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I just want to say thank you to Ron (73m819). He pm'd me with his # and offered me his time and experience to ensure I had a safe and successful recovery this spring. It was an excellent conversation and I truly appreciate someone with the experience he has reaching out to a less experienced...

Technically, the block needs to be double the max line pull, not double the winch rating, but to be safe, you should own a block at least double your winch rating plus some. If you have a 20k winch and you ever max that out with a 20k line pull, you will want a 40k block. But nothing is...

There may be better resources, but at the end of this post I'm listing two websites that helped me determine my calculations. The first site helped me to determine the resistance of my 23k lb truck being winched onto my trailer with a 10% grade from grass mire. Based on the calculations on...

WOW, thank you! Over 4 years on this site and I've never even seen that FM referenced. That looks like a GREAT resource and read. Mikey

Thanks specifically for answering that question! Even knowing that I can get this done with one snatch block, I was still very curious to know the answer to that question. I did plan on winching the truck to B, blocking the wheels, then removing B and moving C back to the winch to finish the...

Thanks everyone for your responses. I really appreciate it. I'd rather be safe than sorry. The truck is currently in a field and has been sitting for some time. I planned to pull it a few feet with my tractor and a chain to get the wheels free. Although it does roll freely, I still figured...

Ramp angle is a great point, thanks. I never figured that into the calculations. I'm not experienced with rigging, which is why I'm turning to the experts. The Eager Beaver 20 ton tag trailer has a 10 degree angle for 9' (5' dovetail plus 4' ramps). Mikey

I have a trailer with a 12k electric winch. I want to use it to winch up my 5ton M51A2 in the spring, which weighs about 23k. In a perfect world I could use 2 or more snatch blocks and call it a day. The problem is that I only have 62' of winch cable. If I had 100' I estimated using 2...