5 Ton saving a D5 Caterpillar

[jd-ford-hd]

My buddy stuck his D5N the other day. He has always helped me out so I jumped at the chance to help him. Anchored to two trees the M818 idled the Cat out of its quagmire..!! Used a snatch block on the dozer draw bar to double the line pull. He was pizzed cuz he was stuck, but I was enjoying it...!!

 

[ODdave]

I love the pics. Cant wait to move out of the city....

 

[F18hornetM]

Great job, you may need him and his dozer one day.

 

[papabear]

My buddy stuck his D5N the other day. He has always helped me out so I jumped at the chance to help him. Anchored to two trees the M818 idled the Cat out of its quagmire..!! Used a snatch block on the dozer draw bar to double the line pull. He was pizzed cuz he was stuck, but I was enjoying it...!!

I wouldn't rub it in too much...well...yes I would...LOL

 

[rednckii]

Not sure which one I'm more jealous of. The cat or the truck nice work making me jealous.

 

[jd-ford-hd]

Not sure which one I'm more jealous of. The cat or the truck nice work making me jealous.

You would love to see all of his equipment. He is a one man operation and keeps his D5, 955 loader, Cat backhoe and Bobcat skidsteer looking like new all the time. It was killing him to see his baby down in the mud..! He won't even haul it when the roads are wet (seriously) much less when it is raining...!

 

[Tackettr]

Not to mention your rear fenders look great! ANy details on those?

 

[Beerslayer]

That's a nice Caterpillar, but it is built for dirt work, not for out in the woods. No Winch = Trouble.

I'd hate to have to explain just how I know that.

 

[KsM715]

You got him out with out damaging your truck, that's good. But I would never anchor the winch truck down like that, you're just asking for trouble. You should have used a scotch anchor to chock the front wheels. That way you won't pull your truck apart.

 

[jwaller]

your really lucky you didn't bend the frame doing that. never anchor like that.

 

[trooper632]

the scoth anchor looks like it could bend your front bumper and frame down, or would it bust your shear pin first?

 

[Squirt-Truck]

So whats the proble with anchoring the winch truck by the pintle? If you do not exceed the pintle rating seems like the logical way to anchor if a suitable anchor is avaiilable.
That is what we use when we double up recovery vehicles?

Now I gotta know?

 

[pctrans]

My 2 cents.....that shear pin will bust LONG before you pull that frame apart.

 

[jd-ford-hd]

The scotch anchor is a "last resort" method for an open range situation. Anchoring in the pintle is the strongest possible point on the truck. The forces at work are transmitted longitudinally through the truck frame all the way to the winch. There was absolutely no possible way for the frame to bend with all forces working in a straight line. Sheared bolts are a possibility. I would NEVER scotch the wheels to winch. Forces are then put on spindles, tie rods, springs and hangers...!! With the dozer helping my truck did not strain a bit.

 

[lacoda56]

Good job on the recovery, and I don't think you need to worry about bending your frame with a straight pull. If you have the proper shear pin in the winch drive shaft, you won't pull your truck apart either.

 

[jd-ford-hd]

Full Fender Link

Not to mention your rear fenders look great! ANy details on those?

Thanks for the compliment. I LOVE my fenders..! Here is a link to the post showing how I made them.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/5-ton-up/32055-full-fenders-5-ton.html

 

[M35A2-AZ]

Nice job for the old girl!!!

 

[73m819]

HE ANCHORED just like the Fm-20-22 (Vehicle Recovery Operations) tells you to do. This was a text book recovery, do not see HOW he could have done better, everything from the tree savers on TWO different trees to the LONG cable so he had a EMPTY drum.

A RELL DONE winch job done with the proper gear and rigging

 

[Chevyman_15237]

You should have got that on video.....

 

[FASTNOVA]

Anybody have any tips on the proper way to winch and additional equipment needed. My truck has a winch and the only time I used it was to see if it worked.