Re: Winch Plans and other ideas

[John Fleck <jlfleck@domain.elided>]

>Add a pulley on the PTO shaft, with a seperate belt (or chain).  Then, put
>the PTO in neutral, and just attach your chainsaw's V-pulley and betl to the
>PTO 'shaft.  No reliance on the motor.

REPLY:
I dont like the hassel of mounting all the PTO linkage and shafts.


>
>>Tom one of the magazines already did an article on making a cradle for the
>>milemarker and they ran another set of hydrylic line to the rear and used
>>Quick Disconects. This would eliminate the need for a separate winch to
>>swap back and forth but still would requirer the use of a pump rather that
>>the electric motor of the REP8000.
>>Well ya have to draw the line somewhere.....
>
>I read that article.  Personally, I'd feel more comfortable with electrical
>disconnects vs hydraulic... I dunno why, I just do.

REPLY:
Yea but alot of truckers and farm implements use them all the time. Even
the fishing boats in Alaska use them everywhere so they have got to be good.


>Here's another reason I'm thinking of getting the cheap REP8000 on a
>cradle... multiple Scouts.  We've had this discussion before... I figger if
>I buy a cheap REP on a basket mount, I can swap (eventually) between any of
>my Scouts.  Get around to buying a Superwinch 9000 for the heavier pulling,
>and I can cradle mount *it* too... two Scouts with winches, or one Scout
>with two.. depending on the need. :-)

REPLY:
You can do the same with a Hydrylic winch swapping from rig to rig (it will
cost more Though).
BUT with hydrylic quick disconects you could plug in any Hydrylic operated
equipment and go to town. Like a Jackhammer to remove thoes rusted brake
drums....booha..haha..haha.

*Seriously* you could plug in a hydrylic ram to bend stuff back after a
roll or how bout a hydrylic cyclinder that attaches to all corners of the
truck via a bracket and pin style mount, that way you could jack up the
corner of a vehicle very quickly and without alot of effort. Plug in
cyclinder, mount pin in bracket and hit button...up goes truck.

John Fleck
Back Country Binders

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