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Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-04-2007, 4:06 PM Reply   
does anyone know where i could buy a winch for cheap?
Old     (supraman11)      Join Date: Jul 2006       07-04-2007, 8:58 PM Reply   
Yeah. Home Depot. The only problem is comes with a label saying ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.
Old     (notsobueno)      Join Date: Dec 2004       07-04-2007, 11:46 PM Reply   
Define 'cheap'...
Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-05-2007, 4:57 PM Reply   
1000 dollars
Old     (rodmcinnis)      Join Date: Sep 2002       07-05-2007, 5:00 PM Reply   
What do you want this winch to do?

"Winch" is a pretty broad term. Could be for raising an anchor, securing your boat on the trailer or pulling a wakeboarder across a pool....
Old     (pnichols)      Join Date: Jan 2007       07-05-2007, 5:09 PM Reply   
I'm assuming he wants to pull a wake boarder?
Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-05-2007, 8:18 PM Reply   
pull a wake boarder/wake skater
Old     (dkjbama92mariah)      Join Date: Dec 2005       07-05-2007, 9:22 PM Reply   
Why not a warn ATV winch, They're less than $1k.
Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-06-2007, 9:39 AM Reply   
i was looking for a winch to pull me wake skating, i don't think an atv winch could do that
Old     (rodmcinnis)      Join Date: Sep 2002       07-06-2007, 11:26 AM Reply   
The wakeboarding winches are fairly custom things. Most applications that need a winch are interested in applying a lot of force and moving it slowly, as in lifting anchors, getting vehicles unstuck from the mud/sand, lifting heavy objects, etc.

If you search Ebay or other online sales places you might find one for sale that someone has built. They aren't that hard to build and a lot of people have done their own.

If you plan on using 100volt electricity to run it the winch can be really simple. A motor driving a drum that the rope is wound up on. Get the gearing/pulley sizes appropriate for the speed you want.

If you want to use a gas engine then you need to have a centrifugal clutch, which is pretty simple. Some some old go kart and you have 90% of everything you need.

Rod
Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-06-2007, 8:34 PM Reply   
if i got an old go car what else would i need to get
Old     (andy13)      Join Date: Apr 2007       07-06-2007, 10:20 PM Reply   
spool and frame
Old     (andy13)      Join Date: Apr 2007       07-06-2007, 10:21 PM Reply   
rope and you probably need some gears and chain
Old     (cobi_krumholz)      Join Date: Jul 2007       07-07-2007, 4:18 PM Reply   
do how much do you think it would cost

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