Be scared of Nissan people:





Yes that is an 3000lb ATV winch mounted on 1/16" with #8's

Why it'd be bad

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Also saw this one. Notice anything on the side body panel?
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Wow the first one would be sao much better if i had sound the the in-laws comp. The second I see the side panal, must make you kinda proud in a way. I read alot about that place on pirate.

lol wow That first one was crazy.. I"ve never seen a hook go clear through like that.

That's one cool sticker:lol: I noticed it before I read what you wrote.

A guy I know, Happy Dan as he is called(buggy guy, really cool), took a d shackle to the mouth with a winch failure. Not pretty. I will see if I can find the pics.

Here is Chuck's write up.....

This week-end wheeling in the high country, we were winching a rig up an obstacle and I ask Dan to stand clear of the line in case it should brake, Dan said I know what you mean and told me about his trip to Colorado and the experience he had when a winch line broke he ducked and the cable rapped around the chest of the guy next to him and only had two big red marks around his chest and commented how lucky he was.
An hour or so up the trail it was necessary to hook a strap on a tree to get a buggy up BN the winch line broke and the strap acted like a rubber band, it snapped back where Dan was standing, the clevis hit him in the chin & lip. While I was tapping his chin, he ask me what his lip look like because he could put his tongue through the hole and then ask me to take a picture of it so he could see it. I tapped up his lip the best we could with the small first air kit and sent him and Bobo back to camp so he could go to the hospital for stitches.
Back at camp Andrew re-tapped the bandages, he said he was OK and was going to the hospital for some stitches.
We can not just talk about safety on and off the trail............. we must practice what we preach.

And the pic.......

Ouch... Thank god that hes ok.

Was thier not a blanket or sweater or any wieght on the line so when it would break it would hit the dirt?

Ooohh, thats gnarly.

It was a syth rope. The killer was the strap on the tree that broke. I was not there.