Re: Introduction and PTO winch question

[John Hofstetter <hofs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 09:43  PM, Isaac Hastings wrote:

> Good point. The Scout has a Ramsey 8000lb winch. That seems big enough,
> but I'm no expert in that department. Is that big enough for a
> Travelall
> that will probably weigh about 7000lb fully loaded?
>
> Isaac
Absolutely.  You may need new cable to pull that much of a load, but
the winch will do it.  With my 800 Ramsey, I unstuck a number of heavy
vehicles including a doctors big van filled with medical equipment
that had gone over a bank on the Alaskan Highway, many years ago. There
were two Mounties there watching, and making bets as to whether I could
get the van up over the lip of the road again.

After it was done, they said something Canadian that translated as,
Good show, Yank.

That van filled with equipment surely was near 8000 lbs. and winch
ratings are based on pulling rolling weight, and I was pretty much
lifting that sucker up the hill.

John Hofstetter