Reply With Quotei now have been on the end of a turfer 1 to many times, 2 hrs to go 10 foot up hill in that dust/shale/ pebble stuff. the cer moved 1 foot left and that was it , A tree behind me...Inch by inch by inch. Love a winch now. Never throw the turfer out.
OldBushie
I have Warn on both Defenders and a Tirfor. Won't sell the Tirfor, been way to useful over the years.
MY15 Discovery 4 SE SDV6
Past: 97 D1 Tdi, 03 D2a Td5, 08 Kimberley Kamper, 08 Defender 110 TDCi, 99 Defender 110 300Tdi[/SIZE]
Master
i now have been on the end of a turfer 1 to many times, 2 hrs to go 10 foot up hill in that dust/shale/ pebble stuff. the cer moved 1 foot left and that was it , A tree behind me...Inch by inch by inch. Love a winch now. Never throw the turfer out.
OldBushie
Before Ron jumps in....
It is a TIRFOR wire rope hand winch made by Tractel. It is also well and truly copied by other manufacturers. Mine is a genuine T16 I picked up second hand.
It is not a turfer, who I assume would be someone who turfs.
Last edited by dmdigital; 14th January 2010 at 07:01 PM. Reason: in / is... oh well!
MY15 Discovery 4 SE SDV6
Past: 97 D1 Tdi, 03 D2a Td5, 08 Kimberley Kamper, 08 Defender 110 TDCi, 99 Defender 110 300Tdi[/SIZE]
Master
O, sorry fella.
Swaggie
SubscriberinOriginally Posted by dm_td5
Cheers Baz.
2011 Discovery 4 SE 2.7L
1990 Perentie FFR EX Aust Army
1967 Series IIa 109 (Farm Truck)
2007 BMW R1200GS
1979 BMW R80/7
1983 BMW R100TIC Ex ACT Police
1994 Yamaha XT225 Serow
Master
I was being nice
Swaggie
The original Tirfor copies were "Anchor" and "Elephant Looper". I have an Anchor I bought 2nd hand, a mate has an EL.
A pain to use, but extremely handy to have.
Swaggie
You'll only ever use a Turfur once.
After that you will either make sure you never ever put yourself into a position that may require hand winching, or you'll buy that power winch that you wanted anyway.
Also, saying a power winch only drags you into more trouble is a furphy. My experiences are that it gets you through the troublesome spot and quickly. If something requires you to be pulled out backwards then its typically pretty obvious and you're probably playing and will have someone with a strap.
Cheers
Slunnie
~ Discovery II Td5 ~ Discovery 3dr V8 ~ Series IIa 6cyl ute ~ Series II V8 ute ~
YarnMaster
Dunno 'bout that...
I don't have a problem using a Tirfor but it helps if you're fit.
A quick tug backwards by another car is always the easiest way but as I do a lot of my driving solo, it's not always a viable option. Frankly, I use winches so infrequently that if they hadn't have come with the cars, I wouldn't bother.
As always, gather all of the info and make the choice on your personal situation.
M
Master
Ted,
There was a really excellent review of winches about 9 months to a year ago or so in 4WD Action. The best winch from memory was a Premier winch. The various winch performances didn't match their costs necessarily.
I would also recommend you look at how the various parts of the winch are sealed. Cheaper winches (like the Warn Magnum winch) don't have a seal on the freewheel/engage knob so every time you go through water, if the winch is hotter than the water, it just sucks in water. Manual says have to pull the winch apart every time you go through water which I find ridiculous. Annually maybe. I partially solved the problem by getting a waterproof bag just bigger than the gear box end and clamping it over that end with screw clamps. Can operate the knob through the bag.
Cheers
Mundy
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