New possible idea for a winch

scarzie · Faceplant Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 39 City: Madison

I was doing landscaping the other day, digging holes in a marsh to plant marsh gras, and I was using an auger to do it. For those who dont know, its basically a drill type thing that bores into the ground and makes a hole. I was htinking that this could be easy to make a winch out of. The blade part comes off with a single screw, and one could attach something to spool up the rope, and you can get it for around 250 online:

I'm not really good with all the technical stuff, so i'm not sure what else you would need, but if there were a way to mount it sideways it seems like it could be easy.

Tater Salad · Faceplant Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 12 City: Menominee

The only problem with this idea is that the engine is a vertical shaft and if you were to tip it on its side the engine would not run.

scarzie · Faceplant Joined: 14 Jun 2006 Posts: 39 City: Madison

dang...
<---- Not smart

Shore Drive · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject:

if you built the frame so it supports it vertically, and got the rope to line up correctly, you maaay get it runnin. At least your thinking differently! my 2cents..

Nate20 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Posts: 148 City: Menominee

Thats a pretty clever idea. How much hp is the engine?

partydock17 · Posted: Aug 08, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject:

Why not have the spool under the engine sitting horizontal?