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Winching with a High Lift

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Post by RaginRover »

MQ080 wrote:
XterraGuy wrote:Here's a spiffy trick for winching with a hi-lift:
http://www.j8g.co.uk/landy/hilift/winch.html

Brent


I like this idea, but couldn't find anywhere with these types of hooks or links. Tried Bunnings, Elders, etc. Do I have to go through a truck supplies place for rigging such as these or will a 4WD shop have what I want?


A rigging shop will have them all and they will be pretty cheap too,
Look up "Noble's" in your capital city or just search the yellowpages for rigging suppliers.

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Post by shorty_f0rty »

Just picked up one of these http://www.jackmate.com/jackmate.htm from tjm this morning for 60bucks.

hopefully this will be more useful than just a winch if required.
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Post by RaginRover »

couple of those photos look pretty dodgy. especially this one

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You would be much better off putting a shackle through the high lift's tongue rather than looping it around - imagine if your load moves/falls in a hole that could slip pretty easily

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Post by J Top »

I used to make up and sell Hi-Lift winching kits,as stated I got all the parts from rigging shops.
I used to drill the bottom oval hole to 5/8" and put a 5/8 shackle through it
and then feed the pull chain through this shackle as a guide to stop the chain falling off the jacks foot.
I would not rely on a shackle through the jacks foot as it is only a casting and not very thick.I had several different Hi-Lift castings back, broken,
under warrenty and some of them looked very poor quality.
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Post by MQ080 »

Agreed Ragin Rover,

There are some pretty Grimace setups out there, but I would be confident in the one that was posted previously. However would still like to use all of my equipment in the event that both the hand winch and hi-mount fail.
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