Practicing using my winch before I take the Jeep out

[AKbully]

Hey everyone. I’m new to off-roading, so I have some very basic off-roading questions. I’ve taken my JK 2016 off road once since I got her. Had a blast but did get stuck and with a lot of creativity we got her out. The only addition I’d had was a 2 inch lift but didn’t have the new bumper with winch until recently. I now have a Oricish 12V IP67 with synthetic rope, towing load 13k lbs with remotes. My question is about practicing using it around my house before I take it out. Any good ideas?

Also, I am not with a club so I am on my own. First off is this highly frowned upon and if so, what are my options? My trip out was around trees and I imagine had I had my winch I would have been fine, so if I am alone, should I only pick trails with trees?

Im embarrassed to post these basic newbie Questions, but don’t have any Jeep buds up here. Thanks

 

[Oscar-Mike]

If you do this in the backyard woods, get somebody to be with you.
When I was a rookie, I tied it to another old school truck buddy and then we both experimented few tricks as we learned few mistakes (there was no u-tube back then).

You don't want to end up like this:

 

[BLACKJKU]

Make sure you get a tree saver strap if you do have to borrow a tree. I have seen anchors that you put into the ground but it would be a last resort before i'd use one.

 

[MacGuyver]

This guy has a bunch of good info about offroading, the link is to his video on winching techniques.

Ronny Dahl - Winching, beginner to advanced.

 

[Islander]

This guy has been around for a while and has some really good info. If you go to the bottom the additional reading section has a links to us army manuals which are extremely straight forward and helpful if you are new.

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