Windblown tree qualifications

[john k]

I saw one in a museum once! [emoji1787]

[Stubby]

34 minutes ago, john k said:

I saw one in a museum once!

Ouch 😁

[Haironyourchest]

12 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Ouch 😁

My neighbor has a mint one. Not been used in decades though. I tried to pick it up, barely left the floor. 

[skc101fc]

I've got one in my shed. Bought it 30 years ago at a machinery auction. Regretted it instantly as I tried to lift it into the back of my forward control landrover. Its been out one other time, probably 25 years ago, to haul over a back leaning oak ,down a deep valley, which cracked off sideways as I couldn't swing the handle fast enough to keep uphill momentum. I'm 25 years older, wiser and less able to pick the damned thing up again so I foresee, with my all seeing magic eye, that its going to remain in my shed for at least the same amount of time !

[Haironyourchest]

They were a product of the "men were men" era. Two strong bastards and a mule probably. My only criticism of it, apart from the weight, is it's only got a ten meter pull. The drum is grooved to seat an inch thick cable, so using a thinner cable wouldn't work very well, as it would crest the groove ridges and probably damage, as well as being dangerously overstressed by the winch itself... The extension cable was longer, but you still only get ten meters of pull... I dunno, they have a beauty all their own. If one really really had to generate ten tonnes of pull, an easier way would be a big chain lever hoist. Safer, and with modern alloys, lighter than a monkey winch....

 

I'd love one of those wee capstan winches. Looking at the Bluebird Industries one for around €650... How's the Red Iron working out? Any chance of a review, John K?

[openspaceman]

3 hours ago, Stubby said:

Anyone used the old Trewhella monkey winch ?

Nah, I used to look at it in the shed at work in 1974 but decided it was far too heavy to use.