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Old 12-22-2008, 02:33 PM   #10 (permalink)
apalmer1
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if you think your cable can handle it and you actually have the space to do that kind of thing i think it would be a good way to get somebody unstuck if you don't have a winch on any of the vehicles. its always good to have resourceful thinking like that IMHO because most of the stuff he lists is something you would own if you had a winch, so if you were in an instance where the winch were to break you would be able to use this method.

for example when my truck was stuck on a rock cliff we blew up the planetary housing and clutch lever on harry's XD9000i which then lead to my friend having to get a running start with his XJ over and over again to bump me off the rock, which eventually lead to tearing his hitch out of the unibody and destroying his liftgate.

either way i think its a good idea, just make sure you use cable dampeners and stand way back because with that reduction thats a lot of torque being applied to that line...
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