Winch Alternative

Have you guys seen this ?

4WD Winches Australia, 4WD Winch Kit Australia - Bush Winches and Anchors

be interesting to see one in action.

no good if you got monster wheels with deep dish wheels. or if your in a ditch over the centre of the hub. It has its limitations, but what doesn't. Not sure I would want all that force on my wheel studs though. Doesn't seem right.

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they've been around for years... i've seen some ancient photo's of an early series using them with a drum and some sort of webbing tape.

these were often used untill about the mid 70s in africa as extra brim welded onto the original wheel, you can look at archive photo of even unimogs using these just with a much thicker rope,i think leyland africa had a big part to play but cant confirm this.

there was also a device that was used on the prop shafts that when secured to a tree/anchor was used with the spinning/rotating of the wheels then using the kynetic energy of the rope would be enough to pull you out,
but as a lot of guys did nt secure the plates properly they would often end up with a broken prop and a lot of damage to the vechile, hence you dont come across them this side of the equator.
in terms of the drum wheels im sure you can pick some up from old military dealers at a fraction of the cost for the aussie equalivent.

Hi contacted the manufacturer re fitment for Defenders not available at present, pity as it seemed what I have been looking for.

but surely the wheels atrent gonna turn at the same speed unless you have proper axle lockers?Any vids?

goonarmy said:

but surely the wheels atrent gonna turn at the same speed unless you have proper axle lockers?Any vids?

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no. you attach the same rope to both wheels looped around your anchor, so it pulls on each end of the rope on each wheel. this negates the diff problem you are thinking about.

oh iget it.so the wheels may turn atdifferent speeds but they only pull at one rope.Being thick i thought it meant two ground ancors=two ropes

maybe there are two anchors and two ropes, I dunno, but the one that i saw just had the one rope/tape that was in a big loop.

stevetd5 said:

Hi contacted the manufacturer re fitment for Defenders not available at present, pity as it seemed what I have been looking for.

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Sounds like a business opportunity for someone with a machine shop

They do use two anchors, and they claim the anchors (which come as a pair) will pull a fully loaded bogged down vehicle up a sand dune (with the anchors in the soft sand), which sounds impressive.

Cool review here http://www.bushwinch.com.au/pdf/Raymonds_Review.pdf

As for the limited slip problem, if both wheels are attached to ropes then they are not going to slip at all, it would be like driving on tarmac, well that's my understanding...

That would definitely work. Probably not too hard to make a system up if you've got the kit to do it. Reminds me of a programme I was on telly ages ago where someone was using a bare wheel rim on a jacked up austin 1100 to winch the "hare" at some oop north local whippet racing event!

hughesy said:

oop north local whippet racing event!

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Flaming northerners

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