Try not to pull in reverse. It's weaker.

 

OR YOU COULD MAKE YA ONE OF THESE'S

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NO BODY LIKES MY IDEA

 

The tire trick works great if you are pulling out fence posts and dont have a tractor or backhoe.

 

looks like a ford. i dont know how reliable it would be

 

LanceD had a great safety tip I read a while back. On his truck he has a bed mount tool box, and the lid opens towards the back windshield. Whenever he pulls someone, he would open the toolbox, and have the person he was pulling open their hood. In case the strap broke it won't come through either windshield and hurt someone.

Found it :

 

IT IS PRETTY reliable to bad i put a nice crack all the way around the transfercase ( tryed to pull a pjoke out when he was framed and he had either 39.5 or 40s boggers )

 

Here is what I have learned in my years of playing in the mud.

1. Only a diesel can pull out a diesel. Dont waste ur time trying to pull it out with a gas truck.

2. Only use a chain if u dont have to take a run at it and have good traction.

3. Havn't tried this but I heard if u stick a coat on the middle of the chain/rope and it breaks, the coat will keep the chain from coming up.

4. It is best to use a big(1"+) nylon strech rope and start trying to pull with no slack and if that dont work back up in 5' and try again and so on.

5. If u are playing in anytype of mud u might aswell go get a winch right now or have a buddy that has one. This saves alot of damage.

6. If u are pulling someone else out give them the roap to hook up to their vehicle. Cause if u hook it up wrong and tear something off it is their fault cause they hook it up.

7. I found it was best to use to stick a big shackle on the trailer reciever and hook the rope/chain to that.

8. Roll up all windows cause it's gonna get messy and it alot easier to clean the next morning.

9. Have 1 buddy stand back and video tape so u remember how u got ur truck dirty, or how bad u or buddy was stuck.

10. Have beer in hand when pulling cause it will spill if in the cup holder.

11. Have a set of rubber boots in the dry box, cause wet/muddy feet really suck.

12. The person getting pulled out must eather pay in cash or alcohol. Half before and half when pulled out.

I'll add to the list when I think of more.

 

Coat, blanket, tarp will take the energy out of the chain/winch cable/tow strap,if it breaks.

 

Use the BIGGEST ford rope you can find , mine is rated at 90 000 lbs...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7tRlwmLkXI

 

You're positive about that one?
My Z71 used to pull out diesel's all the time. (besides all the other idiots)

 

If the vehicle you have is set up correctly, and you use a strap, with a fair amount of traction, anything will come out. Obviously you can't pull a D10 out with a motorcycle, but you get my point. I used to have an 82 Toyota pickup that was set up for the rocks. It was a long bed with a lift and 4:88's and blah, blah, blah. I could pull out full sizes all day long with that and my 30K strap. Those straps are really the way to go for yanking someone out. You really don't even have to be that gentle with em either. I have really put some serious yanks on folks before. They always came out with no damage from me or my strap.

 

I've been pulled out by a gasser too.

Anyway, another all around tip is to avoid getting mud and grit in your strap and if you do clean it when finished. When it dries in there it substantially weakens it and will cause it to rot quickly. I read that in a magazine a long time ago.

 

where do you get a strap like that

 

I got a 15K strap at Academy I think, something like 20 ft long. Used it plenty and try to keep it clean and off the ground as much as possible.