Thats a great technique for those who carry around 2 larges poles with them or they have a saw that can cut 2 large poles. Most of the time a person isnt just going to come across 2 poles of that size, strength, and similar length
That’s why every army vehicle carries an axe, shovel, and pick. You cut the poles from surrounding area. But if you’re stuck out in the desert or somewhere without trees then it gets fun.
A folding saw will cut poles of that size. It is one of the most useful tools in the woods besides an axe and a knife and I always carry one in my pack
Exactly. So just do much easier thing of keepin come-along with you. I live in back country and always have a 3ton come-along, cheater pipe for leverage, and couple tow straps along with 50foot 5/16" cable.
Was the point of this video to show people how to do this or just to show people that YOU know how to do this? Because, it was very light on the actual details of how to put it together.
I guess it depends on your perspective. With the visual presentation of the wrapping of the line around the poles, what more information, in a verbal form, do you need? In contrast, watching that one cited by ProspectorTim is about 12.5 minutes of mostly irrelevant verbiage that mainly served to interrupt the continuity of the more informative visual portions. e.g. what does it matter that one pole is cedar and the other is pine; or the knot chosen to tie to his truck. Such matters are just distractions from the real issue of how the winch works. Now, having said that, I felt Creek Stewart did leave us hanging. At about the 30 second point he moved one branch of the line to the other side of the pole and declared that was critical. Why?? He never told us. And frankly, I'm not so sure it is critical. I've seen it done both ways.
You did it the correct way. I have seen many videos where they put the rope on both sides of the log. This technique is also known as Spanish Windless, but it is done on the ground.
Creek - awesome! And I thought I'd about heard it all, survival-skills-wise. I guess as long as humans are resourceful and inventive, there will be virtually endless survival skills to discover... or to teach. It's "all good medicine"... 🐾🐾🐾
Excellent idea, provided you have the equipment,not that heavy to pull over,I once pulled a light truck,about 4 tonne out of a bog on level ground,using good quality ropes tied to the bottom of a fence post using the rope hitch method with 2 loops . 🇦🇺 Australia
For the poles you can use some logs, for the anchor point you can use ground anchoring, but you still need the rope...if you are that unprepared you shouldn't go into the wilderness alone or just walk
Assuming the tow line is 1 foot from the ground, at 6 feet total lever length you are winching 5lb per 1lb applied. This is probably double that. ~6inches
I seem to recall seing a vid about making a windless wincc which involves a couple stout pole like you used. But instead of flipping, one pole is veryicle while one is horizontal. One end of the stra is tied to the load while the other is tied to an anchor point, like a tree. Does that sound familiar?
you really didn't show how it worked, why I dunno you seemed to cut out the most important parts? but for folks who want to see exactly how to make on and see how to use one then just search flip flop winch..
Good tips for idiots who go off all by themselves into the middle of nowhere and think not telling anyone where they’re going is the key to the glorious pure solitude they stupidly seek.
