Winches, Hand Versus Electric?

I'm with you!..LOL.


Axle.

Me too! I'm waiting for someone to market a 12 volt Sky-hook! LOL

Interesting point about pulling your self further in!, unless your on a uphill run..lol.


Axle

we had two 75's set up for bush deliverys of food and the solution for not getting in to deep was simple, you have the winch on the tray, it is mounted to a box shaft same as a "reece" hitch .....
You have a "tow-bar" socket recessed in the front in the bar and as per normal at the rear, again the "box shaft" (reece style) and have power at the front and rear from the aux battery...
Winch unit is in nice clean box protected when not needed and out it comes when needed and most winching was done from the rear, back him out and have another crack at it, most times if ya get stuck ya not gunna get any further so you pull it back to dry land.....
Simple, effective, keeps it clean until needed, keeps the front neater (crome caps to cover it) and if in a convoy and the car behind you gets stuck you can plug it into the back and pull him up and out without turning around as sometimes you just dont have that option or room....
A few benifits spring to mind for the "traveller" .... we had it purely for working ..
Box socket on the bar ..... great for launching boats and pushing vans n trailers ...
And to add to that, although i have not done it, if you had a camper you could put a "box" socket on the back of it and very simply winch it all backwards.... food for thought. .... ... .. .... ... . ...... . . ..... .. ... . . .. . .... . .

OH Dear!!!, Technology, Ideas, Common sense,


Brilliant !!.. Joe..n Mel..


Cheers Axle.

Joe n Mel, Just when I thought I had come up with the perfect solution to the winch always being on the wrong end of the vehicle you guys have already been there and done that. Yes to all the reasons including keeping the winch out of the elements until needed..........10 out of 10.
Now all I need to do is figure out some sort of trolley system to move the 35 or so kilo winch from its stored position to whichever end I need it so that my aging back will last a little longer. Keeping in mind that being bogged the moving of the winch is not likely to need being done on nice flat hard ground.........still working on that one.

Cheers Pop

read an article awhile back that the Arabs don't have winches on there for-by's spoils the look,they keep a portable electric one in the back must have box socket on front bar

one thing i often see is way oversized winches on 4wd's, if you are like me and only require it for a situation that you hope not to be in, i.e. you dont try to get bogged like some.......... then you only need a small winch, 8000 pound is the biggest i would go and use a pully system to halve the load, in "theory" an 8000 pound will pull 16,000 pound if you double it back with a pully system and you can use and carry snatch straps that are very light and store well and can be used for all sorts of things when camping ...... (clothes line, tie up the kids, so n so)
Get bogged, have the tree proctector strap around the tree and hooked to a strap that goes to a pully, the winch cable is taken out through the pully and back to the car to a hook point on the chassis and away you go, six feet of cable movement will only pull 3 feet but so what, the whole lot is half the weight and easy to handle, just use a good sized dia on pully and make certain it is rated at the full load (i.e. 16,000 p) ....
There is a new "nylon" or some high tech type "rope" out now that is half the weight, that would be worth looking at to cut down on weight and probally get more on the spool also......
Enjoy

Years ago I had an ex army ACCO 4x4 it had a huge mid mounted PTO winch with fairlead FRONT & REAR , Had to use it too - Now you'd be stuffed pulling this out with a HandWinch

http://www.4wdonline.com/International/PiCs37/milTruck.DonI01.jpg

Hahahahahahaha!.....Is he still your mate?....lol.


Axle.

Must tell that to SWMBO next time LOL

Andrew

Axle,

He is still my mate, poor misguided soul.

I forgot to say that a thin layer of sand covered more mud and that's why she sunk to the diffs.

Have a good one

G/Day Mike.... I did state Winches!......lol...Hows the nissan Performing?



Cheers Axle.

Gday Axle, The Patrol is going like a freight train... 304,000ks and never have a spanner on it except for normal servicing... Michael

I agree, i'd rather spend time servicing an electric winch each year then arm wrestling with a hand winch. I like to call them hernia winches, or in some cases a heart attack winch. Not for me thats for sure.

Thats the go ....

Getting useful value out of your purchase ... rather than just decorating your front bar.