my winch is done

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

we have done about 40 pulls with it so far and its runing good..the pics and vid of it in action will be coming soon

kyle41 · Posted: Feb 26, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject:

looks awesome, do those jagged edges work good when pulling in the grass. Great idea and deffinately original.

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

kyle41, yea works great u really dont have to put to much pressure on it when they are in the ground

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

BE carefull dude.....

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

how did you make your spool?

skatefilly · Posted: Feb 26, 2007 3:38 pm Post subject:

That is rough looking, i like it! What did it end up costing you for that sucka?

Jeff_Knox · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 712 City: J-ville

i really think you should find a better way to mount your shaft... looks kinda dangerous... but major props on your build

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

looks inexpensive and custom! props on the new pull machine!.. how much does she weigh?..

bigpimpinalberta · Frontside 180 Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 291 City: P-town

u need to get a TC on that beast

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

TheLeprechaun, Seconded.

It's cool that you have a unique frame design but that thing looks like it could fall apart any second. Especially the spool/shaft. I'm not even sure where that idea came from but you should look into fixing it asap.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

I dont think its that bad, I would just highly reccomend welding pretty much everything that you bolted together, bolts will rattle out of that think and then somebody might get hurt, and also I gotta agree with pirate on the be careful about not weighting it down, he and I saw a dudes winch with a similar frame design go right in the lake in about half a second

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

how the flip does the spool spin? looks like its locked with no bearings??

kyle41 · Posted: Feb 26, 2007 11:52 pm Post subject:

C-WAY Crew, I have a lot of faith in things that dont look structurally sound . Just ask nick taylor how i aquired a dollar from him. What im trying to say though is that i think the winch is going to hold up just fine in my opinion.

NotSoBueno · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal

kento911 is talking about this:

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

haha, that sucks>>

NotSoBueno · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal

LOL...the winch still actually works, but needs to be defibrilated regularly. I'll be getting a new motor for it here soon. And it needs to have the Frye cleaned off it. Smash

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Feb 27, 2007 10:00 am Post subject:

dang u finished that bad boy quick! have fun wit it man

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

thanks for all the concerns bros, i have had some help on this through my dad and grandpa, who both have plenty of experience with building things, and for now it is working good

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

SkateForce, the bearings are connected to the spool...it acts kinda like a wheel..the shaft is fixed into place

steveMcMur · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 657 City: orlando

kento911, i agree with the welding but for now i have lock washers on all the bolts wich prevent the nuts from backing off from vibrations