Trailwise | Top 5 Winching Tips

Having participated in numerous off-road recoveries, Nena gives us her top 5 tips for safe and effective winching. Whether you're the one who's stuck or you're helping out a friend, these tips cover some basic best practices for operating your winch. More winching videos are on the way soon so don't forget to like and subscribe if you'd like to see more from Trailwise - and tell us what you'd like to see more of in the comments below. Thanks for watching and happy trails!
The winch used in this video: www.superwinch.com/en/product...
The fairlead on this Jeep is a Hawse Pro, hybrid roller-hawse fairlead: hawsepro.com/
The winchline shackle is a Factor 55 Flat Splicer: factor55.com/product/flat-spl...
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Music courtesy RUclips Audio Library, creative commons license.
"Short Guitar Clip" courtesy of Audionautix, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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"River Crossing" By ALBIS - RUclips Audio Library

[@SteveH98264]

Been off-roading for more than 40 years and learned something new today. Thanks for providing such useful content.

[@jeepschool]

Great to hear! Thanks for the feedback! 🙏💪

[@desertmaverick7567]

I just wanted to see if you knew what you knew. Very nicely done.

[@EINKODM]

Nice tips thank you

[@serendipityguy]

Great Video, thank you Nena for advocating Safety & these other life saving tips.

[@jeepschool]

Thank you, Camilo!

[@brennanmetcalf]

One tip. Never set the hook/loop end on the ground when pulling off the winch line. Put it on the bumper or attach it to a recovery point. All it takes is reaching through one loop of line when you string things out and you have a potential knot. Sometimes it's easy to see, but when it's dark and you're tired, it will get missed. An unseen overhand knot in synthetic line is in my top 3 reasons why I see failures. Cheers.

[@jeepschool]

Great tip! 💪 I try to hold on the the hook, but hooking it back up to bumper would be easier! 🙌

[@j.sancho8286]

Great tips!

[@guidominadisospiro3553]

Thank you for your very instructive videos.

[@jeepschool]

Glad you like them!

[@JKsouthwest]

Great tips, thanks for sharing!

[@jeepschool]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonunderwood9240]

Nice video

[@vangiestar6057]

Thanks for the
Tips. I like your 4xe, anymore tip specific to 4xe winching , like how not to deplete battery and continuous pulling limit or do need interval ?

[@jeepschool]

Great idea! Although winching with any vehicle with an electric winch can follow the 1-minute on, 1-minute off guideline to not overload any of the vehicle or winch components.

[@spdracr58]

for those of us still using a steel cable we can just lay it in front of the vehicle. suggestions then?

[@jimsomborovich8102]

Is catcusy a real word? :) Thanks Nena for a great video!