Would anyone out there like to make informed comment upon winch design.
We are in the early stages of upgrading our 25 year old winch, This winch
has performend well and will be our base line for any new design. It suffers
from having 40 and 50 year old components which makes it difficult to source
spares. We average about 1100 launches per year.
I have suggested a number of topics for consideration.
Rope or wire
Single or double drum
Diesel or petrol
Trailer or truck mounted
Wide or narrow drum
Use of independant motor or prime mover with PTO
Source of PTO
Retreive winch or self laying or tow out vehicles?
Braking of drum(s) during tow out.
Guillotine
Use of commercial components for cable guide system.
Budget
Regards
Colin C
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