winch in a box

[elty001]

just been looking for a luggage box for my towball mounted rack and i came across these.
http://www.bak-rak.com/winch in a box.pdf
not sure about the winch capacity as its not something i have had much experience with.:nenau

 

[zippy656]

looks good for them that dont want to have one on all the time..

 

[Deleted account DD]

Is it up to much or only lighterweight stuff? I've no idea :nenau

 

[Adz]

I think it can pull / hold upto 4 tonnes

Looks ok t me :thumbs

 

[zippy656]

im sure it can only pull what the tow hitch is ment for and if you try more you could damage the hitch and the car its on..

 

[Terranoman]

I think I will stick to my turfor :thumbs

 

[DJ38]

1, A 4000 lb winch is 1800kg, for safe recovery you need at twice the vehicle weight, so the this rules out the winch for recovery.

2, The winch mounts on the tow ball, how often would you actually use the winch on the towball, instead of using a tow rope/sling on the tow ball itself.

3, £300 plus vat is very expensive for a chinese 4000lb winch

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Electric-Winc...66:2|39:1|72:1683|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50


4, the maximum a tow ball is rated at is 3500Kg, I see they are advertising a uprated 9000lb winch bracket, this is over 4000Kg, not good on your tow ball.
When a towball "pops" off. ( snatching) they are killers.

I know the winch comes in a box, but your could easily make up the winch with all the extras for under £200.

The choice is yours.
Dave

 

[Deleted account DD]

A general q about winches, thinking about the "average" front mounted hydraulic winch with steel cable on a swb defender, how long is the cable likely to be? I know its a bot of a how longs a bit of string question but theres a good reason for asking.

If anyone knows Uphill beach at Weston Super Mare they may click what I'm heading towards :lol:lol:lol

 

[extreme-4x4]

thought you was camping at weston..... your not stuck on a beach are you ?

 

[Deleted account DD]

thought you was camping at weston..... your not stuck on a beach are you ?

Hell no (not this time...........smacked up my first car in the dunes there though :augie) , a flooded escort and a half submerged Espace were last nights victims.

The reason I was asking about the winch was that a member of the green oval sect was standing next to his polished up swb complete with winch and other kit whilst the poor sods were trying to push the espace out. If he'd had ten metres or more cable he could have helped but didnt.

Its an odd beach there. Stray onto the mud or into the water (or leave your car parked up !!!) you sink, stay above the waterline on the beach and its pretty solid.

I grabbed a couple of pics it was getting dark, i'll post em up once I can get my camera to link to the pc :thumbs

 

[zippy656]

ive driven around cars that were stuck at westurn...


was great fun watching them till i got out and helped..




thats the JOY of a light car with WIDE wheels










Oh yes and i has 6 of them too

 

[extreme-4x4]

i go out with 2 landies quite often.
both well kitted out for everything.

one owner is a complete 8astar0 wont help you or use his kit to help you, he'll pull you out if you use your own rope

the other will spend all day and all night untill its out, and he'll do anything to get you out

i can see both sides of the argument , after all he paid for him to have the kit and if its damaged no one ever replaces it...

i wouldnt be so kitted up if i didnt have to, and just used everyone elses kit...

but when your stuck it does seem a really shiity thing to do

but id stay with either of them to help them ... and now im fully kitted they
both help and share kit


lets face it my recovery kit alone is several hundred to grand alone
theirs is a few grand

 

[lacroupade]

i go out with 2 landies quite often.
both well kitted out for everything.

one owner is a complete 8astar0 wont help you or use his kit to help you, he'll pull you out if you use your own rope

the other will spend all day and all night untill its out, and he'll do anything to get you out

i can see both sides of the argument , after all he paid for him to have the kit and if its damaged no one ever replaces it...

i wouldnt be so kitted up if i didnt have to, and just used everyone elses kit...

but when your stuck it does seem a really shiity thing to do

but id stay with either of them to help them ... and now im fully kitted they
both help and share kit


lets face it my recovery kit alone is several hundred to grand alone
theirs is a few grand

don't see the point of having all that shite if you're not gonna use it! He must be a prize twat!:doh

 

[extreme-4x4]

don't see the point of having all that shite if you're not gonna use it! He must be a prize twat!:doh

he uses it for himself. its his, he paid for it.... i can see his point... but i prefer to share









go on say it

 

[lacroupade]

he uses it for himself. its his, he paid for it.... i can see his point... but i prefer to share









go on say it

OK. I took my missus to a wife swapping party once.

I came home with a lawnmower and a socket set.

 

[extreme-4x4]

i took mine to one too.

the keys i picked were for an old triumph dolomite . it was a rusty old banger , that we passed being pushed to the party....







but still looked a fair swap........ both being non starters




:bow:bow:bow

 

[lacroupade]

Hey, how about a new twist - a "Wench In A Box"? :lol:lol:lol

 

[Deleted account DD]

don't see the point of having all that shite if you're not gonna use it! He must be a prize twat!:doh

Tend to agree. What goes around comes around

Anyway heres the highly polished , immaculatey clean (even down to white highlighting on the tyre walls) swb

And heres the poor sods ( who were actually peeing themselves laughing ) whose car it is, in the water

The tide was rapidly falling at this point and LR man was debating his aproach. whilst he was and once the water had receded past the espace a mate of theirs cam trunling onto the beach, parked past them and walked back to have a look. The beach warden in his toyota pickup got a strap on them and easily puleed it off the beach.

Meanwhile LR man had retired to his cab but couldnt escape the beach because he was hemmed in by the crowds by the entrance

As Paul said, prize twat of this day maybe

 

[Deleted account DD]

ps I actually heard one of our neighbours off the campsite (which is behind the wall behind the LR) slagging of the espace owner because he couldnt understand why he'd switched his hazard warning lights on :doh:doh:doh:doh

He obviously hadnt noticed everything else on the car was in electrical convulsions .

 

[zippy656]

Tend to agree. What goes around comes around

Anyway heres the highly polished , immaculatey clean (even down to white highlighting on the tyre walls) swb

And heres the poor sods ( who were actually peeing themselves laughing ) whose car it is, in the water

The tide was rapidly falling at this point and LR man was debating his aproach. whilst he was and once the water had receded past the espace a mate of theirs cam trunling onto the beach, parked past them and walked back to have a look. The beach warden in his toyota pickup got a strap on them and easily puleed it off the beach.

Meanwhile LR man had retired to his cab but couldnt escape the beach because he was hemmed in by the crowds by the entrance

As Paul said, prize twat of this day maybe

nice pics.


i can see them.. so how you post them here so i can see then then. Yes i am at work..