Ground/Sand Anchor with Pat Callinan

General Tire of Australia and Pat Callinan 4X4 Adventures would like to show you how to effectively bury that steel rim tyre and use it as a winching anchor to get your stuck vehicle out of a tricky situation.

[southernwaytransport]

Good info! This happened to me once....stuck all alone on an isolated beach, and the tide was coming in. Within another 2 hours my car was gonna be under saltwater and ruined! And I had no cel phone reception and was 20 miles from anyone. My wife was with me to push the gas while I rocked the car, but it only dug it in deeper!. I was taught to use a boat anchor...one big enough for the vehicle weight...and get the "folding" kind, that way it tries to dig deeper in the ground the harder you pull it. Bury it with just the chain/rope link sticking out (about 2 ft deep). It's a lot less digging than for a tire (half as much time and work) and wont risk bending or damaging the tire/rim assembly, possibly making it unusable or even dangerous! If you don't have or can't afford a winch, you should have at least some light chain, a tow strap, or rope prepared in your vehicle if you're ever gonna be out in the woods or beach alone! Then using the chain or rope make a loop in it and tighten by twisting it with a tire tool until it pulls the car free. You can also research how to wrap a tire with rope and use the brake and gas together to make the differential pull on both sides (the differential is why one wheel spins and the other doesn't).Another cheap idea is a "fence winch", a.k.a. a "come-a-long" winch or a "high lift jack" with shackles to hold chain/strap/rope..These setups will cost you only $50-75 and get an anchor at a boat junkyard for $10-25 bucks, or make one out of what ever is handy. You could even bury a 4-8 foot log "long-ways" a few feet in the sand and wrap your rope/chain/strap around its center and that'll also work but takes longer. It's good insurance to be prepared, and cheaper than a tow bill or a water-damaged car! Works good! Thanks!

[beefsupreme]

Thanks for the winch tip. Its good to learn new alternative techniques.

[Fordgroup]

Cable damper!👍👍I see so many use a winch and nothing to cover safety. Great video!👍

[aaront]

Thanks for the great demo. It's good to see it in practice instead of just reading about it in a book.

[mattmiles]

Cool trick in a pinch for sure. I've used a blade style boat anchor many times over the years to get out of sand. I used to have a 2wd pickup now with 4x4 I rarely need it.

[diyjeepguy]

I have always wondered how this would/could work, thanks for the video mate!

[herbmarsh]

Mate I watched Malcolm Douglas do the same tyhing back in the early 80's, a great thing to know.

[ronquin]

thank you for the great idea !! this could of saved me a month ago, but now i know.

[chrisj]

This was in sand, but I found when really bogged in, well in a bog actually, it just pulled the wheel out of the hole. In the end we buried the wheel FLAT in the ground. That was far more effective and got us out of trouble.

[chickenjoe]

Would like to see how much fun he had getting the tyre out of the car and then out of the sand.

[jacobg]

I got my truck hung up on a 3 foot sand cliff in New Mexico once. I was just following a trail and all of a sudden my front wheels dropped into a river bed and I came to a nasty sounding stop. I had it sitting on the transmission crossmember with the rear wheels off the ground and the whole frame at about a 45 degree angle from flat. No amount of cursing, spinning the tires, or pushing on the bumper could get it free. So I got the shovel out and started digging. It was about 98 degrees and windy, but I kept at it for about an hour until the last bit of dirt under the granny collapsed and threw truck shifted down the hill. I dug a little more, got back in, and drove right out. I had a winch and everything, but I was surrounded by little pubic hair sized trees and rocks too small to use. This would have been useful to know then. It's a solid truck so I got away without damaging it, but man, there were a few minutes where I was wondering how much a tow bill would be out in the middle of fuck all.

[BowhuntingAfrica]

You didn't show the hardest part. Digging the spar out from under the truck that's up to it's belly in sand

[aaronwest]

a steel wheel is More likely to bend than a aluminum one... aluminum will break instead of-bending

[RogerSayers]

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[chuckkline]

Awesome video. So anywhere you can dig....you can winch out!

[TopShotDustin]

Man I learned just as much from a photo in 5 seconds as much as this video in 5+ minutes...

[alamedajon]

Great Idea, But you forgot to mention, or i didn't catch it . Position strap on the bottom of the tire while burying the tire as you did in the video. Informative video Thank you.

[CosgroveNotts]

You need to show Muricans this for their beach days lol

[clemras]

I saw Malcolm Douglas do this Appx 20 years ago on 1 of his adventures .👍

[AHMAD.ALAMOUDI]

Barefoot on sharp rocks ... off roading with right hand & drinking beer with the other one. Those crazy Aussies have gone beyond alien creativity !