You had me interested until you said "oh and set up cost is very high":o
How high?
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You had me interested until you said "oh and set up cost is very high":o
How high?
The cost can be lower if you use your steering to run the winch, this (steering) type of setup is typical for the hydraulic winch;)
A friend has this in his disco and it works fine.
Regards,
PeterW
If you do a search, you'll see that this has been covered MANY times before.
You'll also see that I've always recommended to not bother and get a Turfor. ;)
M
I back the tirfor idea.
it always works, it winches from any direction, it can act as a lifting device if you get the right ones AND.
once you've done a real recovery with one you will learn to learn from your mistakes quickly.
Having been the grateful recipient of a two-tirfor-sideways retrieval I'd vote for the two posts above.
If you can't go forwards or backwards, the way you go in (sideways) is the only way out. No power winch can realistically or gently do that.
(a bit of AULRO history here sorry the photo links are lost: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/nsw-act-reports/22500-aces-bbq-iv-july-9-10-2005-a.html )
Any recommendations which one to get?Quote:
Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
Some learn from there mistakes and buy an electric winch:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Blknight.aus
Second hand Warn 8274, new 6HP motor, all for less than $1500
While tirfors are great, and versatile, they are slow and hard work.
More often than not, you would need to do a double or triple line pull, just so the load you need to exert on the lever isn't too high.
If you think you will need to use the winch on a regular basis, then the tirfor will get old very quickly.
However if it is just an emergency-use item then it will probably be OK.
Owning a Tirfor is a HUGE incentive not to get stuck - so it improves your driving!!!
I owned a Tirfor for many years (and still do), however I now own an electric winch as well (one for each vehicle in fact!).
come and have a look and play with mine, I've just about finished up making a new cable for the 5 ton one.
ARB, supercheap and a lot of other places have them and in honesty so long as its not an EBAy jap special it'll do you right so long as you remember to get some spare shear pins and a snatch block, which reminds me.........