HI guys

I have an idea for a dio I'm working on, but I'm not real sure if it would work in "real life" The dio shows part of the US Marine's 1st div moving down a one lane snow covered road. A willy's Jeep has gone off the road, and is nose deep in a ditch. Heres the question. I want to have a 2 1/2 ton truck hooking up its winch to the rear of the jeep to pull it back on the road. My first question is what would one hook the winch to ? The frame, rear tow hitch, ? Second question is how much damage would the jeep receive ? I'm planning on replacing the right vender with tin or brass, and bending it up a bit. Plus flattening the right tire.
My last question is does any of this make sense, or would there be another way of getting this done?
Harry

Hey harry,

Yeah it makes sense. Damage depends on speed of vehicle when it nose-dived. Might even consider a broken axle/suspension.

Towing pintle is what we were trained to do. But there is a thing called "Field Expediency" that could explain any type of vehicle recovery. Field Expediency can explain recovering a vehicle by hooking up to the frame, or anything else.

Why not just have those 12,000-15,000 marines to carry it out of the ditch.

Hi Carl

You know I thought about having those 15,000 Marines just grabbing a side, but then they are going to want beer afterwards, and chips. It would have been to much of a mess.
Heres what I'm thinking. The speed of the jeep would be minimal. It would have been going down a hillside on a frozen road. in snow. So say 5 - 15mph at best. If the axle or somthing along that lines is broke. There is no way the convoy is going to hold up while its repaired. They would strip it of anything useful then torch it.
I'm looking at just a flat tire, and some bent up metal . I was wondered about hooking the chain to the frame for fear of twisting the frame. The towing pintle seemd the way to go.
If anyone has any other ideas, by all means feel free. I was doing some more sketches tonight. This is the first build in a long time that I've actually gotten excited about. I can't wait to start post pics.
Harry