It seems like the person in that link used a recovery strap to effectively extend the length of the winch. Doing this loads the strap and stretches it. With the strap stretched, something broke (my guess is the strap itself judging by the talk of old and new straps). With the amount of potential...
DeWalt for me as well. I've got a full set of 18V Li-Ion cordless tools, and use them pretty often. I've found that I needed a smaller drill for doing installs in vehicles lately, so I went with one of DeWalt's new 12V drills and it does really well! Everything I've thrown at it so far.
Is the tracer just on the inside of the braid, or is it built into one of the strands of the braid? I've got a couple pieces of end cut Amsteel Blue and I don't recall seeing it in them...
I understand that you've had a bad experience with a company based in Canada, but be careful who you are putting down with your campaign. Do you mind if I ask what you mean by Canadian Attitude? I'm not trying to be an ass and pick apart your posts, but I could just as easily say the same thing...
Also, there are already many resources on the web in regards to welding. Check out YouTube, as there are many how-to videos on there already.
Another great resource is WeldingWeb™ - Welding forum for pros and enthusiasts - Powered by vBulletin. There is tons of explanations, and lots of great...
When I had the winch mounted in my front bumper, I was worried when I replaced the steel with synthetic...but I just used the tension method as well...
I did screw with a buddy's winch on his yahama side-by-side once....he parked it pretty close to some concrete barricades, so me and another...
I've been told by a few guys that weld/fabricate for a living, that if a ferrous cut-off wheel is used with non-ferrous metals, that they can build up, and cause some bad vibrations and even cause the wheel to fail. I'm not sure if the same holds true for grinding wheels, but for the $8-12 I...
The thing I found about my MM211 is that the last spool of wire I put in, it was running jerky too. The drive roll tension was set all good, but what I found is the tension on the roll of wire itself was too tight. I found that it doesn't have to be as tight as I thought as the wire doesn't need...
That's a neat project. I've been looking at picking up a small belt/disc sander, but after seeing that....I may have to see what kind of scrap I can get my hands on. Although, like you, I also have a welder and may have to fire it up...
Did you happen to see the pictures from all the people...
I've got a rotunda one sitting in my garage...my father dropped it off when he moved. I've never used it though. Haven't done a whole lot with distributors...
Cody....let me guess, that day would have been about Dec 17th?? LOL. I don't think I made it a couple blocks without stopping and helping someone get unstuck. I wish I had the winch mounted then, but the recovery strap sure got a workout. It's amazing what some good tires and common sense could...
Any chance you have a local school around that teaches sheet metal work? They often love having different projects come in to challenge the students. Phone them up and see what they say...I may do this when I need some sheet bent up for a trailer later this spring....
Use only a snatch strap when performing a snatch recovery. If you use a winch line when doing this, I hope that no one else is around, cause someone is going to be killed.
Synthetic or not, winch cable is not designed for this. It is designed for a constant and gently applied load. A snatch...
By simply adding a pulley into the equation, you effectively double the pulling power of the winch. If the winch is still putting a 6000lb load on the winch line, then the 6000lb is transmitted to the pulley, back out, and back to the anchor point on the bumper.
Because 6000lb is going...
In this example, you've hooked your winch up through a re-direct to pull out a stuck vehicle. The winch line makes a 90* re-direct through the pulley and to the stuck vehicle. The load on your re-direct anchor is 1.41 times whatever the winch load is.
The greater the angle between the winch...
Remember....whatever forces are on one side of the pulley, have to be equal on the other side. What goes in, must come out (this is physics, and cannot be defeated!). If you have the pulley a tree, and a 300lb moose hanging from a line (passed through the pulley), and back to the winch then you...
Acklands Grainger should have whatever you're looking for. Here in Calgary we've got Gregg's Distributors where I've dumped a few pay cheques. LOL Don't rule out any machinist supply places. I've bought some really nice taps and micrometers from these places and although they're more costly than...
What they are talking about is when the cable (either steel or synthetic) piles up on one end of the drum while winching with the cable just spooling onto one side of the drum. What happens is if the first layers of cable are not tight on the drum (and sometimes even if they are), the cable will...