Handheld petrol powered winch

[Mick Dempsey]

15 minutes ago, swinny said:

What's this Mick?

I had one, which I almost never used so sold it to another member on here. @
Unlike a saw you can’t drop start it, so if you don’t follow the procedure outlined in the manual and it doesn’t fire up straight away, you can have a frustrating morning. 
 

[swinny]

14 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I had one, which I almost never used so sold it to another member on here. @
Unlike a saw you can’t drop start it, so if you don’t follow the procedure outlined in the manual and it doesn’t fire up straight away, you can have a frustrating morning. 
 

Yes I know the can't drop start. And yes probs should read the manual here 😆  had a couple of times it wouldn't start and would have head scratch but would then start lol 😆 wtf.... 

 

It's me and the lads though not the winch 😀 

[N1ck]

Another vote for the Eder 1800, on our second after the first was stolen. Constantly amazed what it will pull. We usually put a pulley up the tree and run 2 legs of rope out in a 30 degree triangle to increase the pull. It has dealt with some big back leaners to the point where we rarely bother with the tractor winch. Hardly ever use the faster speed. It does wear out ropes and the rope guide on the front of the capstan has been bent and needed replacing. You can’t have slack in the system and the right number of wraps are critical, but we have never had trouble starting ours.

Before the Eder I used a 4 stroke winch that was rubbish as it would tilt on its side as it started to pull and then cut out. It also had no clutch so was on or off and would burn through ropes for fun.

[AHPP]

Used mine for the first time in a while tonight. To pull the van off wet grass outside my mate’s house. Only 18:00 or so but felt quite conspicuous with a full chat 2 stroke engine attached to a lamp post. 

Then dropped him home at 21:30 and accidentally set the van alarm off. Winning friends on his manor. 

Edited November 14, 2023 by AHPP