3- or 4-line Winching with Double Swing Side Snatch Blocks?

[Jackal]

Anyone worked with one of these?

https://www.portablewinch.com/colle...ing-side-snatch-blocks?variant=37693152166078

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[Snacktime]

Never in my life. I used a winch one of those synthetic winch pulleys this summer for the first time. That wasn't for reduction but for the angle. Pretty much everyone has 12,000lb winches now and really you only need to winch a few feet most times.

Stuff like that is a bit excessive for a normal wheeler.

 

[HighVelocity]

Used them for logging, not for recovery.

 

[zuke]

I've done Spanish Burton setups when teaching recovery, or when playing at/practicing recovery, but In practical situations, I've never actually needed to setup a reduction pull. The only time it's truly needed in a recovery is if you've got a heavy rig buried up to the axles in sticky mud, a situation I try very hard to avoid and have been successful at doing so far.

Even so, the groups I run with tend to carry an abundance of recovery gear, and could easily rig a reduction pull using multiple snatches, so carrying a specialized block like linked would just take up space for a rarely, if ever, encountered situation.

 

[Brokenparts]

I have used one... actually 2 to be precise.

The vehicle (Toyota 4-Runner) that I recovered was buried in mud/snow/slop up to the doors and had become "mud-locked" or vacuum locked. On top of that, I was in a decent size group and there was a vehicle between the "detained vehicle" and my Land Cruiser with no option to pass due to the thick wooded area. The vehicles in front of the 4-Runner were unable to yank him out, so winching was the only option.

1st snatch block was attached at angle to a tree (via a "tree saver" strap) near the 4-Runner (to by-pass the vehicle in front of me). From there, the 2nd snatch block was placed on a tree directly in front of the 4-Runner and was looped back and attached to the recovery point on the 4Runner. I ended up strapping up to the truck behind me to keep me from inching forward while winching. It took forever to get him out and required moving the snatch blocks from tree to tree during the whole thing...

Only time I've used my snatch blocks, but I was damn happy to have them on board.

 

[SierraBronco]

I also tend to lean to the camp of using snatch blocks for direction change rather than as a multiplier. An exception exists for running a rear winch only, but even then the double line is effectively a direction change and not a doubler, though that is happening. Multiple single sheave blocks is more useful than one multiple sheave block. Plus you would need two of them to use one.

If you get to the point that you need three parts of line, time to start shoveling. Especially if using a front winch without reinforced frame horns.

 

[EMBronco]

I used multiple snatch blocks back when I did towing and recovery, but that was usually to pull out something really heavy, like an 80k semi and trailer.

I agree with others that they are handy for angled pulls. Might be needed if you're winching a 1 ton diesel out of the mud. Keep in mind those trucks are built heavier than your Bronco, so if the winch is going to rip something apart it's going to be your rig.

 

[Brokenparts]

My bad... it was a "CheroWagon". Pics of the day for fun and to give some context to why the snatch blocks were necessary... My old FJ60 with 39s and a big block barelly made it through the hole...

Dude in the CheroWagon was on 33s lol. I am still trying to dig out the actual winching event but here is some until I can find them (10 years ago or so).

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