Hydraulic winch on Unimog

[Stephen Blair]

Werner is a much better winch, 2 way power but more to go wrong and expensive to fix.

It came off 1 of the u1300 troop carriers I'm sure a few months back .

[skyhuck]

Yeah I saw that too [emoji106]

 

Question is... if you had the choice of that or the winch Gray has which one would you go for?

 

Can the winch gray has be used to get me out of the sh*t if need be?

 

(Apologise for my lack of knowledge)

 

 

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For a mog the Werner is far superior, especially for self recovery, IMO.

 

I bough a more basic version of the Werner at an auction, I never used it so sold it to a so called friend who told me it was worth £500, he is far more knowledgeable about all things Mog, he basically robbed me, they are worth £2K all day long.

 

I managed to find a battered one on ebay, it was described as needing repair, but the cable eye had simply been allowed to travel round the drum and become stuck. I managed to get it free and it all worked fine.

 

They are slow, but pull like you would not believe.

[monkeybusiness]

For a mog the Werner is far superior, especially for self recovery, IMO.

 

I bough a more basic version of the Werner at an auction, I never used it so sold it to a so called friend who told me it was worth £500, he is far more knowledgeable about all things Mog, he basically robbed me, they are worth £2K all day long.

 

I managed to find a battered one on ebay, it was described as needing repair, but the cable eye had simply been allowed to travel round the drum and become stuck. I managed to get it free and it all worked fine.

 

They are slow, but pull like you would not believe.

 

 

So your mate robbed you (which you are bitter about), and you then robbed someone else (which you are pleased about)...

[Marc]

We mounted a Rockinger on our mog with custom blade, not tried it in anger yet as not long after receiving our Unimog from Germany and having a body fabricated the engine ate itself.

 

Personally it was not my decision, I would of gone for either a Werner or a 3 point forestry winch although this L38 2150 is road spec.

 

We have a hydro winch on another mog, it's useless at pulling trees over as it's just to slow although has enough grunt to make recovery useful.

[skyhuck]

So your mate robbed you (which you are bitter about), and you then robbed someone else (which you are pleased about)...

 

Err, no, I bought a winch from a stranger and paid their asking price. I expected to have to repair it but got lucky.

 

I asked a "mate" who knew far more about the winch than me what it was worth, he "lied" to me about the value and ripped me off.

 

If you can't see the difference I'm glad I'm not your mate

[Mick Dempsey]

C'mon Dave, in this day and age you cannot play the ingénue about the price of stuff.

 

It was worth what it was worth, Monkeybusiness has you bang to rights.

[skyhuck]

C'mon Dave, in this day and age you cannot play the ingénue about the price of stuff.

 

It was worth what it was worth, Monkeybusiness has you bang to rights.

 

So if a mate of yours asked you to fell a tree for them and just charge the going rate and you charged them double your normal rate, it would be their fault?

[Mick Dempsey]

How much did you pay for it at auction?

[skyhuck]

How much did you pay for it at auction?

 

Imaterial, IMO.

[john p]

C'mon Dave, in this day and age you cannot play the ingénue about the price of stuff.

 

It was worth what it was worth, Monkeybusiness has you bang to rights.

 

 

I disagree, Dave bought a winch off eBay as spares or repair not knowing what was wrong, he got lucky. Knowingly telling a mate somethings worth f all when you know otherwise is a different thing