Thread: Hydraulic Winches...Any good?

I remember now the Australian army winch is a Bamford

they make them from around 2500kg up to about 30000kg if I remember correctly they also put out a hydralic/electric jobbie as well

Originally Posted by Tombie2

Your correct there... If you dont have a dedicated pump running the correct flow rates then you will be winching ALL day

I had one on the D1 and whilst it would pull hard, it was dreadfully slow...

And the multiple levers for gearing etc is just a pain in the arse.

An APU would be ideal. Operable on diesel, ample hydraulic power for front and rear winches, as well as compressed air and electrical power. Would mount well on a trayback Rover, can run if the engine was unable to be started (which could be handy in rivers, and "depth unchecked" bogholes).


[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxQrTiNHNsU"]YouTube- Garrett GTP30 being run by Ian Bennett.[/nomedia]

Originally Posted by B92 8NW

An APU would be ideal. Operable on diesel, ample hydraulic power for front and rear winches, as well as compressed air and electrical power. Would mount well on a trayback Rover, can run if the engine was unable to be started (which could be handy in rivers, and "depth unchecked" bogholes).


YouTube- Garrett GTP30 being run by Ian Bennett.

This is the plan for the winches on fozzy...

primary hydraulics from a pto driven pump with an APU on the back powered up by a small pull start diesel engine driving a compressor, hyd pump and an alternator.

the Ox or TJM hyd winch are made (or were) by Mile Marker in the USA....not there cheap elec version.

they come with a white roller or danfoss motor which are capbable of flowing 60lt/min continuious.

considering your PS pump flows about 6lt/min they are running 1/10th their comfortable speed. They are 2 speed winches as well.

I have mine runing of a MD pto and cross hyd pump that flows 60lt/min in 4th at "x" rpm.

you will need:
hyd resiviour
hyd pump
pressure relief valve
solinoid control
hyd filter
pick up filter/s in tank
appropriate hoses and fittings

i also had a double over center valve fitted to the winch, should i loose oil pressure or burst a hyd line the winch will hold and not spool out. The motor needs oil pressure to stop it roatating under load....

it runs very smooth, fast as i need it. it pulls very very well. center difflock engaged, handbrake fully on and foot as much pressure on brake and i cant hold it.....

each to their own

Serg

Originally Posted by uninformed

the Ox or TJM hyd winch are made (or were) by Mile Marker in the USA....not there cheap elec version.

they come with a white roller or danfoss motor which are capbable of flowing 60lt/min continuious.

considering your PS pump flows about 6lt/min they are running 1/10th their comfortable speed. They are 2 speed winches as well.

I have mine runing of a MD pto and cross hyd pump that flows 60lt/min in 4th at "x" rpm.

you will need:
hyd resiviour
hyd pump
pressure relief valve
solinoid control
hyd filter
pick up filter/s in tank
appropriate hoses and fittings

i also had a double over center valve fitted to the winch, should i loose oil pressure or burst a hyd line the winch will hold and not spool out. The motor needs oil pressure to stop it roatating under load....

it runs very smooth, fast as i need it. it pulls very very well. center difflock engaged, handbrake fully on and foot as much pressure on brake and i cant hold it.....

each to their own

Serg

exactly what i was going to do until a PTO winch popped up.....well maybe not, well covered

Don't have one but took a close interest in one a while back. The Ox and TJM are as said Mile Maker and you can get one from the USA heaps cheaper. Again, as said the D2 power steering pump is not up to the job and will be very slow and it will not develop it's potential pull, I was told perhaps only 1/2 the rated power so if you are serious you need to add a dedicated hydraulic pump or some serious upgrade of the power steering and it all seemed too hard with the limited space around the TD5 to add an additional pump.

I have an OX hydraulic on my 300 Defender.
Maybe a bit slow, but does it all day at idle. EEEZZZEEEE!!!!!!

No extra levers in cab, just the two levers for hi in/out and lo in/out on the winch body. This gives hi, lo speeds plus locked and freespool. All normal here.

Runs off steering pump - no probs. Just slows while adjusting steering.
Control for fwd/reverse/off is by hand control - 2m cable. Plug is on bull bar.
BUT NO CHANCE of foul play by shorting the pins as motor has to be running.
No need for a second battery, although I do have one. Just a protected control wire from battery to solenoid in winch hyd circuit, then wires to plug and ground.

Hose fittings, valve and fit up bolts/brackets are specific to vehicle model.

No maintenance problems.

Would buy again.

Rovers 4.

Runva NHW12000 Hydraulic Winch with Roller Fairlead - 12v
Thats one I've been looking at, except it was much cheaper on Ebay.

It's oil flow is up to 60L, and the TD5 steering pump has an oil flow of only 8.5L/min, so it would be rather slow. I don't think the ACE pump would be any faster either. Could look at fitting a faster pump where the idler goes, but at this point it might just be easier to go electric.