Hand Winch Question

The simple answer is .... bugger all.

But it will do the job. Then again that should be 1/2 of bugger all if you run it through a block to double the pull.

I have used one ... particularly on one occassion where it was really needed. To tell you the truth I was too busy busting my freckle to notice how much of the bloody cable I was retrieving with each stroke. But I'll tell you something else .. I swear by them. A power job on the b bar is great .. but not much use if you need to go backwards.

Happy heaving.Rosco

Bugger all is right , its about 2 inches per pull , great for orquard situationsVenus Bay

Thanks

l will agree with bugger all, but they are really effective, l can remember an episode when a friend got his rodeo stuck trying to cross a creek, three 4x4's could not pull him out, our last option was the hand winch, it was bloody hard yacka but it did the job!

I got my F100 4x4 stuck on a beach near Broome. In the attempt to get out of the situation I broke a component in the FWH. All we had was the Tirfor and the tide was coming in. I was a young fella then but it still took 7 hours to winch that truck off the beach and over a dune and I lost about 5 kilos in a night. 300 feet at two inches per stroke is no fun. Had to bury the spare wheel six times. Within a week I had flogged the F100 and the Tirfor and good riddance to both. Since that episode I have stuck with electric winches.
Cheers
Willie
Never a dull moment

you cant go wrong with a electric winch and a high lift jack, if needed the jack can winch you backwards if its the only option.
just a thought.
Aaron

Phil - depends on the brand of winch.

For example:

Tirfor - 40 Strokes per metre or 2.5cm per stroke
Black Rat - 44 Strokes per metre or 2.3cm per stroke
Mean Green Machine - 42 Strokes per metre or 2.4cm per stroke
Big Haul - 28 Strokes per metre or 3.6cm per stroke

I brought the Big Haul - but that was before I knew the above info.

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Rhu