SOS: How to Survive - Two Pole Winch

[@deadcarz4926]

This is why I keep 2 poles in my glovebox.

[@freeman436]

lol...man there's a few risqué jokes just screaming for a breather here...but I won't

[@deadcarz4926]

@@freeman436 Not those Poles! I keep them locked up in my basement!

[@BhengkiPras-dq3jn]

No need 2 poles in your gloves box just a decent saw will do

[@prophetzarquon]

I was going to say carry an axe (dual purpose, too!)

[@ctcv-to8kq]

You too?! I thought I was the only one.

[@Mansionlife-m7l]

This is the most important part, so we will demonstrate it very quickly so you won’t pick up on the “how” and likely will watch someone else’s video.

[@mikebartoli4755]

Or you can use your "brain" and pause the video while you learn! 🤔

[@gregorybrennan8539]

No, he hides how he resets the pole if he can. If he cant which is the case this is useless. ​@mikebartoli4755

[@MasterYoist]

Russian Sherpa posted a video on this about 13 years ago called "Flip flop winch".

[@VanGoWanderlust]

I got all I needed to know from the thumbnail, but maybe that's how my brain works.

[@mikebartoli4755]

@@VanGoWanderlust obviously it doesn't work very well.

[@markswishereatsstuff2500]

Carrying the lathe to make those poles is what rolled the Jeep in the first place.

[@aurtisanminer2827]

Had it on the roof.😂

[@arzthaus]

The evolution of the weather channel is giving the history channel a run for its money.

[@prophetzarquon]

At least it's not straight up misinformation, yet

[@JakeBor]

​@@prophetzarquonThe government controls the weather.

[@narxic]

😂 didn’t catch that was TWC!!! Good one!

[@JakeBor]

@@prophetzarquon The authorities are controlling the weather.

[@ryansmiley5495]

The history Channel has been garbage for years

[@scienceandshit]

Thank you cowboy Legolas

[@MiguelAlvarezAdams]

Lmao

[@floobs73]

🤣

[@NB-ou9hk]

Lol

[@The_Ultimate_Ground_Of_Being]

😂😂😂😂

[@mathewg1747]

you answered the question my brain wouldn't shut up about xD

[@oldNavyJZ]

FIled that one away for sure into my mental toolbox. Thank you for sharing!

[@lawrence100sailing]

We used this several times while deployed with the UN in Sudan, to get our vehicles out of deep rivers when stuck crossing. It’s basic knowledge in the 3-rd world; great to see.

[@planetvegan7843]

Self reliance = third world. Gotcha.

[@craigwiester9177]

If I'm ever out in the wilderness with a turned over car and I have a long tow strap and there happen to be 2 4" poles near by, this could be useful.

[@prophetzarquon]

If I'm ever out in the wilderness with a turned over vehicle & no recovery devices or hatchet, I've made more than one mistake in that outing.

[@terdfergeson23]

Have you ever seen a fallen tree? I’m pretty sure they have those out in the wilderness

[@michaelashby4036]

Who doesn’t have strap and axe in their jeep?

[@Kekeslicious]

tbh I have all the necesarry stuff for this in my work car. I hope this will never prove useful but why not know it's possible?

[@LarpLaughLove]

If you’re ever out in the wilderness… you should probably have tow straps. I have tow straps, tow ropes, a double hook tow chain, a plethora of ratchet straps… as for the 4 inch poles, they come from these crazy things called trees and as it happens the Forrest is full of them

[@dangerousfarmer]

Creek Stewart is such a good dude. Super friendly and outgoing to talk to in person.

[@aa-ron2243]

One and a half minutes for practical knowledge, great video!

[@bowlineobama]

You did it the correct way. I have seen many videos where they put the rope on both sides of the log. This technique is also known as Spanish Windless, but it is done on the ground.

[@michalurbanful]

Exactly!!!

[@someguydino6770]

I gotta get a couple of racks set up in my closet to hold all of my sashes, kechefs and a little tree stand for my scrunchies.

[@terry_willis]

Why is it either a 38 minute video filled with 32 minutes of ego yakking fluff, or, a 01:34 video that leaves you bewildered?

[@s0nnyburnett]

actual content is like a happy marriage, doesn't exist

[@craigireland4596]

He might have been able to use those poles as levers to turn the Jeep over.

[@davidgreenwood6029]

He did use them as levers to turn the jeep over. He just used a strap for added mechanical advantage, but he's still using them as levers, to turn the jeep over.

[@TheOneSeanPool]

@@davidgreenwood6029 But Craig from Ireland meant directly rather than with a strap, and in the English language we look for the intended meaning rather than literal meaning.

[@endofdaysprophet]

Love the analogy ay the end!!! Your brain is more powerful than ANYTHING man has created!!!

[@CogitoBcn]

ChatGPT has entered in the room.

[@endofdaysprophet]

@CogitoBcn ChatGPT has ZERO chance against a human brain!!! ChatGPT cannot Reason or think or basic brain function!!!

[@nymcbikers6400]

Are you teasing us your leaving out 80 percent of how to do this

[@DeanSchaub]

I agree

[@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine]

The hardest part of anything is knowing it's possible. The rest is just doing it till you get it right.

[@willemakkermans4067]

All the info seems to be in there?! Yes, try it out on a small scale, with a string and some matchsticks or something.

[@xscorcher9071]

@@Letyourcolorsblendwithmine100%

[@STho205]

Learn it with two pencils and a string on a tabletop. It is very simple. Same as twisting a strap to tighten on a glue up ..except bigger and on the ground. You'll need the 2 meter pole length for the mechanical advantage...and a rather thick log for the wood strength

[@vxxx6783]

I thought it's gonna be 2 Polish guys, pulling out your car ;) Seriously now - brilliant video. You probably saved multiple lives by posting it.

[@sessary]

Creek - awesome! And I thought I'd about heard it all, survival-skills-wise. I guess as long as humans are resourceful and inventive, there will be virtually endless survival skills to discover... or to teach. It's "all good medicine"... 🐾🐾🐾

[@gunstrucksandfootbal]

Was the point of this video to show people how to do this or just to show people that YOU know how to do this? Because, it was very light on the actual details of how to put it together.

[@lynnlard5531]

I guess it depends on your perspective. With the visual presentation of the wrapping of the line around the poles, what more information, in a verbal form, do you need? In contrast, watching that one cited by ProspectorTim is about 12.5 minutes of mostly irrelevant verbiage that mainly served to interrupt the continuity of the more informative visual portions. e.g. what does it matter that one pole is cedar and the other is pine; or the knot chosen to tie to his truck. Such matters are just distractions from the real issue of how the winch works. Now, having said that, I felt Creek Stewart did leave us hanging. At about the 30 second point he moved one branch of the line to the other side of the pole and declared that was critical. Why?? He never told us. And frankly, I'm not so sure it is critical. I've seen it done both ways.

[@patrickjoseph5028]

How are thousands of chicks supposed to see his “Fabio” man bun doing manly things in manly ways….I’m surprised he kept his shirt on.

[@bjornfisk]

He doesn’t show how the prussic works in the set up, just that he tied one.

[@tymz-r-achangin]

Thats a great technique for those who carry around 2 larges poles with them or they have a saw that can cut 2 large poles. Most of the time a person isnt just going to come across 2 poles of that size, strength, and similar length

[@cosmicinsane516]

That’s why every army vehicle carries an axe, shovel, and pick. You cut the poles from surrounding area. But if you’re stuck out in the desert or somewhere without trees then it gets fun.

[@cra2cra226]

So you lie down and die.

[@mhughes1160]

Just run down to the local hardware store or call a tow truck . LoL 😂

[@matthewbarber4505]

A folding saw will cut poles of that size. It is one of the most useful tools in the woods besides an axe and a knife and I always carry one in my pack

[@mikerhonevich481]

Exactly. So just do much easier thing of keepin come-along with you. I live in back country and always have a 3ton come-along, cheater pipe for leverage, and couple tow straps along with 50foot 5/16" cable.

[@fredrossman1189]

More, More,More!!! I love it that you are showing this to the world.

[@Cowboy340]

Both critical key tie points were BOTH not clearly shown!

[@kevinthomson6324]

I missed 80% of the information from this video because I was distracted by the pants

[@jebes909090]

wrong pole kev

[@Fix_It_Again_Tony]

@@jebes909090 wrong part of the pants jeb

[@FryingMike]

I do like simple yet highly effective skills. Nice, very nice showed why I may need it too.

[@243WW]

Well, I'm glad that was demonstrated clearly. If you park your Jeep on it's side, Flip the strap, Give the end of the strap to a tree to hold and then flip logs. Got it.

[@AlvaroRamos-n1x]

The most important survival tool here is the buckskin tassel chaps. A must-have in every emergency kit and glove compartment.

[@axelknyght]

Seeing this Blew my mind. So simple and ingenious, and with the Right materials more possibilities, weight, but to a Safe limit. Thank you from Myself and all the other Peep's who viewed this. It's a Thumbs up, don't Y'all forget. Take care Axe 😉.

[@Jayb11698]

Great idea. I found a woods jack, and a couple of 2-inch ratchet straps can get you out of anything. Connect the woods jack to the tree, remove the slack with the ratchet strap, and then crank away on the jack. I like his idea because you could just carry a small hand saw to cut the poles. Bottom line is always carry straps, shovel, and saw. I learned to carry a saw when my truck frame got stuck on a stump.

[@mmafreaks4871]

why not just use the pole as a level and flip the jeep back over?

[@ieism1]

When you're on your way to a Halloween party, but you rip your car over 😂

[@oldNavyJZ]

Or, as we call it here, Wednesday.

[@tywal]

Love it. I've seen this before. Just keep in mind that if you need to do this in the national forest somewhere and you cut two poles about 4 inches in diameter the US Forest Service Dept of Agriculture will only charge you about $500 for each pole...if they catch you.

[@PetAllDogs]

Surprisingly practical tip from the weather channel.

[@toxaq]

This happened to me once. I couldn’t find any suitable poles so I formed a rudimentary lathe with what I could scavenge and after almost a weeks worth of whittling I was finally back on my wheels.

[@arthurdunn1452]

Excellent idea, provided you have the equipment,not that heavy to pull over,I once pulled a light truck,about 4 tonne out of a bog on level ground,using good quality ropes tied to the bottom of a fence post using the rope hitch method with 2 loops . 🇦🇺 Australia

[@b_ks]

Every time you flipped the pole you failed to show how you moved the pole back into position for the next flip. Also I need to see what knot you use to tie off the anchor point.

[@Shino_666]

my grandpa did that too when my dad's car jumped over a small cliff. i think that's one of the reason why i can still write this comment now. '-')

[@chrisbowden4009]

Short and to the point. Thanks! And great video.

[@nealesmith1873]

Great technique! A slimmer pole would be weaker but would also increase the pull force (less distance pulled per flip).

[@GCast-iv1pd]

I've been walking around the forest for 2 days and could not find the same type of poles you got.

[@MrBlunt32]

Seen this before. Glad i saw it agaon. I think I'll remember the setup this time and just make sure to always have rope and straps. "I COULD MOVE THE WORLD IF YOU GAVE ME A BIG ENOUGH LEVER!"

[@stickshaker101]

Man, I sure hope KZbin works after the apocalypse.

[@ScroatBagGarage]

Who carries two landscaping timbers with them? Don’t even tell me there was a Home Depot near by.

[@davidwright5094]

1:00 "Only attempt survival techniques in an emergency situation" Somewhat inconsistent with other adages such as "practice makes perfect"; "learn by doing"; "I do and I understand" (Confucius, that last one). If all 4 of these quotes are true, then when an emergency situation arises for the first time, _you won't know or understand any survival techniques_ , so there will never be a second time.

[@CORYJOHNM]

Ok, breaks out pencils and cord to decipher this evasivness.

[@sherrydee7880]

Why did you not show how you attached it to the tree?

[@Jem777-1]

Sherry Dee: round turn and two half hitches...

[@paradiseroad6405]

...cuz there's a 45,000 lb military drag winch hidden in the tree...

[@mweezy]

@@paradiseroad6405 😂

[@jaywiebe7612]

Because that has precisely nothing to do with how the flip flop winch works. "Needs to be very solidly anchored" or however he worded it, is absolutely all the information you need about that end of the strap

[@JanosSkorzini1893]

Lateral force against a taut line will accomplish the same thing with no poles needed. 2 trees and a line.

[@kentalanlee]

Honestly, if your Jeep doesn't have some comealong tie down straps in it, you're just cos-playing. Much easier to use.

[@gavinausten1825]

I will have more success doing this by taking instructions from the hokey pokey than watching this post.

[@davidkeeton6716]

You don't have to use fence posts obviously. Just use some large branches, dead fall in the forest, or trees that you cut down. A lot of offroaders do carry a hatchet or small saw with them.

[@walterw8223]

_"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."_

[@judsonspruce1768]

Excellent! Next time this 74 yo is in the wilderness and flip my vehicle near a tree, I'll defenitely remember this video. 😊

[@AdamBechtol]

While it's nice to teach people about the Spanish windlass. It would seem in this particular situation one could just use the pole as a lever and pry up the jeep directly.

[@Bierstadt54]

Well, given that he probably pushed the jeep over very gently anyway he didn't need much to bring it back.

[@Roobotics]

It's a demonstration of a mechanism, not an assessment of ideal ways to unstuck a partially rolled vehicle.

[@Brian-lb3zo]

I would like to see more detail of the movement of poles and the tightening of the strap.

[@chalinp4886]

Alpha survival skills👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@Treblaine]

You do not need 2 giant poles for that much leverage, just tie off the line taught an pull on the middle of the line at a right angle. You will move a large distance and the line will move a short distance, that's leverage.

[@extra2042]

It would be nice if there were less jump cuts that way we can see all of the motions of the technique.

[@JxH]

* fewer

[@StillTrolling-k2h]

@JxH Get out of the 18th century. Less fewers, more lesses!

[@JxH]

@@StillTrolling-k2h "... *Less* fewers..." * fewer

[@DrJohn493]

I bet a few cows got loose after those two fence posts went missing.

[@Leopard_8119]

This is so useful. I flip my car on a weekly basis :)

[@traviswoods665]

never leave home without ur 2 trusty 8 foot poles

[@timbercretesteel9855]

Brilliant mate!

[@CurtisEWipe]

So, the for the anchor point, all i gotta do is just wrap the strap around a tree without securing it to itself or anything. Got it. Thanks for the tip.

[@firstnamelastname8439]

Do you need a warning to not check the temperature of hot oil by hand in a cookbook too?

[@brysonwood8356]

Never tried it, but my grandfather told me about it many years ago Never been in a situation where I needed to use it…

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

Yup, but now you have 2 flats and you weren't carrying a spare tire.

[@HicSvntDracones]

what a great idea....as long as you conveniently flip your jeep next to 2 poles that are just laying around and not partially buried in the ground

[@edwarddemedeiros3607]

It's a shame you DIDN'T show the complete technique.

[@deanmacka4975]

Top stuff mate 👍

[@exodeus7959]

The brain is a part of the body, neo.

[@marwerno]

If I see this right, this would also work well with just to short metal bars of smaller diameter, even so the pull per turn would obviously be smaller.

[@trueaussie9230]

What do you know about 'lever length'?! 🤔

[@jsmythib]

Assuming the tow line is 1 foot from the ground, at 6 feet total lever length you are winching 5lb per 1lb applied. This is probably double that. ~6inches

[@johnnysparkleface3096]

Whoever thought of this is / was a genius.

[@tomthumb5445]

Oddly every time you flipped the ends of the two poles were out of camera viewing range.

[@dennisst.pierre210]

Convenient that those poles just happened to be near your flipped truck

[@cdabcdefg12345]

Weather channel finally talking about pole flips?

[@plurpimpin1178]

Why not use the winch visible on the front of the jeep when it flipped back over and a snatch block on the giant tree behind him to redirect the cable to do a side pull?

[@user-zp3vx7hk8v]

The camera angle changed every time you turned one pole, so we have no idea how you transition from one pole to the other. When doing an instructional video it would be best to keep the same camera and angle through the entire movement so those watching can benefit from it.

[@BrOckSams0n]

The appropriate equipment for this is lighter and takes up less space than the stuff in this video that you will absolutely need to bring along with you. Just get a high lift jack, a come along, a 20 foot kinetic rope and and an extra 20 foot static tow strap.

[@Misteribel]

I always keep two poles in my back pocket in case i need to lift something heavy

[@waylonmccrae3546]

Or place it on the other side of the jeep, get 3 rocks as a fulcrum & use the pole as a lever ??

[@michaelbeasley4923]

Don't forget to bring your sawmill when you go 4 wheeling

[@WyFaught]

You can use poles smaller than that and just regular trees

[@miguelg2650]

When did kid rock become a Navajo medicine man?

[@peternedilsky9851]

You won't believe how easy it is to find two strong poles made from western pine, each measuring 8 feet long by 4 inches across. No remember, you ratchet strap must be red #17 and exactly 3.2 inches wide.

[@willemfendon2333]

Love this!

[@drvb9185]

EXCELLENT ‼️

[@waynec369]

This woman knows what she's doing.

[@FirstFamilyCharger]

You must be really confused in terms of your sexuality

[@JAMESJENKINS-i2n]

Good information

[@jsmariani4180]

The edits in the middle of the action were confusing. Not sure what he did.

[@mikewalls7663]

You could have used one pole and used it to leverage the jeep upright from the other side, no tow rope, no second pole, unless you are weak or disabled. Or I could just brute strength it, no pole. Deadlift max is 650.

[@ultimatedijo7058]

in physics. this is leverage. Archimedes said -- Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.

[@3ehahn]

My fringe pants got tangled in the rope and then the pole flipped back hitting my nuts and then i became a high pitch and called an uber and ordered a latte’.

[@badbaddolemike]

Whose high-pitch? This is Kelly Clarkson!😂

[@oliverheaviside2539]

Deez nuts!

[@andyjones9386]

Don't get your man bun caught in the straps.

[@schrodinger3467]

This is why i always dress-up as a cowboy and keep my long soft flowing hair in a neat ponytail.

[@kb3svj]

I seem to recall seing a vid about making a windless wincc which involves a couple stout pole like you used. But instead of flipping, one pole is veryicle while one is horizontal. One end of the stra is tied to the load while the other is tied to an anchor point, like a tree. Does that sound familiar?

[@carpballet]

A perfect solution in 1798. In the 21st century, you look like a true maroon. Even the costume screams “POSER!” LOL

[@Yogi_4469]

What knot did you use to tie off the anchor? Typically with tow strap/webbing like such you won’t be untying it rather cutting it.

[@mrakl3]

Interesting. Thanks.

[@skyeline9228]

It would have been nice if you showed the technique a little bit more clearly, but the most important thing: Remind people that the cableRemind people that the strap, rope, or cable you use has to be strong enough to move whatever you are moving. Be very careful when using a chain, if a chain snaps under high tension did can literally cut you in half

[@JohnDoe-fu6zt]

That looks a lot safer than a Spanish Windlass.

[@NagusJJP]

I think he was demonstrating something. I was transfixed by the tassels.

[@shadetreerestorations9053]

that was cool but we really didnt get to see how it worked. the poles/rope was out of the camera shot

[@RodCalidge]

People who really want to survive go to great extremes NOT to roll their vehicles.

[@edthebumblingfool]

or wear chaps

[@s.g.8847]

Fabelhaft 😮!!! Echt stark.