Got a call from a friend stuck in a ditch Sunday.
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Matt did some gunsmith work for me a couple years ago. At the time he, his wife, and 2 kids were living in a run down, rent to own, dump of a house on the bad side of Springfield, MO. His 16 year old son has non-verbal autism.
I mentioned I had picked up 6 acres cheap at a courthouse fore-closure auction here in Ozark County and if they were interested I'd sell it to them for a little more than I paid for it - to break even. They jumped on it and moved out here.
Matt is working on restoring this 1979 Ford F250 to running condition and decided to drive it around the block where it's Carburetor failed near the top of a hill. His brakes also failed causing him to roll backwards into a ditch. His 4wd is not connected at the moment and all he had was 1wd with the tire that was up in the air spinning.
Not knowing the weight of the pickup and trailer I used a Spanish Burton (2 snatch blocks and a winch line extension) for the initial pull with my Harbor Freight Badland Apex 12K synthetic winch.
I tied my Jeep off to a tree on the other side of the road. While this picture makes it look like were were on flat ground, we were on a steep hill. We had to shuffle our feet setting up the rigging. I decided it would be best to winch him up hill since there was a roll over concern.
Once he was free of the trailer, I switched to using 1 snatch block and a double line pull to get him out into the road.
Then after relocating my Jeep, I use a single line straight pull to right the trailer.
7 second video.
I don't do this professionally but this is my 13th recovery using this winch since 2022 and being a volunteer with 2 off road recovery groups on facebook.
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A snatch block is a wonderful tool. I have 3 of them.
Good job pulling that guy from the ditch drobs. Difficult job.
Good on you, for all the great effort for the family and pulling him out of course
May karma repay you 10 fold for the good deeds
Sounds like you have a winch and like to use it. Got the job done.
Why was the trailer attached to his truck?
I am happy no one was hurt….. He certainly added more work now to get everything up and running…
Well done, you get a promote.
Good for you. Now buy him a pair of big boy pants.
Did that with my Jeep winch once. A natch block on the stuck truck, my Jeep with all 4 wheels locked and blocked, the Jeep just dragged itself.
Not sure on that one. Looked like he welded on a coupler to the trailer in place of the pintle hoop. He might've been trying it out.
I'm 50/50 on whether or not I need to tie the rear of my Jeep off (anchor) to a tree or another vehicle. I've learned to use 1 snatch block on every vehicle I pull with my winch. Theoretically 1 snatch block doubles your "pulling power."
I pulled a kid in Chevy 1500 pickup out of the mud earlier this year using a snatch block and didn't need to anchor the rear of my Jeep. I did find some hard ground to put my Jeep on. I also pulled a Jeep Gladiator out of the mud with a snatch block and no rear anchor.
A few weeks ago, I pulled another GMC 1500 out of the lake using 1 snatch block. I was up hill of it and needed to anchor the Jeep to another vehicle behind me.
This fellow carries Scotch Blocks in his Gladiator. These are basically steel ramps that your drive up on and lock your vehicle in place. They are attached to your bumper.
5 min video.
I like the idea of Scotch Blocks but really don't have room to carry these in my 2 door Jeep.
I used snatch blocks to pull a 500 pound black walnut log 150 feet up the steep mountainside. I carved that tree down into a summerbeam for my log cabin.
These snatch blocks are about 120 years old, made in Lockport New York. You can buy them off of Ebay for about sixty bucks. These are stronger than the "Made in Singapore" snatch blocks you can buy at Tractor Supply. Get a couple snatch blocks and a 200 foot long rope, you can move just about anything.