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Brisso57
2nd May 2008, 01:28 PM
See photo.
Can anyone shed light on the possible identity of this winch (installed on a LWB ex-military 2A, probably as std equipment)?

If it works, is it a keeper?

cheers

Doug
Phoenix
2nd May 2008, 01:59 PM
Don't recognise it. Not a Bamford PTO (naturally), not a thomas drum winch either.

Defenitely not original fittament to an army land rover.

looks like a big strong winch though.
Blknight.aus
2nd May 2008, 06:38 PM
definately gotta get more pics of that. I have a suspicion on what its madled after and even if its a cheap knock off of what it should be it should be more than enough for anything a series might get itself bogged to the roofline in.
isuzurover
2nd May 2008, 07:12 PM
Looks like a modified boat winch.
Slunnie
2nd May 2008, 07:16 PM
Looks like a modified boat winch.
Same thought.
Blknight.aus
2nd May 2008, 07:38 PM
I was thinking of a deck winch from a dry dock. usually sealed and hydraulicly powered with a manual arm for running on the ratchet on the side.
Lotz-A-Landies
8th May 2008, 01:17 AM
I'm actually thinking of an aircraft starter motor winch. These were about the only drum winches we had in the 1960's and early 1970's. Mostly 24V from DC3's and yes hand made.

Warn electric winches were only just coming on the market - the Land Rover hydraulic winches were almost impossible to acquire and after that there were the capstan winches that everyone was removing. Thomas winches from Brisbane weren't on the market yet and most of the other stuff was ex-army and too heavy for the Land Rover, although Garwood-Olding is a name that comes to mind.

One of the best winches was the Toyota PTO from the 30 Series or whatever it was called.

Diana
Brisso57
1st July 2008, 12:44 PM
The owner has now told me that it is in fact a bomb loading winch.

cheers

Doug
Lotz-A-Landies
1st July 2008, 09:22 PM
The owner has now told me that it is in fact a bomb loading winch.

cheers

Doug
Wow!

Would love to see the undercarriage on that aircraft to need that much cable!

Diana
Brisso57
2nd July 2008, 06:00 AM
Wow!

Would love to see the undercarriage on that aircraft to need that much cable!

Diana

The pulley may not be original. ie it could be a bodge.