DIY tirfor winch handle

[harveyWhite]

I've lost the handle from my tirfor winch and would like to know whether anyone has made their own rather than replacing it for over £100. If anyone has any ideas on what to use I would appreciate it.

[Bob_z_l]

Hi @harveyWhite I used a 25mm square 16 gauge box steel length. Seems to be ok. An offcut from my scrap pile.

[nepia]

A piece of scaffold pole here

[Stubby]

Galvanized " water barrel " here .

[woody paul]

20 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Galvanized " water barrel " here .

Bet that wobbles a bit, and how do you get hands around it. 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, woody paul said:

Bet that wobbles a bit, and how do you get hands around it. 

Its galvanized water pipe . Just slips over the handle of the winch . about 3ft long .  Its called " water barrel " but its a tube essentially . ( but I think you knew that 😁 )  

[Khriss]

Nope to 100 quid, bit of close fitting pipe, rubber sleeve on top, painted red so you dont lose it. K

[aspenarb]

The spigot of a tirfor will fit in a slightly squashed bit of 1" iron water pipe like a butchers cock up a calf's arse. I welded a ball on the end of ours which makes it a bit easier to use.

 

Bob

[Dan Maynard]

The spigot of a tirfor will fit in a slightly squashed bit of 1" iron water pipe like a butchers cock up a calf's arse. I welded a ball on the end of ours which makes it a bit easier to use.
 
Bob

Thanks for that. I will never be able to use a Tirfor again without thinking of the butcher's cock.

[Haironyourchest]

Can I hijack your thread Harvey? Tried to post a vid of my baby micro Tirfor (500kg) in a new thread but I'm using Brave Browser and it doesn't mesh too well with the Arbtalk site, so I think I posted an "artical" instead. Here's the vid anyway. Handle is so wee it's funny. I have made a new handle for my other Tirfor, the 800kg one. Used a bit of thin wall galvanized tube from the scrap pile, used to be a washing line thing I think. Reinforced the bottom end of the tube where the leverage is fiercest, with a piece of fiberglass tube (old shovel handle). It's way lighter than the original handle and works just as well.


https://youtu.be/F9WAMn8fGz4