Thomas Varghese

congrats @Arda Yagcioglu. See you soon in the sands in new position.

Don't mind. He was in his class learning to recover himself from a stuck.

ARB RD181 Front Air Locker (xterraperformance.com)

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Now you have ignited my curiosity. This means you have footage from the afternoon drive with @Foxtrot Oscar's also. Post it please.

You taught a very valuable lesson in recovery which I will remember in all my offroading days.

She mentioned my name on the radio that she will attempt your tug the same way as she did mine. I suppose she is going to employ this trick in future recoveries.

@Gaurav Soni I doubt the principle of the pulleys worked in the tug as the load was unidirectional. Both ends of the rope was anchored to the same points. I think it was the kinetic energy stored in the rope doubled when the rope was doubled and made the tug easy. For the principle of pulleys there should be a point where the force is split in 2 different directions. Please clarify if I'm wrong in my assumptions.

So now our marshals start carrying pulleys with them? Sounds crazy but a great idea as it will ease the effort required to tug out heavier cars.

I had the same doubt and that's why I posted this discussion. Unfortunately all these physics were studied 35 years before and never put it into practical situations but was troubling my mind since witnessing the pull. The pulling car was on a downslope and the pull was directed down. The rope will pull only after reaching the maximum elasticity - till that time it will only stretch. Now the picture is more clear. Even though Angela @Foxtrot Oscar doubled the rope for increased maneuverability my car moved so easily from the stuck because the stored kinetic energy doubled to ease the pull. @Lawrence_Chehimi you cleared the doubt. My doubt was why didn't my car even budge when pulled by a single rope but moved like it was cutting through butter when it was doubled. The answer is the kinetic rope when doubled aids the pull because the stored kinetic energy doubles because the rope is elastic and when released halves the effort. (Probably that maybe the reason these elastic ropes are named kinetic ropes) I suppose an ordinary rope wouldn't have facilitated this as the kinetic energy stored doesn't increase as it doesn't have the elasticity. Same should be the case with a steel rope too.

@kolinrrj see you soon in the sands.

for weekday drives it usually opens at the time of posting the drive.

@Ale Vallecchi when will the calendar open to RSVP?

I hope other aspiring drivers who are ardent fans of offroading sees this thread and learn something. As Angela correctly put it yesterday due to Covid restrictions most of the drivers don't get to see recoveries and other actions and only a select few are called in to help. The newcomers like me just keep driving until they themselves become the center of attention by a refusal or stuck or pop out. COVID GO AWAY Please.

If a rear differential locker not provided as OE for a car can be retrofitted by a third party vendor why not the same applies for the front differential as well. @Rahimdad I would consider it as an honor if you will initiate a thread for this.

It was not at all offending rather I said you can initiate a new thread as you are more familiar with the website. I'm just a newcomer here. I would appreciate if you can start a thread so that so many Xterrians can be benefitted. I would be thankful and grateful to you if you will do it. I was going through the forums and saw an interesting thread by @Barry. The reason I got interested was recently my front differential was smashed by not reverting back to 2W from 4Hi after a drive. The mechanic gave me an explanation for the delay that the 1st differential he sourced from Sajaa didn't meet the original ratios of my car. I thought he was fooling me. If you study this thread it clearly states Nissan kept experimenting on different differential gear ratios over the years on different variants.