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Hand winch, any good?? Waste of money?
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05 Dec 2014 23:42 - 05 Dec 2014 23:44 #131655
by Tomhorntoad
Seen a few of these online
Seeing that I can't afford a full on winch. Are these any good as a get out of jail card?
Last edit: 05 Dec 2014 23:44 by Tomhorntoad.
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06 Dec 2014 01:10 #131661
by Butta
Was going to try one myself seen a guy use one to recover a shogun last weekend and was slow and laborious but better than nothing you can do similar with a high lift but more faffing about. the chap with the shogun says they dont last long if you use them though so treat as a throw away item eg... Iif you want one for an emergency great, if you want one to use regularly buy a poper one (t-max do a nice one)
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06 Dec 2014 01:54 #131663
by jonesyba420
Tirfor hand winches are the ones but expensive.
The problem with the above picrured hand winch is the very short pull............if your stuck 20meters into a bog its not going to help but to pull you back a couple of meters after getting beached im sure it would be fine. You'd need a ground anchor aswell really.
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06 Dec 2014 07:09 #131665
by hunter1084
kirkynut wrote: I think Woffle Boards would be more useful.
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This ^ Ive used a hand winch before when my mates truck was only just stuck, was a lot of effort just because you dont want to save up for a winch. The hand winch you linked from ebay looks abit flimsy. Handle looks like it will twist because its 2 bits of flat plate put together.
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06 Dec 2014 08:48 #131666
by Wuzie123
I had one a few years ago and you can modify the way it works to give you longer reach on the cable but it takes down the pull strength of the winch also if you put toooooo much power through the lever ie have a massive set of arms all you will do is crush the centre of the drum and then it's nakerd anyway... I would say a set of tyres would do you better than one of these or save up for a cheap 12v winch
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06 Dec 2014 09:31 #131668
by idiotmobil
I think its a important piece the have in the truck never used it except to test it, it worked well but slow and short, but if you winch failed better than being stuck
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06 Dec 2014 10:15 #131675
by Tomhorntoad
Think ill get one as a back up plan.... £20 you can't complain really
In the mean while ill save up for a winch haha
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06 Dec 2014 10:16 #131676
by supergaz
That hand winch would never have pulled me out of the places I've had to use my proper winch.
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06 Dec 2014 13:20 #131684
by idiotmobil
supergaz wrote: That hand winch would never have pulled me out of the places I've had to use my proper winch.
very true but for a less modded truck think it would work ok
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