W I N C H!

Ers · Faceplant Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Posts: 14 City: Grästorp

I do my second year at upper secondary school. We have something called project work (projekt arbete), and that's a BIG project we do in shool. It is 100 points just like a course in for exampel english!!! I studdy a program for natural science so my project work have to be conected to natural science. And this is how it is... I'm planing on doing a winch as my project work! Very Happy

I talked to my teacher today and he gave me green! Very Happy

YEA!

Questions, stupid questions... I know what a winch is and I think that I'm going to use it in (by) a small river near my house. The first question is: When the winch has winched me in, do I have to swim/walk all the way back or is there another way? Second question is: Must someone stand by the winch all the time to start and stop or is there another way? Third question is: How long should the line be?

addison · Guest

yes you have to walk all the way back lol and someone has start the winch because almost all winches are gas powerd and you start them like you would start a lawn mower and the most winches have the lines around 500 feet long

Nekkie · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 4:26 pm Post subject:

Yeah line lenghts go from 200ft to 500ft, so make sure to ask what kind of line you get Very Happy

That's the only bad thng about winching, you need to walk/swim back with the handle to where you start... or have a minibike with a buddy to get a ride back hehe. That's what we'll do here once we have a winch Laughing

BillyOLDS · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject:

at least 500 ft of rope, we run almost a 1000 out at the beach and yes of course u have to walk or swim back to were u start.
also if ur doing deep water starts ur going to have troubles with a centrifical clutch.

xstfu ill pwn youx · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 837 City: 954.

i say you just teleport back.

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

xstfu ill pwn youx, sometimes that doesn't work.. Confused

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

www.winchskating.com

that site will have all the information you'll need to build one. there's also a bunch of people who have build them by themselves so they can help you out throughout the process.

good luck

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Apr 20, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

headhuntermx4, not EVERYONE has problems deep water starting with a centrifugal clutch. You just need the right gear ratio, which not A LOT of people have. A torque converter nullifies the requirement of a correct, deepwater-to-top end gear ratio.

mario c. · Guest

that proper gear ratio for deepwater should be aroun 17/84. am i getting warm???

BillyOLDS · Posted: Apr 21, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

Chris41, thats prob true but its still wierd to do, kyle walton had a grinch with a centrifical and they could do deep water starts but not everytime and when they got up it would recoil really wierd, not even close with our final product.