Making a winch?

[Coletti]

Have been considering making up some sort of portable winch using a super winch and a leisure battery mounted to some sort of a trolley, looks like you can get a solar trickle charger too. Just wondered what people thought of this and weather it's worth doing or not?

[Paul Smith]

A superwinch will drain any battery in a very short time. What you going to be winching with it?

[Coletti]

Well nothing specific really, just considering options for a powered portable winch that's all, it's probably a long shot making one and I may just be better buying one

[mendiplogs]

A superwinch will drain any battery in a very short time. What you going to be winching with it?

 

Hi Paul your right there mate about battery's better off with a hand winch thanks Jon

[Wood wasp]

Jon is right, handwinch or one of the winches that fits on chainsaw would be better bet.

 

Welcome to Lewis Winch

[Paul Smith]

You want one of these.

 

http://www.portablewinch.com/en/category/portable-winches.html

[mendiplogs]

You want one of these.

 

Portable winches - Category

 

Hi Paul a mate has and said it great re 12v winch one of the best is a warn 8274 just fit it on your truck mate I run a super winch h14 pto great winch your better off with a good hand winch thanks Jon

[Paul Smith]

Jon, they are good winches on a truck but I thought the Op wanted options for a lightweight portable rig?

[mendiplogs]

Jon, they are good winches on a truck but I thought the Op wanted options for a lightweight portable rig?

 

Hi Paul battery's will have no power after sec)min thanks Jon

[Coletti]

Jon, they are good winches on a truck but I thought the Op wanted options for a lightweight portable rig?

 

I did want a light weight portable rig, but not sure it'll work, just gonna have to bite the bullet and get either the Lewis or the portable winch. Was trying to think of a way to reduce the cost a bit as neither of the aforementioned winches are cheap