[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 92, Issue 9 W

[steven earley]

The HF winches work very well I have been using the 12000 lbm one for years and have not broken it. I have drug a 18,000 lbm flywheele from an old steam engine onto a trailer and stalled out the winch numerous times. I have a saw mill and use it to drag logs and load constantly. The 12,000 lbm is on sale for $299.00 through this month.
 

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> Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 19:55:55 -0400
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> Thanks Bruce :) Unrelated to the generator, does anyone have experience
> using small winches (like the 12V truck or ATV model also on that coupon
> list) to move equipment and materials [horizontally] around their shop?
> When I think about my plans for drilling anchors in my shop floor (mostly
> for the post vices), I visualize having some anchors near the walls to help
> me shuffle equipment around, at least on those exciting occasions when heavy
> tools come or go?or hopefully for larger future projects.
> I've seen come-alongs used this way... and I imagine block and tackle setups
> were common yesteryear, but has anyone been using small winches? I have a
> ~1500 sqft solo hobby shop with a hoist on a rail and numerous tools which
> benefited from that, so the context is in doing more with less on my own;
> admittedly not that of the high-end pro shop :)
> 
> cheerio,
> 
> Ben
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