winch speed calculator

Melvinator · Faceplant Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 20 City: middleville

http://www.csgnetwork.com/speedcalc.html
Put in the size of your spool for tire size and remember to add for rope, enter your gear ratio under one of the last 2 and leave one at 1:1 and it should save you some headaches!

By the way, I am new to this site but have been searching and researching for weeks on how to build a winch and did not have to post a singe question. Use the search button:) I will post pics in a few weeks when I am done, and if your in michigan look me up. Me and my "wench" will be tearing up the local ponds:)

P.S. My winch will cost under $350 with 600 ft of spectra. My steel was freethough.

Norcalz71 · Ollie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO

woah man, care to share where you got the spectra from? I just ordered my rope, 500' for dacron coated kevlar, 1/8", for $60 but spectra would be awesome. Mine is looking to cost just around $350 including buying steel.

Melvinator · Faceplant Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 20 City: middleville

Sorry its that amsteel stuff http://www.reddenmarine.com/site/new-detail.cfm?id=AMRAMSTL18

Where did you get the kevlar from?

Norcalz71 · Ollie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO

its a pdf site so you need acrobat

http://www.radioworks.com/PDFCat05/70-71.pdf#search='nonstretch%20rope%20price%201000'

$60 for 500', gonna see if its strong enough and if so i will order another 500' section probably

donJonSwan · Ollie Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Posts: 94 City: Laguna Hills

Good find Melv,

If you have a digi camera I'd like to watch your work in progress. The other winch building thread is great.

Melvinator · Faceplant Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Posts: 20 City: middleville

Hey Norcalz71, let me know right away if that rope is any good, I see the working load is only 150 lbs. I won't be doing any deep water starts but for the extra $60 I might go with the amsteel. I got some guy wire rope off ebay and it was crap, it stretched like a mutha so I am sending it back!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5878593410&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1

It is super strong, but too stretchy, so stay away from this stuff.

I will take pics and keep you updated.

Norcalz71 · Ollie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO

melvin, i saw that dacron stuff on there too, figured it was too high stretch, it is definitely strong though. the stuff i ordered has a kevlar core the dacron is just for protection or so im told, i know its only 150 lbs constant working load but i think the 770 lbs tensile break strength is whats mostly important, the harshest load is only during the 1-3 seconds of deepwater starts everything else is very low. I will let you know how it goes as soon as i can get this thing ready, I know another guy on here, martijn, used a rope with identical ratings for over a year and it was alright.