Yaletrac cable puller

[Tony Parker]

Hi all.

 

in the market for a cable winch and I appreciate that Tirfor are the leading make but just wandered if any of you have experience with the Yaletrac winches and are they any good.

Particularly looking at the Y16  1600kg model.

 

Thank you

[NFG]

Not used that one but the 1600KG 1.6 Ton ACE winch from Amazon is pretty good for the money

[Woodworks]

Think there are bunch of winches out there with the only difference being the labels! Think mine is branded Ace and it's been  perfect for the few jobs it been used for. 

[Rough Hewn]

Hi all.
 
in the market for a cable winch and I appreciate that Tirfor are the leading make but just wandered if any of you have experience with the Yaletrac winches and are they any good.
Particularly looking at the Y16  1600kg model.
 
Thank you

I've got that one, brilliant but of kit.
Damn heavy.
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[Haironyourchest]

There are three flavors of Tirfor.

 

First is the Tractel Tirfor genuine article. Ropes are proprietary 4 strand in oddball diameters. Twice the price of generic 7x16 wire rope. Better - more tolerant of bending etc? Maybe.

 

Second is the ubiquitous Chinese clone. Always aluminium, always the exact same design whatever the badge. They're ok. Common 7x16 strand wire core galvanized wire ropes, cheap to replace.

 

The third flavor are similar to the Chinese clones but have small differences in the design of the case. Case can be aluminium or steel. The Yaletrack is in this category. From photos, they appear slightly better finished than the common PRC clone. Same ropes as the clones. They seem to run about twice the price of a clone, and about half the price of a Tractel.

 

There is a fourth flavor...the Euro-made clones. Habegger, Brano (if they still exist?) and maybe others that I couldn't name, or say where they're made. Probably as good as a Tractel, and similarly priced.

 

Then there are the older style MOD second hand Tirfors. Cheap on eBay etc.

 

 

 

[htb]

Use Habegger here for last 30 yrs, only replaced shear pins.

[Haironyourchest]

17 minutes ago, htb said:

Use Habegger here for last 30 yrs, only replaced shear pins.

How does it compare to a Tractel? Ever opened up a Tractel to compare? Is the rope the same 4 strand as the Tractel rope?

[Haironyourchest]

I found a distributer of Brano winches in the UK - a lot cheaper than I expected! 

 

BRANO Wire Rope Hoist / Winch Lifting Capacity 3.2T

FPANDG.COM

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Use: Wide range of use particularly in construction, agriculture, forestry, transport, etc., for example: for lifting and towing loads in all directions for extricating items...

 

[htb]

14 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

How does it compare to a Tractel? Ever opened up a Tractel to compare? Is the rope the same 4 strand as te Tractel rope?

Equivalent in quality to top end Tirfors, it uses 11.2 mm 6 strand wire rope.

Wire Rope for HIT-16 - Habegger

WWW.HABEGGER.CO.UK

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Wire rope suitable for the Habegger HIT-16 manual hoist. Habegger wire rope is made of galvanised steel wire, one...

 

[jmac]

Do proper tirfors not use swaged ropes ? I've got cheap ace ones, always worked fine, use them for supports on the skyline and handle that ok.