Re: [MV] Winch Cable

From: Chris Brunner (cjbrunner@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Aug 10 2005 - 14:56:06 PDT


I've found in my practice that electric winches will not pull for as
long a period of time as hyd or pto - it's all just a matter of heat.

Chris

m35products wrote:

>www.winchtest.com has an interesting slant on electric winches.
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>>We always lay a blanket or a coat on the cable when doing any serious
>>winching in case it pops to help slow the recoil. You can only hope
>>you put it in the right place. If the cable parts between the blanket
>>and the truck you're still screwed. That's why I always liked electric
>>winches where you can stand off to the side and watch the cable zing on
>>by.
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>>Dave McConnell
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