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Winching stories

Sharksbaja - 10-13-2007 at 02:44 PM

I was thinking about those nice hoodys of Kens. It brought back memories of being stuck and useing the winch to save the day. I have a good tale but alas, I gotta go sling seafood.
I'll post the details abit later. Anyone else have a winching tale or two to yank about?

DENNIS - 10-13-2007 at 02:48 PM

Wenching?

Sharksbaja - 10-13-2007 at 02:54 PM

Yes, that would work. :lol:

You dog!!!

Did I ever tell you the time I............

gotta go.

[Edited on 10-13-2007 by Sharksbaja]

Osprey - 10-13-2007 at 03:17 PM

Did I ever tell you about the time I got my Jeep stuck on a deserted beach, began to dig around looking for something to make a deadman with, uncovered a body and used that?

woody with a view - 10-13-2007 at 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by Osprey
Did I ever tell you about the time I got my Jeep stuck on a deserted beach, began to dig around looking for something to make a deadman with, uncovered a body and used that?

no! all the details, please!!!

Osprey - 10-13-2007 at 03:28 PM

Those ARE the details. I didn't KNOW the guy! Woody, one time my pals caught me telling the truth and I was able to lie my way out of it.

CaboRon - 10-13-2007 at 05:53 PM

The most incredable wench I had was in London :lol:

-CaboRon

Baja&Back - 10-13-2007 at 06:35 PM

Went down to that little snorkeling beach by Punta Pescadero in East Cape with a guy from Colorado driving a new Jeep Rubicon. He'd never been to the ocean before & HAD to drive his rig on the beach.

Having a Rubicon, he drove down the surf slipface. Couldn't back up. Went forward. Waves started breaking over his hood! Was he freaked!!!

I wasn't about to drive my 2WD truck out on that beach. Took a while to jury rig 300 feet of cable & 3/4 manila across the sand to winch him out sideways.

He's still trying to find a sucker to buy a rusty jeep ... :lol:

PS: What's for supper, Sharkey??

[Edited on 10-14-2007 by Baja&Back]

Sharksbaja - 10-14-2007 at 12:30 PM

Ok Baja, tonight I serve up a ling cod special. Your choice of coconut or sun-dried tomato/cream cheese topping. Great to see so many people still traveling around up here. Have had some gorgeous weather(after some rain).

Winching my way thru Baja! I'll go take a pic of "PWs'" custom PTO winch. It's been sitting a while. :no:

Once pulled 4 jeeps out of the muck up towards Long Lake above Bishop Ca. This modified crane hoist spool is positioned up under the bed and this pto coupled baby sports 8 speeds fwd and rev plus 150' of 5/8" hi strength cable. Enough to pull 8 Jeeps up a verticle face. Just get me anchored! :wow:

Picture this : Four old time Jeeps circa pre1970 all stuck one behind the other in a High Sierra snowmelt bog. One of my finer moments as I winched them out one X one. Then I wound my way round the bog with mouths agape as we proceeded ahead to enjoy the solitude up the mountain. Ahhhhhhhhh the good ol' days!
Wait! These are the good ol' days!!!!
:bounce:

Osprey - 10-14-2007 at 02:57 PM

Stuck my 1975 Jeep CJ5 (no winch) on top of a mountain in S. Utah, had to walk out go back a week later when the snow melted. I was afraid the deer might eat my naugahyde seatcovers but then I remembered that since deer are cousins to the nauga they probably wouldn't do it -- I found the jeep just as a left it.

vandenberg - 10-14-2007 at 03:03 PM

Naugadeer everywhere in my diner.

Sharksbaja - 10-14-2007 at 03:06 PM

Hunting season is approaching here. Nauga deer in sight!

DENNIS - 10-14-2007 at 03:21 PM

Nalgahyde?

Osprey - 10-14-2007 at 03:49 PM

Butt ox?

DENNIS - 10-14-2007 at 04:08 PM

That is an absolute crack up.

Ken Cooke - 10-14-2007 at 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja
I was thinking about those nice hoodys of Kens. It brought back memories of being stuck and useing the winch to save the day.

