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Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: Benji on February 03, 2005, 22:54:15

Just been watching the super-crawl prog on sky.

Whats with the guy at the top of the rock trying to pull the truck up with a rope???   Is he superman.....or super stupid?   :?

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: iianorthants on February 03, 2005, 23:39:28

did read somewhere that with the rope held taught, it adds and extra 25% of climb to the vehicle, meaning that they could climb vertical slope without testing the roll cage too much.   just don't hold on too tight :)

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: Xtremeteam on February 03, 2005, 23:41:20

btw it works very well,got the hammer down rockcrawling dvds a while ago (thank you halfrauds) & when there pullin there wire/rope it makes a difference,i didnt belive it at first either

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: muddyweb on February 04, 2005, 08:34:42

It does one of 2 things.... partly it can help with vehicle stability, but it also gives the driver a point of reference...

When all you can see is sky, with the rope attached up on the cage the driver can use it as a guide to know which way to point ;-)

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: Wanderer on February 04, 2005, 14:35:49

Yup it does work and sometimes the guy on the end of the rope can be the best bit to watch.
Especially if he doesn't let go early enough as they roll.

Ed

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: Xtremeteam on March 27, 2005, 22:20:25

heres a bit more bout tugging the wire/rope

http://www.rockcrawler.com/trailreports/arca_spotterfodder/2001_cedarcity/

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: LOULA on March 27, 2005, 22:22:45

Never seen that before quite amazing actually.. wont be trying that one at home though :D

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: Xtremeteam on March 27, 2005, 22:36:58

i wonder if the arc would let you have a spotter when ur doing trials ?

Title: Rock crawling with a rope!!!
Post by: trustyrusty on March 27, 2005, 22:48:27

this is determination! http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-39.htm  :shock: