WINCH BUILD "2010"

[Hoser John]

If you go to fourwheeler.com --in the May edition--on Willies workbench is a FANTASTIC ARTICLE ON WINCH RIGGING AND SAFETY COMPLETE WITH TABLES/FORMULAS/ANGLES % LOADS AND LOTS OF GREAT INFO--LEARNED A LOT FROM MY 4 WHEELING BUDDIES AND THIS IS A REAL GOODN'-TONS A AU 2 U2 -jOHN---DAMNIT-SORY CAPS-Too sick to erase

[russau]

get well soon John! and dont let it get to the point where we gotta start praying for you to get better! do it now! we wanna see you in Wyoming this july!

[Gold Seeker]

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John,

Get well soon buddy, I saw where you posted about all the low life/crackheads/illegals in the ER, you should of wore a Border Patrol/INS hat into the ER and they would of been no waiting all would be gone and a nice atmosphere for you in your distress.

Skip

[CalGoldDredger]

Hoser, I shall check that all out, probably stuff we already do but didn't really understand why. I use common sense winching.

I am gathering that you are ill, Get Well Real Soon, Buddy!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hoser John]

Thanx for the well wishes--but only the good die young--so I'm good to go(as soon as I cough up the last lung) for another 60 years-John

[El Dorado]

Do what the military did... get rid of those gear driven dinosaurs and use a hydraulic pump and motor!

[CalGoldDredger]

Good thought Steve.
Hydraulics are heavy and they need to be cooled or watch out. They also rely more on horsepower rather than gear ratio which means more weight.

This one I am working on will be 700:1, you don't even need a motor to pull a massive boulder, could turn it by hand, just might take you till diner or maybe Christmas depending on how far it needs to move. - ha-ha

I just had the splined shaft turned down on the ends, have a few more pieces to have machined and I can start in on this winch. I might work on it some over the summer, time permitting.
Meticulous care goes into the building of such pent-up torque and power, the kind that moves even the mossback boulders.

Just came across one of the units my dad made over thirty years ago and it was still in service, how bout that.

I will try to get some pictures as I progress (or should I say if) and make some posts here.

[Hoser John]

Fathers know best-both mine RIP-but the lessons live on-tons a au 2 u 2-John

[CalGoldDredger]

[AuTSaurus]

CGD,

That turned out really nice. Good job on that build.

Greg