Winch Power Cutoff - Are They Needed?

GP NOIR said:
Heh. There was a period during the reign of Petersen Publishing, they pushed cut-off switches to winches, welders and the main battery as a safety item against “runaways” or the batteries getting knocked loose in a roll over. Yes, batteries. In those days, all serious off-roaders ran dual batteries in case one was run flat during winching, welding and operating air tools deep in the heart of darkest Farmington or Rubicon or Moab. The second would still have enough juice to start the engine.

It was an Age of Heroes when the Gods were petty and cruel… and the Pirates of the Rubicon hoisted the Jolly Roger to strike fear into the hearts of the weak
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LOL - the OG influencers. Hell, I even wrote a few articles for them back in the day. Funny how nobody talked about cutoffs again and for decades or at least, not until social whoring became a thing.
 
I heard a story about EJS, not sure if it's true or not. Apparently after having a few too many one evening, someone thought it would be funny to pull a guys winch cable up & over his Jeep and hook it to his rear bumper. They activated with their own wired controller and damn near cut the vehicle in half. I bet the owner now has a cutoff switch. LOL!
 
JHaus said:
I heard a story about EJS, not sure if it's true or not. Apparently after having a few too many one evening, someone thought it would be funny to pull a guys winch cable up & over his Jeep and hook it to his rear bumper. They activated with their own wired controller and damn near cut the vehicle in half. I bet the owner now has a cutoff switch. LOL!
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What would the cutoff switch do? He would know how to activate it just like his winch…
 
JHaus said:
I heard a story about EJS, not sure if it's true or not. Apparently after having a few too many one evening, someone thought it would be funny to pull a guys winch cable up & over his Jeep and hook it to his rear bumper. They activated with their own wired controller and damn near cut the vehicle in half. I bet the owner now has a cutoff switch. LOL!
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A cutoff switch would not be on my list. Not being friends with that guy would be top.
 
Launch said:
This could be in the pet peeve thread. Nothing pisses me off like cyclist riding in the street when there is a 15ft wide community trail right beside the road with nobody on it.
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Well as a former pro cyclist, i can tell you that believe it or not, if you are a "real" cyclist, its much safer on the road than a trail. you wouldnt believe how many people think that just cause there is no one in sight (in front of them) that they are the only person in the world and no one behind them. Making hand turns into someone who is passing them. Or people out walking dogs on expandable leashes letting the dog run all over the place. Or people out with their kids on tricycles swerving all over the place. At least on the road, i dont have to think too much about what to expect from a motorist. Also under most state laws, cyclists have the same rights to use the road as vehicles - regardless of what trail systems are available. And i will also say that yes most people on bikes are sh!ty at following rules of the road too and do act just like the people on the trail, are the only ones on the earth. I am sure that commercial drivers feel the same way about people in cars... it is what it is. Just share.
 
RitaRunner said:
Well as a former pro cyclist, i can tell you that believe it or not, if you are a "real" cyclist, its much safer on the road than a trail. you wouldnt believe how many people think that just cause there is no one in sight (in front of them) that they are the only person in the world and no one behind them. Making hand turns into someone who is passing them. Or people out walking dogs on expandable leashes letting the dog run all over the place. Or people out with their kids on tricycles swerving all over the place. At least on the road, i dont have to think too much about what to expect from a motorist. Also under most state laws, cyclists have the same rights to use the road as vehicles - regardless of what trail systems are available. And i will also say that yes most people on bikes are sh!ty at following rules of the road too and do act just like the people on the trail, are the only ones on the earth. I am sure that commercial drivers feel the same way about people in cars... it is what it is. Just share.
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I don't have a problem with cyclists on road as long as they don't impede traffic. I hope someday I get to see that. It will warm my heart.
 
RitaRunner said:
Well as a former pro cyclist, i can tell you that believe it or not, if you are a "real" cyclist, its much safer on the road than a trail. you wouldnt believe how many people think that just cause there is no one in sight (in front of them) that they are the only person in the world and no one behind them. Making hand turns into someone who is passing them. Or people out walking dogs on expandable leashes letting the dog run all over the place. Or people out with their kids on tricycles swerving all over the place. At least on the road, i dont have to think too much about what to expect from a motorist. Also under most state laws, cyclists have the same rights to use the road as vehicles - regardless of what trail systems are available. And i will also say that yes most people on bikes are sh!ty at following rules of the road too and do act just like the people on the trail, are the only ones on the earth. I am sure that commercial drivers feel the same way about people in cars... it is what it is. Just share.
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It was much better when cyclists actually had to ride on the road and follow the same laws as vehicles (hand signals, right of way etc...) and most were courteous enough to move aside and allow a vehicle to pass, now that some states have fallen to the lobbying pressure of the "entitled", they seem to think they no longer have to obey any existing laws as they've been given certain "rights" that exceed what should be for every road moving vehicle.

Example - Utah, they've got the most fucked up laws for cyclists that are 100% anti-motorist and often impossible for a motorist to obey (3foot rule) when an entitled asshat is crowding the specified lane that narrowed an existing road that was easily shared in the past.

They have become like fucking pedestrians that no longer have to look both ways before crossing a street because they are holding a fucking orange flag and.

They are in the right no matter how or where they cross - worse when they are ass deep staring at their phone and decide to cross never lifting their head.
 
I have put on more miles on a bike than some ppl have on their cars so I get where you are coming from RitaRunner. Never rode pro but that said there are trails all across the state with next to nobody on them that go great distances and many ppl train hard on them. Most pro cyclist or even good amature riders I will agree know how to properly ride on the road. Us old guys didn't have trails back in the day. I'm referring to the guy in the black hoodie on his way to work at 6am with a perfectly good trail right next to him that ticks me off. See this kind of stuff way to often around here.
 
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