I installed the Calmini winch bumper and a Warn XD9000i winch last week and got to pull a Jeep out of the muck this weekend. He got in a little deep and lost his clutch. We had to hook a tow strap from my truck to Xman6 behind me because the the winch was pulling me to the Cherokee instead of me pulling him out.

It was very funny how reluctant they were to allow an Xterra to winch out their Jeep. They were like "well we can get it".

Gotta love it!

I think that their pride was damaged more than the truck.

Good Job Steve. How are you liking that Calmini bumper so far??

He must have been stuck pretty good for it to take 2 Xs to free him. How did he expect to get out with out you? :rolleyes:
The new bumper looks great, I hope the Jeepers appreciated it!

The bumper is great, having a winch on these Xcursions is really nice. But, I think winching this Jeep popped the thread on the 2 bolts on the front of the frame rails. I'm getting the bumper welded on this morning.

Silver Raider: No thanks, No handshake. We pulled him and went on our way.

What an asshole. Should of left his dumbass in the trenches.

Steve, just a suggestion, in the future you may want to throw a blanket or jacket over the winch line. If you ever have one come loose you'll be happy you did it.

If I were you, and they were like, "I dunno, I think we can get it (being dicks about it)", I'd say "have a nice day, good luck digging" and be on my merry way.

Thanks for pointing out my laziness. You wouldn't believe how difficult it was to keep people out of the line of fire if that line snapped. In the 3rd picture I'm to the right of the guy in the red ball cap with a tree between me and the winch line.

Does anyone have any experience with synthetic winch rope? I was reading because of the lighter weight they aren't nearly as dangerous as steal wire rope.

Yeah but that is what makes us X owners so great

I have an article on it somewhere that I had gotten off of Rockcrawler. I have been thinking about it myself.

What a nice site to see, an Xterra wiching out a Jeep. Who would've thought?

Well I'm sure they were a little embarrassed, especially when you started snapping photographs of the rescue...

Actually I didn't take any of the photos, I was busy helping these guys out. You can thank my girlfriend for these. One interesting thing. 2 hunters came through while we were doing this and one had bought a 2002 SE S/C for his wife. He was thrilled to see us out playing, especially winching out a redneck. He had no idea the Xterra was capable of running these trails. The hunters were a little critical of the deterioration of the trails since Disney has become popular for offroaders. The hunter driving had a lifted F-150 that had 33" tires and he was planning to go to 35" because of the condition of the trails.

So who went through the hole after getting the Jeep out?

Here is the info that I had read on the winch rope it was on Rockstomper

None of us felt stupid enough to try.

Master-Pull

Hey i just noticed this thread over on jeepsunlimited.com. First i want to thank you for pulling the guy, being that he hadnt done that for you. Second, that guy is not a jeeper, we're discussing it on our forum right now and he's an idiot, his jeep isnt even built to handle mud like that.

Anyways, no one on the jeep boards out of 20,000 people that i know of are like that, we are always willing to help someone, and always end up with ungrateful losers like this more often than not.

the worst being one of the Grand Cherokee owners pulling out a stuck durango, and the guy didnt even thank them, just kept smoking his joint while he got pulled out , he even had his kids in the car.

Thanks for being a true "off-roader".

I think not thanking anyone is a psycological reaction to being a publicly exposed jackass. They just want to get the hell outa there. I'm not knocking anyone for attempting the mud hole, thats what everyone is out there for.

I pulled out a wrecker stuck on the beach on night and got no thanks or anything. He was out there looking for people to pull out and charge them $50. Maybe I shouldn't have unhooked from him until he payed me.

Too bad you didn't get to make an extra $50!

The wrecker incident was in Galveston. They are like vultures roaming around out there at night.

I was just in Conroe last weekend. My inlaws live in Bentwater.

I can't speak for all Jeep owners by any means, but I will say that Jeeps get stuck just like any other rig out there on the trail. Whether its from lack of driving skill, trail conditions, or lack of modifications to our rigs.

Honestly, I could care less who or what winches my ass out if I'm in a bad way. And I'm fairly certain that most Jeep owners would agree with me. Yes, most of us are prideful to be behind the wheel of a Jeep, but most of us are not assholes that are reluctant to be winched by a non-Jeep vehicle; this guy is one of the exceptions. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Yo! Economos, It's Samueul from the XJ forum on JU. I agree one hundred percent, as you will find most folks on this board do to.