...and have a look at http://www.hydrostart.nl/english/ THE benchmark winch. Comes with a beer crate!
I asked about the existing winch pictures to get an idea what you used so far and what must have done the job without breaking the budget. Erich On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Colin Campbell < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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