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.
 
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