Is this outta the question?

joeyskids · Ollie Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 84 City: Farmingville

Alright just bought my first wakeskate (Hyperlite Scape 112- I'm prepared for flaming by you guys) and am considering building a winch. I have everything laying around, minus the line/handle (as if that's hard to get haha)

My question is- I have a spare Rotax 440 motor laying in my shop from when I used to race snocross. I don't know how much you guys know about snowmobile engines, but they run on a TAV style system to engage the drive.

I'm wondering if it'd be worth it to try it out? I know people beach about having too much power- but this seems like it'd work out pretty well.

Any thoughts?

Volcomstone167 · Posted: Apr 25, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

joeyskids, dude i live on the island aswell.

joeyskids · Ollie Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 84 City: Farmingville

Really where at? I'm out east- 5 minutes from the Ronkonkoma train station. Where do you go?

Volcomstone167 · Posted: Apr 25, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

west islip like 5 minutes from babylon train station

joeyskids · Ollie Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 84 City: Farmingville

Oh no shizzle! That's not too too bad man..where do you ride? Do you winch at all? I'm lookin to start wakeskating soon. I just went wakeboarding today off Gilgo behind my friend's jetski in a 5-4-3 wetsuit and it was still chilly in the water ha

PoopSkater · Posted: Apr 25, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject:

Volcomstone167, joeyskids, you guys Rolling Eyes

joeyskids · Ollie Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 84 City: Farmingville

haha what about us? And does anyone know about my winch idea?

Volcomstone167 · Posted: Apr 26, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

i go to UCF so i am currently in Florida till the end of june but then i will be back up there. i ride out in the bay. got a sick ass rail park and some other stuff set up

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

my step-dad is a huge sled-neck, he wanted me to try using a rotax 680... i figured that would be just a little overkill. i wanted a winch that would be easily set-up and that i could move to anywhere. that is a lot of motor to be hauling arround. plus i am building a MTN sled for when i move to Bellingham in the fall and those 680's rip hard

a winch with a sled engine, possible? definitely

practical? not for what i was looking for.

joeyskids · Ollie Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 84 City: Farmingville

SwissArmyKnife I'd also be using this as a towrope for snowboarding, so portability is achieved with some ballin tires lol

Volcomstone167 Definitely let me know when you're gonna be back, I gotta check that out!

SwissArmyKnife · Pop Shuvit Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 152 City: PawPaw

joeyskids, we use my winch for snowboarding as well. its just nice to be able to hand it over a fence or log. but you should defiantly drop that 440 onto a frame. that winch would SCREAM Shocked