Extraction with an e-bike - anyone tried it?

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Adyb said:
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Interesting stuff as this or an off-road e-scooter for deer extraction has crossed my mind. Sadly, the French video tells us nothing about the bike’s ability to cope with this on anything but level ground.

The footage of when he does negotiate uneven and hilly ground is just rider & bike. The point being does the bike’s drive & gearing allow you to drag a beast over the same type of ground?

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Klenchblaize said:
Interesting stuff as this or an off-road e-scooter for deer extraction has crossed my mind. Sadly, the French video tells us nothing about the bike’s ability to cope with this on anything but level ground.

The footage of when he does negotiate uneven and hilly ground is just rider & bike. The point being does the bike’s drive & gearing allow you to drag a beast over the same type of ground?

K
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No idea I'm afraid - I just french googled it ref OP's question. The other link says it's got a fair bit of grunt though...
 
Klenchblaize said:
Interesting stuff as this or an off-road e-scooter for deer extraction has crossed my mind. Sadly, the French video tells us nothing about the bike’s ability to cope with this on anything but level ground.

The footage of when he does negotiate uneven and hilly ground is just rider & bike. The point being does the bike’s drive & gearing allow you to drag a beast over the same type of ground?

K
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Dragging a deer is fraught with danger of snagging the load.
Not quite the same as e-bike extraction, but a Forestry Commission stalker I know had a quad bike end up on top of him years ago when the stag he was dragging behind it got snagged on a tree stump.
When he came to he had to get the quad bike off him and drag himself (with a broken hip) to raise help.
How he survived I do not know.
So be extremely careful of snagged loads during mechanically assisted deer extraction.
 
Mr. Gain said:
I have been fortunate to acquire some shooting on a good-sized piece of ground located an hour's drive from home that includes areas I can't access with a full-sized 4x4. As this is due to narrow routes, rather than inherently difficult terrain, I'm wondering about the practicality of getting into the ground on an ebike and using the bike's power to assist extraction.

It's only roe and muntjac, and extractions are max. 2,000m, so you might say "just put them in the roe sack or drag them!" And fair enough, until there's more than one deer down, and then it becomes a proper slog, as well as being costly in time: which is why I'm wondering if there's a better way.

I've seen YouTube videos of US hunters using ebikes for insertion and extraction, and was thinking that this might be an approach I could take: load the bike on the car at home; drive to the ground; pedal to the start of the stalk; and use battery power for any extraction, making everything quicker and less strenuous. Except, I'm guessing it's not as easy as that, or everyone would be doing it.

I'm still learning about what's available bike-wise in the UK, but from what I've seen so far, it doesn't look as though the UK market as a whole is interested in the types of machine the US hunters are using: i.e., ones with decent off-road tyres, more torque than speed, and the ability to go 100% electric (no pedal assist required). Nevertheless, some UK dealers do appear to be supplying bikes in an off-road-only spec that offers greater power and a throttle control to access it.

I'll add that I'm interested in ebikes not electric motorbikes. This is because almost all the off-road electric motorbikes I've seen seem designed for scrambling rather than utility work. The exception is the UBCO 2x2, and that's expensive enough to make a S/H quad on a trailer look like a better bet... except I've nowhere to store either at Gain HQ, whereas finding space for an ebike and carrier wouldn't be a problem.

So, before I start quizzing the nation's ebike dealers about an application they've probably got no idea about, and might conceivably object to, I thought I should tap into the collective expertise of the SD to see if anyone has any direct, personal experience of this approach, successful or otherwise.

Thanks in advance!
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I am working on a mini argo type vehicle for deer extraction one that tracks can be added to as well its about the size of the wheelbarrow that bomb disposal unit used to use watch this space
 
I have an E-Bike that was the best value for money I could find two years ago, Decathlon Rockrider ST900 (£2k), its bloody brilliant and I try and use it for local trips to keep fit(ter) and have done 3.5k km in 2 years. Need electric or I would be killing myself on the 1 in 6 hills around us. I have a trailer meant for a dog that I take him to the pub in or can probably put 30+ kg of shopping in. The trailer would want fatter tyres ideally for extraction x country but I think its a pretty good idea.
 
You buy a fairly cheap carrier that locks onto the ball of your tow hitch. Then use a couple of bungees to stop anything shifting and scratching the vehicles paint.
 
I rode an E-bike for my mountain biking, I do run a line to a mates non e bike and help him up the hills. Worth noting the E-bikes multiply effort made by yourself and I reckon it could be used to aid but if ground is very muddy you may end up just spinning the rear tyre out with too much torque, sounds stupid but cause me to stop on a hill or two today.
 
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