Front Mounted Winch Recovery Techniques

[pinebaron]

You need this setup bud.

Thats what I need! Please send a closeup of the label.

 

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[pinebaron]

Or one of these, I highly recommend one.

Wingman™ Cross Bin 8

Cross Bin 8 is a storage bin under the DiamondBack that keeps the bed of your truck organized by elevating gear up off the bed floor for easy access.

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This won't work for me since I need the full bed length clear for my 2 meter model planes, one the primary reasons I selected GMC with its 6'-10" bed.

 

[pinebaron]

Addendun:

1) Recovery gear quickly takes up space and adds weight to your truck, and
2) What you’re likely to need depends on where you are going and who (if anybody) will be with you.

All good points taken.

Majority of my present prep is for deep snow and being able to manage through extreme and treacherous winter weather conditions during the 150 mile journey between Blaine WA and Pemberton BC (30 miles north of Whistler BC). This winter I'll be doing several solo and family trips, especially during Xmas holidays; its a challenge every year and I've never prepared for it. This year I'm on a quest to be prepared to help myself and others, should the need arise. I usually see dozens of vehicles drift off and be stuck in embankments on the sea-to-sky highway, while help is hours away.

Land adventures are comparitively safer, assuming one has food, heat and water to survive; lots of adventure through middle east deserts, Himalayas, European Alps and north polar regions. Having said that, few of my exciting adventures have been on our small but capable motor yacht in open oceans around the UK, mostly solo and a few with family, faced and survived really rough 20-40' seas and terrible weather. I was always equipped with the best gear, life rafts, life jackets, food, satellite, radar, VHF, SW radio and much more; very exciting times indeed, including a coast guard helicopter rescue of an injured person off our boat in the English Channel; we were deep sea fishing somewhere in the English Channel.

Back to the present.
1. We have a Garmin InReach, its been very handy and useful.
2. I intend to get a second non-metal studs set of traction boards.
3. Looking for a suitable air jack where a normal jack can't be used such as in deep snow; something that does not need an off-road compressor, like the one you have, although have thought about it but don't want to sacrifice rear underseat storage space.
4. I have a spare long handle shovel, perfect for snow removal from around tires etc. Just need to remember to put it in the truck checklist.
5. A 6' long 2x12 board I could use as a hard floor jack point; I even thought of taking my 3 ton trolley jack but thats way too heavy to lift into the truck bed and cart around. As in #3 above, I need to find the right lifting solution.
6. Have a 6 ton bottle jack (thanks for reminding me) and will collect suitable wood pieces too.

 

[Whaler27]

I have had great luck with ARB products. I have not used this specific product, and I haven’t seen exhaust jacks is use with HD trucks, but they’ve been a game-changer for Jeeps in deep snow and light sand.

Exhaust jack

 

[Johnv76]

Thats what I need! Please send a closeup of the label.

 

[Kboeh34]

Thats what I need! Please send a closeup of the label.

I've got a set of those on my 1500, but also one of these. All my straps, shackles, etc go in the toolbox, shovel, traction boards, and a small rotopax go on the molle panels.

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[pinebaron]

I have had great luck with ARB products. I have not used this specific product, and I haven’t seen exhaust jacks is use with HD trucks, but they’ve been a game-changer for Jeeps in deep snow and light sand.

Exhaust jack

A 12V air compressor would be great if it could be installed beneath the truck between the rails, above the drive shaft or something; it would need to be totally sealed, waterproof/dustproof and everything proof. Decades ago, during my extreme off-road adventures in the Himalayas, I was spoilt, having built an off-road truck, with a mercedes 6-cyl inline truck engine with built-in air compressor feeding an external ten gallon storage tank/regulator/moisture-filter, underbody mounted behind side step rails, typically for use with air brakes, however my truck had conventional hydraulic brakes. The compressor and long extension filler hose was pretty fast for inflating tires. I need to look deep into our old photo collection to see if I can locate my old truck photos from the 80's, before I moved back to the U.K. Can't change the engine but would prefer something really out of the way; there really isn't enough space under the hood and I don't want to sacrifice rear underseat storage or use the truck bed. I will figure something out sooner or later. I'm always open to suggestions of course.

 

[pinebaron]

Got the shackles and tried them on the rear.

 

[pinebaron]

I’m not leaving them on, put them away with other gear under rear seat storage for use only when needed. I have a second set for the front too.

 

[wmich06]

Being a winch noob, and with fall and winter approaching, I want to educate myself on use of the 12500lb front mounted winch on my 2024 2500HD AT4X AEV.
One of my fears is getting front of the truck stuck in mud or snow in a ditch and figuring out how to extract the truck backwards with the front mounted winch.
This is what I found on the internet. I think I'll need several snatch blocks or wheels to make this happen, plus a whole lot of rope. The double line pull at the back will pull the vehicle backwards, despite winch pulling rope in from the front. The Comeup winch has 82' of synthetic rope on it; I need to pull it all out to actually measure it.
How much additional rope and equipment do I need for this?

Experts please chime in for ideas and/or real life experiences.

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did yours come from the dealer with the winch already installed or did you add it?

 

[pinebaron]

did yours come from the dealer with the winch already installed or did you add it?

It was dealer installed as an accessory several weeks after purchase of vehicle; it was not available as an add-on accessory while ordering the vehicle.

 

[pinebaron]

You need this setup bud.

Driver side or passenger side?

 

[Johnv76]

Driver side or passenger side?

You can get both, or either side.

 

[pinebaron]

You can get both, or either side.

Ordered passenger side only; basically for hanging off much of the recovery gear, rope etc. Traction boards and farm jack under the HD cover.

1. DiamondBack 160lb Gas Spring x 2
2. DiamondBack Toolbar x 2
3. DiamondBack Quick Fist Clamp Mounting Kit (all sizes)
4. Putco Truck Bed Side Molle Panel
5. Putco Molle Grip Clamp Kists -Full Kit

Please send me details on how you mounterd traction boards.

 

[Johnv76]

I replied to your other post on it bud. Let me know how you like the molle panels. I'm on the fence about getting them, I have heard awesome things about them though.