
>
> Dave McConnell
>
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