WINCH ROPE LENGTH for comps

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Originally Posted by Reads90

if you want to Ask Jim a question and don't want to phone him
then go to this forum LR4x4 - The Land Rover Forum (Powered by Invision Power Board)

jim is on there all the time as D90SV
Here is his user page But can't see this unless loged on Board Message

But you will be able to talk to him on here as he will tell you what you need to know , as i said he is a really nice chap

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Hi,

I haven't actually spoken to the bloke but I've perused the website a fair bit. That's sort of where I got the motivation to pratt about with the highmounts.

As I said previously, we've reduced the width of the drum and extended the drum length, braces on the back, breather and drain plug hole in the winch gearbox, basically all this was done for the prime reason of getting more rope onto the drum (not for comps). We do a lot of off road stuff by ourselves or just with my son, and there has been an occasion where we have been literally sunk to the floorpan in a river floodplain and nothing to winch off anywhere close. That was interesting. My reasoning for going twin 6 hp motors is simply because I'm an impatient bastard, plus it would be less of a load on the winch and the batteries, because when we get stuck we're normally stuck well.

Tony

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Originally Posted by Bush65

Just to add to that, I found he was away a fair bit during a period when we were discussing a number of matters and he was not able to reply promptly (sometimes about a week). It may just have been a bad time.

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yeah he is a pretty active bloke, trys to do every challenge evnt going in europe :)

OK, so who has widened the Drum of an 8274 and what tube did you use and how did you make sure it was all square? also what diam and length did you use..

Braces, where do i mount them... i can make them, but how did you mount them.

Steve

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Originally Posted by sclarke

OK, so who has widened the Drum of an 8274 and what tube did you use and how did you make sure it was all square? also what diam and length did you use..

Braces, where do i mount them... i can make them, but how did you mount them.

Steve

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Weld the braces on.

I just got mine back from Glen, so I can now have a go.

I'll have a look on the weekend.

Dave

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Originally Posted by DaveS3

Weld the braces on.

I just got mine back from Glen, so I can now have a go.

I'll have a look on the weekend.

Dave

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But the Endcaps are Alloy?????

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Originally Posted by sclarke

But the Endcaps are Alloy?????

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You can weld Alloy ???'stick the tags on to bolt the braces to...

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Originally Posted by Panda

You can weld Alloy ???'stick the tags on to bolt the braces to...

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Yes you can, but 99% of the Braces would not be welded on

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Originally Posted by sclarke

Yes you can, but 99% of the Braces would not be welded on

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Ah well in that case then you could'nt call them braces cuz they would'nt brace a lot if not secured to the drum end caps....

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Originally Posted by Reads90

i used to carry 100 foot (about 33m) on my winch challenge 90 . This was on warn High mounts
Main reason was that you did not really need the max of 150 foot all the time and when you did i used to carry a 25m extention winch strap so that would sort out any problems. I did loads and loads of events where i won or did very well , so never harmed me only having 100 foot

The other problem is more rope/wire you put on the weeker/slower your winch becomes . So i would never put massive and ,massive amouts of rope/wire on a winch. just carrry a winch extention strap

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Spot on.

Also, no matter how much to manage to get on your modded winch drum you will still caome up about a meter short of the anchor point - It's called Murphy's Law!
Carry a few winch extension straps and save the hassle of all the mods.

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Originally Posted by sclarke

Yes you can, but 99% of the Braces would not be welded on

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From my observations , I would guess around 99% are welded on - or more correctly the lugs for the tie rods are welded to the end housings.

IMHO, the most important advantage of the braces is keeping the end housings aligned. Otherwise, under heavy winching the end housings pull out of alignment and increase the friction from the bearings.

I can take some pics of mine if you like.