Draper Expert Winch

[Paul Tomo]

Can anyone please let me know if this winch is up to any good, it’s a fraction of the cost of some winches on the market and hoping it’s not a cheap a tacky piece of kit.

 

thanks

[Khriss]

Its got a guarantee on it. If you bust it get yr money back. K

[Khriss]

Tirfor. Not cheap. Cant bust them. K

[Paul Tomo]

Three times the cost and at the moment I’m just looking. I’ve used one before and it seemed ok worked fine and not put under any strain so handled the job well. I guess you pay for what you get. 
 

[andy cobb]

We use a cheap Draper winch when we're doing line thinning. Its light enough to carry from tree to tree and strong enough to roll a hung up tree if you wrap a strap round.

You need to carry a few lightweight straps though as cable is only about 10 ft long

[Paul Tomo]

1 minute ago, andy cobb said:

We use a cheap Draper winch when we're doing line thinning. Its light enough to carry from tree to tree and strong enough to roll a hung up tree if you wrap a strap round.

You need to carry a few lightweight straps though as cable is only about 10 ft long

That’s all I wanted to use it for Andy, turning and hung up trees. That’s what we used it for on the arborist course I did. £203 there going for and it’s the same one I used on the course. 

[The avantgardener]

I don’t rate anything that Draper make. Ace do a decent winch for the money, you can usually get a second hand Tirfor on eBay for the same money as either though.

[Dan Maynard]

I bought a Jet winch from L&S, I think to be honest those winches about £200 are all the same inside made in China. I believe the Tirfor patent ran out so the copy ones are fairly new on the market.

If you're using it occasionally then they work ok, I figured buy from someone reputable in case of problems rather than someone random off eBay.

Having said that, I have seen more of the ex-hire genuine tirfors around since and with my time again might get one of those.

[Will C]

These guys are worth a look, I use one of these at aprox 7 yrs old with no issues and it’s done some work.

 

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[andy cobb]

9 hours ago, Paul Tomo said:

That’s all I wanted to use it for Andy, turning and hung up trees. That’s what we used it for on the arborist course I did. £203 there going for and it’s the same one I used on the course. 

The 1 I use is only about 1 ton pull and was only about 30 quid so I think your looking at a much better product. To be fair our little winch has always coped even if we've had to bore the stem and put the long felling lever in then put the winch on the end of the felling lever. Maybe wouldn't pass h/s but it gets the job done!