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Hydraulic VS. Electric winches
OK group, I am looking for EXPERIENCE related opinions on hydraulic and
electric winches. Which type works best. If you have never used one please don't tell me that type is horrible. I'm looking for one in the 12,000 lb range. Thanks. |
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If you are a trail leader and the only sucker with a winch so you have
to sit at the top and pull everyone up, then a hydraulic is the way to go. They can pull all day as long as your engine is running. If you want one for self extraction and the occasional pulling friends along than an electric is better because it will still work if your engine dies in the middle of a water crossing or if you are way off camber like tilted over on it's side or something where you can't run the engine. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's wrote: > > OK group, I am looking for EXPERIENCE related opinions on hydraulic and > electric winches. Which type works best. If you have never used one > please don't tell me that type is horrible. I'm looking for one in the > 12,000 lb range. Thanks. |
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> wrote in message
ups.com... > OK group, I am looking for EXPERIENCE related opinions on hydraulic and > electric winches. i have owned and used both extensively. each has their own advantages and disadvantages, please see http://7slotgrille.com/projects/03rubicon/mm/index.html for my reasons why i went from electric to hydraulic. for serious pulling, hydraulic is the way to go. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
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Do you know if the winch will destroy your power steering pump? Or is
this no issue> Matt |
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> wrote in message
oups.com... > Do you know if the winch will destroy your power steering pump? Or is > this no issue> ive never known a pump to fail from adding a winch. the energy is there anyway, the winch just takes advantage of it. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
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"Nathan W. Collier" schrieb:
> > wrote in message > oups.com... > > Do you know if the winch will destroy your power steering pump? Or is > > this no issue> > > ive never known a pump to fail from adding a winch. the energy is there > anyway, the winch just takes advantage of it. Prolonged winching heats up the oil very rapidly since P/S pumps have almost no reservoir that may act as 'thermal buffer'. Real PTO hydraulics have at least 10 to 20l of hydraulic fluid that can buffer the heat and the tank may act as radiator as well. Dunno what the military's up to, but they won't work their winches long - and if they fail, who cares. I suggest to check out military strategies regarding the effective lifetime in battle when talking of the quality of military equipment. The seal 'military approved' isn't worth that much if you know about the details. Cheers, Axel |
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"Axel Hammer" > wrote in message
... > Prolonged winching heats up the oil very rapidly since P/S pumps have > almost > no reservoir that may act as 'thermal buffer'. what damage are you suggesting? i know of many situations on organized runs where a single p/s hyraulic winch pulled the entire party up hills to steep to climb with no damage. in fact, watching this first hand is what sold me on hydraulic winching to begin with. i was riding my ATV on ft. bragg and watched a hmmwv winch an entire convoy up a ravine. -- Nathan W. Collier http://7SlotGrille.com http://UtilityOffRoad.com |
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Very good report on the winch you have there ...
Matt |
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