very stuck... and my winch wouldnt work

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:50 pm

soooo we have about 2 miles of trials in the woods behind our house. so i decided it would be a good idea to go do some wheel'in with a few inches of snow at night. i called my buddy that has a toyota truck and we hit the trails.. nothing gave us any problems until i got to a hole that we buried our rubicon with 35's in earlier in the year. i figured. i have a winch might as well try it. so i do. make it as far as we did with the rubicon and get real stuck... front tires were almost gone and my bumper was resting on top of the mud :roll:

here is the rubicon after winching out of the same hole.

so i tree saver a tree and pull the winch cable out.. plug in the controller and.. dead. i check the battery.. check the connections under the winch, check them from winch to winch box.. nothing. still dead. absoulety frustrated i get my buddy to turn around (he had no tow points on front) and then i busted out my tow strap. which was too short. so then i busted out a chain.. and he got me out. after we get back down to the house i looked into the winch some more.. still couldnt figure it out. plug in the controller and it works?

it was upside down.

i plugged the controller in the winch box upside down and it wouldnt work. and it's A ROUND PLUG with 2 key ways.. and it can only go in 2 ways.. and upside down doesnt work .. but fits perfectly still. whoever designed that needs taken out.

no pics of in the hole since i didnt have my camera.. but here's some from after

and my rescue yota

then i went to the car wash and the lights went out in the car wash half way through my first cycle of quarters. not my night

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:06 pm

I'm sorry, that is funny!

Well at least you know now...... and at least you weren't out alone...

I think you should go get stuck.... and try it again.

Chris

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:52 pm

Where are your ARB covers for the fog lights?

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:30 pm

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Where are your ARB covers for the fog lights?

laying on my back floor :oops:

i need to make brackets to mount them and i've been too lazy.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:44 pm

2006 KJ wrote:

dieselenthusiast wrote:

Where are your ARB covers for the fog lights?

laying on my back floor :oops:

i need to make brackets to mount them and i've been too lazy.

Just making sure, cause I have the covers and wont be using them............

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:53 pm

sorry to hear you had a bad time. 1st, at least you had a second vehicle to get you out..2nd Always , always check your equipment before you hit the trails. all you need is a good wash, fix the problem and go back out and have fun.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:13 pm

LIV42DY wrote:

sorry to hear you had a bad time. 1st, at least you had a second vehicle to get you out..2nd Always , always check your equipment before you hit the trails. all you need is a good wash, fix the problem and go back out and have fun.

hahahah that's the worst part! nothing was wrong i just plugged in the controller upside down :oops:

who would guess

htkrph · **Posted:** Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:22 pm

that sucks. but the way you wrote it was kind of funny.

Guest · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:31 am

let that be a lesson to you - always bring your camera. :lol:

CD · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:58 am

that sux man, I tried to get a computer to work for about 1/2 hr one day only to find it wasn't in the plug :roll:

. Glad you made it home any way without any real problems.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:38 pm

Should of gotten a WARN winch,there controller plugs only go on one way :wink:

.

2006 KJ · **Posted:** Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:19 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

Should of gotten a WARN winch,there controller plugs only go on one way :wink:

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hahahahahah.. when i was cussing and kicking my arb in the woods i was also yelling.. should've bought a warn stupid ****ing cheap winch! $400 piece of **** .. hahaha.. but it turns out it was my fault and the cheap winch is still good as the day it was new. :oops:

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 12:31 am

haha don't you hate it when its something simple like that it just makes you feel retarded lol

how are you liking your winch? Im looking at the smittybilt winch for my bumper

very stuck... and my winch wouldnt work

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