Thanks for the mention!

motoged - 10-15-2007 at 04:31 PM

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Originally posted by Ken Cooke

Cool T-shirt....but you don't need a winch for those destinations..... unless it is to help Coco pull some guy out of the outhouse....or hoist another pair of panties to his collection :lol:

Ken Cooke - 10-15-2007 at 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by motoged
Cool T-shirt....but you don't need a winch for those destinations..... unless it is to help Coco pull some guy out of the outhouse....or hoist another pair of panties to his collection :lol:

We haven't used a winch on Mission Impossible...yet. But, stay tuned, because things can always get interesting. For instance, I have plenty of video showing winches pulling stuck Jeeps through the Pole Line Road outside of Mexicali.

motoged - 10-15-2007 at 09:16 PM

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Originally posted by Ken Cooke

We haven't used a winch on Mission Impossible...yet. But, stay tuned, because things can always get interesting.

Ken,
Keep the Forum posted....always love videos of guys trying to get stuck.....any of those T-shirts for sale??? :yes:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ErqASdZol1c

Ken Cooke - 10-15-2007 at 09:50 PM

T-shirts are for sale. Actually, I have an order going to Saskatchewan, Canada. Send U2U.

Ken

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Originally posted by motoged

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Originally posted by Ken Cooke

We haven't used a winch on Mission Impossible...yet. But, stay tuned, because things can always get interesting.

Ken,
Keep the Forum posted....always love videos of guys trying to get stuck.....any of those T-shirts for sale??? :yes:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ErqASdZol1c

David K - 10-16-2007 at 09:27 AM

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Originally posted by Ken Cooke

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Boxers go up there as well!

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Mango - 10-16-2007 at 12:05 PM

Up until recently the family of a good friend of mine owned a cabin on 40 acres in mountains near Big Sur, CA. It had been in his family since the 30's and was a great place to escape the world.

The cabin was located on, "Old Coast Road" that runs between the famous Bixby Creek bridge and the village of Big Sur. The road itself, which is the original Hwy 1 in the area, is not that rugged. In good weather it is passable by any regular car.

The nice thing about the road, is that it led from my friends cabin straight to the Big Sur River Inn where a c-cktail could be had while sitting on a wooden bench in the Big Sur River. (Great place to go BTW, live music at night too) After two c-cktails we bought a 12 pack of Tecate and headed back to the dirt road to my friends cabin.

I was on the back of a friends nighthawk, as we followed my other friend on his Honda enduro. As soon as we the dirt our friend, riding solo except for the 12 pack strapped to the back, took off in a cloud of dust.

As we approached the first turn, there was a large cloud of dust but our friend was gone. Feeling something was amiss we pulled up to the side of the embankment and looked down. There was my friend, laying with his head downhill in a blackberry bush with his bike pinning one of his legs.

We quickly scrambled down the 20 foot embankment and got the bike off of our friend. Luckily, he was ok. As my two friends struggled to push the bike up the embankment I went about collecting all the loose Tecates that had broke free in the accident.

Just then, as I stood there with 12 loose Tecates in my arms (several of which were spraying beer in all directions from pinhole sized punctures from the berry bush), my friends neighbor stopped in his ranch truck. He asked us if we were ok. We must have been a sorry sight.

Both of my friends, embarrassed told him yes, we are ok. He got in his truck to drive off when I spotted his winch on the front of his truck, and told him we were not ok, and asked if he could help us out.

Soon we had the bike winched up the 50% incline (which would have taken us some time to get the bike up) and we were on our way.. minus one clutch lever and a few leaky Tecates.

Winches are great!

jeans - 10-16-2007 at 05:35 PM

The only winching story I know of did not have a happy ending. The moral of that story is....don't stay in the vehicle if you are winching youself up an embankment. This happened in Wyoming many years ago, but the kid was from San Diego.

Ken Cooke - 10-16-2007 at 10:28 PM

It is my hope that people don't try and recreate what is on the front and back of these t-shirts and hoodies that I'm selling...PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!! :!: