ice anchor for winch?

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anyone have an idea on something for an anchor point for a winch to pull on when stuck out on the lake? i was thinking of making a y bar type thing that when a guy were to drill a angled hole to stick it down and hook on?

[beer batter]

There was a thread on this not too long ago. Drill a hole at an angle away from your stuck vehicle, put a 6x6 post in the hole and use that as an anchor point.

[Palerider77]

Two steel fenceposts welded into a skinny X. Also the 6x6 is a great idea, just tricky to make an angled hole with an ice auger

[merkman]

anyone have an idea on something for an anchor point for a winch to pull on when stuck out on the lake? i was thinking of making a y bar type thing that when a guy were to drill a angled hole to stick it down and hook on?

To Make:

Take a piece of pipe or solid stock and weld a metal loop to the middle to clip your winch hook on to. Weld an eye hook to one end of that same pipe and tie a rope to this eye hook.

To Use:

Drill a hole with your ice auger.

Take the rope that is connected to the eye hook and tie it off to your winch cable 2 or 3 ft above the winch connection or back to your wheeler. What ever you do make sure this rope does not go down the hole.

Clip your winch hook onto the center loop on the piece of pipe.

I assume you have a hook that looks like the one on the right.

Put the pipe down the hole (one end first, make sure the to keep one end of the rope from going down the hole!! You will need it later.)

Pull up on the winch cable and the piece of pipe will lay flat on the bottom of the ice under your hole.

Winch your wheeler out.

To Retrieve:

Give the winch cable slack and pull up on the rope (this will pull one end of the pipe up and make the pipe sit vertical) then lift both the rope and the winch cable out at once to pull the whole thing out of the water.

Fast, simple, cheap, and easy.

Make sure you test everything before using.

Only use components and welds that will not break.

Always be safe and be smart.

I am not responsible for accidents (use at your own risk)

If your wheeler is stuck and your auger don't start... use your cell phone.

-Merk

[Ed Carlson]

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this is for my blazer with a 10,000 lb winch i will show what me and my buddies thought up.. its sort of a t bar that turns so it fits down the hole then is a true T and catches on the bottom of the ice to retrieve you pull the rope thats hooked onto one end of the T and the bar turns sideways and lifts out. now to get everything welded and GET STUCK(:

[Crm7290]

I wish I had a vehicle with a winch. Or 4x4, or ground clearance.

Its great in the summer but when Im stuck in the snow I can't pull myself out I have to shovel.

[Ed Carlson]

The Ice Angels are not for use on anything that heavy, as they would very likely shear the ice like a knife and cut themselves free under the weight. So skip that idea for that heavy of an application.

Ice rescue crews use a long T-Bar anchor rig made from light I-beam and a double shovel on the bottom that looks like cultivator shovels. It also has a low center pull eyelet near the middle.

Snoop around on the net for ice rescue equipment. You might find a pattern there to build you own from.

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well i got everything hooked up tonight. put er in 4 and stuck er to floor made it about 10 yards into a 4 foot snowbank could barely open my doors with out some shoveling. got the tree saver strap and spooled out about 50 feet of cable hooked it all up put it in neutral and hit the button and i moved! got out with out ever putting it in reverse! from past expreiences it would have taken a 1 ton truck with chains on gravel with no sonw or ice under the tires to get it out. 5 min i was out of that beastly snowbank. i would higly reccomend any viper winch from moto alliance for anyone wanting some serious pulling power for a low cost $280 for mine off of the HSO-Classifieds..

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heres the anchor. the bottom bar turns to make a T when under the ice

made this out of a hitch and 1/4"thick plate.