Ask Harry Medlicott as he has one under way as and is using the Danish rope which Tost sell. If you can go retrieve winch then it saves wear on strip and avoids towouts which tend to be old cars BUT an extra operator on retrieve winch. You get what you pay for - 20+ years ago Barry Renford got a dual drum winch new which cost more than a Pawnee and I believe it may still be going.....Ian M
2008/10/22 Colin Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 drumd > > 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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