People that want a winch mount.
#26
Sweet, count me in!!
Thanks so much buddy for providing us fellow rangers with a sweet set-up for the winches!!
I would love to have the plans....email to jrhoog2003@yahoo.com
I cant wait!!
Thanks so much buddy for providing us fellow rangers with a sweet set-up for the winches!!
I would love to have the plans....email to jrhoog2003@yahoo.com
I cant wait!!
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#28
Originally Posted by FORZDA
There you go guys. I believe Christian may be hosting it as well.
Read through it, let me know if anything seems wrong. They were kind of thrown together, so the drawings are basic. This should give you enough information to make a mount.
-Levino
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#31
Originally Posted by casfz1
Levino
I was looking over your drawing and everything looks good. I do see one thing that you left out though, I did not see a drawing for any way to mount a roller feed.
I was looking over your drawing and everything looks good. I do see one thing that you left out though, I did not see a drawing for any way to mount a roller feed.
I'm assuming roller feed is another term for Fairlead? I mention that you should come up with your own mount for whatever fairlead you are using. I don't pull in extreme angles, so mine is not very robust.
Even if you bought a kit from me, you would get simple universal brackets, like I use, with instructions saying make something that works best for you.
-Levino
#32
Originally Posted by redranger4.0
only thing i see is that more then 9000 pounds can be exerted on the supports, so 4500 per support test is not enough. If you do a double line pull it adds "power" to the winch letting it pull more then 9000 pounds, and so on and so on for multi line pull.
I don't want to sound mean, but I'm not a company. I built one for me, a couple for others and did enough research to make me comfortable, and I've shared those results with everyone. Everyone should use the plans as a reference for making something yourself. I can't guarantee anything.
I hope this helps.
-Levino
#35
Originally Posted by eguy208
Our trucks weight roughly 4,700 pounds. If you are double line pulling a greater load, I would expect the truck would move. If you are deciding to anchor your truck for more greater pulling, then you are making decisions on your own. I state in the plans to always use caution when winching.
I don't want to sound mean, but I'm not a company. I built one for me, a couple for others and did enough research to make me comfortable, and I've shared those results with everyone. Everyone should use the plans as a reference for making something yourself. I can't guarantee anything.
I hope this helps.
-Levino
I don't want to sound mean, but I'm not a company. I built one for me, a couple for others and did enough research to make me comfortable, and I've shared those results with everyone. Everyone should use the plans as a reference for making something yourself. I can't guarantee anything.
I hope this helps.
-Levino
#36
Originally Posted by redranger4.0
im not knocking your design, I just wanted to point out that the calc u did is really not correct.the times you need a winch are usually not when your flat pulling 4700 pounds on flat ground. buried in mud can cause the winch to have to pull 3 or 4 times the weight of the truck to get out. so that 4700 becomes alot bigger really quick.
-Levino
#38
Between Levino and Redranger4.0 - you both have points that are valid - just wanted to add something that might already be obvious - perhaps the hardest thing about designing something such as this is trying to factor in each and every real-world situation a product might experience. For me, knowing that Levino came up with this all on his own I was pretty d@mned impressed at a stress test that was more sophisticated that putting the bracket between two 'dozers and seeing if it could be broken. That just says at least he is thinking about these issues - h#ll there are companies out there that don't go this far and sell their products - getting Money for crap.
I'm not taking sides - no way - like I said, you both have vaild points well taken. Fact of the matter is, it's nearly impossible to factor in every single real world situation and I'm sure somebody will break this bracket. So, you just have to use your own judgement.......
I'm not taking sides - no way - like I said, you both have vaild points well taken. Fact of the matter is, it's nearly impossible to factor in every single real world situation and I'm sure somebody will break this bracket. So, you just have to use your own judgement.......
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