ACE winches

[skyhuck]

But something else in the system can give & you are stood in the firing line. Id rather not have some thing flying towards me at speed.

 

Martin

 

My advice would be to only use slings etc that are well in excess of the winches maximum pull.

 

I would not really want to be relying an "old coat" to prevent injury.

 

me

[Charlieh]

i use a jumper or coat over my light weight winches 4mm cable i dont think they would be heavy enough to take the shock out of a bigger cable

[Big Bolt]

as swb pointed out some times buying a bargan is false economy in the long run for your main tools always buy the best, you can then do jobs for others or even hire them out if citificated of course .if you only use a winch 1 or 2 times a year then all good tool shops hire out tirfors you can even get a hydralic one.im afraid im a bit of a winch freak having 20 odd in total from tirfor's, lug-all's , zollern, capstan, igland , hydralic , but they all have a diffrent job to do, allways carry 1 in the truck

[bob]

as swb pointed out some times buying a bargan is false economy in the long run for your main tools always buy the best, you can then do jobs for others or even hire them out if citificated of course .if you only use a winch 1 or 2 times a year then all good tool shops hire out tirfors you can even get a hydralic one.im afraid im a bit of a winch freak having 20 odd in total from tirfor's, lug-all's , zollern, capstan, igland , hydralic , but they all have a diffrent job to do, allways carry 1 in the truck

 

and i thought i was sad:001_tt2:

[skyhuck]

and i thought i was sad:001_tt2:

 

Your ARE !!!!!

[Mark Bolam]

I have got one but it is badged under a different name, same winch though. I've used it loads for winching out conifers and roots and it has been brilliant no probs at all.

 

Give it to a Heavy handed Scottish feller and the story may be different

 

They have shear pins in the handle so should be safe, but I have never taken it past the need for the shear pin to break, I know when I'm putting too much strain on, so I stick a snatch block in the equation

 

Same as Deano.

 

Only problem with mine is that you can't pay out cable manually, but have to crank it out which is tedious to say the least. Ideas?

[Stephen Blair]

dont put the winch on till you have it set up then, or am i missing something mark??or are you really missing something:001_tongue: