i need a winch

cassette315 · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 3:33 pm Post subject: i need a winch

well i just got my last pay check and after i finally got a car, and i have 200 dollars left, so i thought id see if theres any whinches on the market, for around there or higher, im new to winches and dont no where to start with purchesing or bilding or the materials i would need if i wanted to get pulled by a winch (ski rope type and such ) so if any would could give me sum good websites or tips on how to build adjust or build winches, thatd be gnarr , thanxx for helpin

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

200$ might be enough to buy the rope... winches are selling for 1600$ plus... some people who do it themselves are doing so much cheaper, but for significantly more than 200$.

Oh and you won't be able to find too many websites dedicated to winch building. There really isn't too many people who have done this. I'm willing to guess and say that there is considerably less than 50 winches for wakeboarding/wakeskating in the world...and a majority of them are home brew prototypes.

Save up some cash, do some research on this site... PM the people who have built their own to learn more about it... to learn more

RedXIII · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject:

ya someone should make a winch website that would be really helpful.

ya winches are around 2000 so you better keep saving

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

PM me with questions of the sites you want and ill send you some links and some hints on how to get started...

cassette315 · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject:

nahh its ok, thanx alot for the help,
i have a family member whos a mechanic
and has built these kinds of things for the past 30 years
i just wanted to see if i could just buy a new one before
i had to ask if he could build me one, but i got several different
types of motors, soo ill just wing it, but if i got any questions ill
be sure to PM u guys, thanx again Very Happy

senorbueno · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Posts: 1593

cassette315, if you got a motor that works, and someone that can weld, you are off to a pretty good start I think... let us know how it works out Smile

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

if you can wait a few weeks i can give you the run down on the winch i am almost ready to build. IF things work out it will be right around $400, more than $200 i know but still far cheaper than anything else. Just gotta build it yourself or with friends lol

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 15, 2006 11:13 pm Post subject:

Norcalz71, when your done ill help test it out when you come back to benicia

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

mitch, if I come home for the summer again consider it done. start scouting local locations. Cool

regardless, i will be home for at least part of the summer

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 12:58 am Post subject:

Norcalz71, cool. i can give you a pull in the malibu also.

bennyhill · Ollie Joined: 12 Mar 2006 Posts: 80 City: BULL SHOALS

I was looking around and i found this http://www.wakeworld.com/news/2003/expo1.asp (im sure some of you seen it already) retailing at 850.00. its not 200 but its better than the blackbox that doesnt come with line from what i here.

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

i think that right there is probably the first winch? i know its the first one i ever saw, i think byerly had one first. I dont even know if you can still get it. For the cheapest route gotta make it yourself.

mitch, how many other people up there do you ride with? my friends "ride" but arent all into it and arent good. im not good either, lol, but i go a fair amount

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 1:22 am Post subject:

Norcalz71, no friends that live really close except Lon (you might know him) but he wakeboards. I ride sometimes with Chris B and i plan on riding with Chris O, Scott A, and Steven more. No one wakeskates around benicia or vallejo except me and you that i know of.

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

lon brandons little brother? i have been meaning to go out w/ them sometime forever brandon is a crazy dood. if i am home enough we will build a floating rail or two and wakeskate my backyard Cool

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 1:56 am Post subject:

Norcalz71, yeah brandon's little brother. ive gotten brandon to wakeskate but not lon. that would be awesome if we built some rails behind your house. do you live on k street or something?

ollieshuvitz · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 3:10 am Post subject:

bennyhill/Norcalz71, that was another early ReWind prototype, however that was not the first winch. The first known wake-related winch was a ReWind created by Tony Robinson and Thomas Horrel. It was debuted in Sfumato. Both Byerly and Grubb have ReWind winches now, as well as a few others including myself. The $850 is currently out of date. You can PM "The Winch" on here to find out more regarding ReWind Winches if you wish.

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

mitch, i live down on semple crossing if you know where that is, right down the street from the capital building. IMO we could get some decent rails going just pounded into the sand at either 9th street, 3rd street and possibly a floater or two behind my house, just have to swim out for those, 9th and 3rd we could just run down the beach with the rope and pull from the parts that kinda curve around.

wakemitch · Posted: Mar 16, 2006 10:21 am Post subject:

[quote="Norcalz71"]9th and 3rd we could just run down the beach with the rope and pull from the parts that kinda curve around.[/quote]
thats what i was thinking