I didn’t see much here about this winch
If you drag heavy stuff around by yourself you need this thing.
At first glance it looks like a plastic piece of crap(it kind of is), but it just works.
Because the housing is plastic, it’s very light weight, and that’s with the stock steel cable. Custom Splice makes a synthetic rope kit for it that I bought, but did not install yet.
Synthetic rope is stronger, lighter and safer than wire rope, you just have to watch for sharp edges and abrasions. When the synthetic rope fails, it’s pretty uneventful, the rope just falls to the ground , unlike a wire rope that releases a lot of energy in an exciting and f’n scary manner.
Looks kind of like a Milwaukee power tool, trigger operated, with a in/out switch and an on/off switch in the side.
I used it to drag a Fadal VMC 20 on 3/4 black pipe around my shop. (7-8000#). Heavy stuff on pipe rolls pretty easily if the pipe is clean and the floor is level and smooth. I thought my situation met those criteria, but it still took a decent amount of effort to move it( the couple times I nudged it with a bar)
The winch pulled it no problem
There were several times that I needed the machine to move sideways, so I had the pipes at 45deg with respect to the pull. The winch howled a bit, but worked fine.
It’s rated to lift 1000#, I’m not so sure I’d trust it for that, but Warns a good name, I’m sure it must be good for it.
If the the winch went up in a flash of fire and smoke on the final bump of the switch(it didn’t),I would still say it was worth the $187 I paid Amazon for it.
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If you drag heavy stuff around by yourself you need this thing.
At first glance it looks like a plastic piece of crap(it kind of is), but it just works.
Because the housing is plastic, it’s very light weight, and that’s with the stock steel cable. Custom Splice makes a synthetic rope kit for it that I bought, but did not install yet.
Synthetic rope is stronger, lighter and safer than wire rope, you just have to watch for sharp edges and abrasions. When the synthetic rope fails, it’s pretty uneventful, the rope just falls to the ground , unlike a wire rope that releases a lot of energy in an exciting and f’n scary manner.
Looks kind of like a Milwaukee power tool, trigger operated, with a in/out switch and an on/off switch in the side.
I used it to drag a Fadal VMC 20 on 3/4 black pipe around my shop. (7-8000#). Heavy stuff on pipe rolls pretty easily if the pipe is clean and the floor is level and smooth. I thought my situation met those criteria, but it still took a decent amount of effort to move it( the couple times I nudged it with a bar)
The winch pulled it no problem
There were several times that I needed the machine to move sideways, so I had the pipes at 45deg with respect to the pull. The winch howled a bit, but worked fine.
It’s rated to lift 1000#, I’m not so sure I’d trust it for that, but Warns a good name, I’m sure it must be good for it.
If the the winch went up in a flash of fire and smoke on the final bump of the switch(it didn’t),I would still say it was worth the $187 I paid Amazon for it.
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