Thread: Winch cable

There are more pics to come.
I currently have one new cable with another four to come very shortly.
the cable I have looks the goods.
Stainless ronstand eye on the end and tested to 6000lbs.
The price is 350 dollars and I am not making a cent out of it and the bloke is not moving on price as the spec of the cable was a real pain and they ended up getting the cable from a 1000 mtr roll and than takes a bit of man handling/ getting 65 mtr lenghts.( special swage die was made to do the job)
It was done at Illawarra wire ropes.
Seven cables are spoken for and Ten will be made.
We need to start working out freight soon and I am going to need some money up front too as I am very short currently and the reason why I will have trouble posting more pics is because my internet has not been paid this month if you get the drift...........and the missus driving my defender into a under ground car park and doing 2ks worth of damage etc
Ron

People reading this need to understand the winch on a 101 are one off in design and doesnt have the cable drum doing the pulling on the cable and relies on a two turn small diameter capstan to do the work and all of this is mounted on the side of the chassis rail.
( the capstan is machined with grooves to take one size of cable only for it to work)
The 101 is a light weight compact vehicle and the winch rope feed though to the front of the vehicle is tight in one place.
Not all 101s were fitted with winches and most likely only about 1000 winches were made in total.
Now in having said that and in having extensively used the winch on my 101 I can say it works brillantly.
It is self laying so bird caging is a thing of the past and can operate with winch in at very high speed if required.
It has a over load clutch and can if needed can have the cable slip on the capstan when the winch is in drive and then comence winching by pulling on the end of the cable.
The winch was made by a company who made stuff for the logging industry in europe.
The only draw backs are no free spool out by hand of the cable, so it must be done under power and no in built winch brake, so if the vehicles clutch is depressed underload the cable will unspool very quickly with the load.
the winch load must be chocked while doing a speed or direction gear change on the vehicles gearbox.
To hold a load with the winch the motor igition must be turned off whisle the winch is in gear.
All of the above is very different from a Normal drum type winch hanging on the front of a 4by.