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how to make a winch bar for under $2

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:57 pm
by sheps
got a bit bored today so i made a awesomely awesome winch bar. :mrgreen:
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Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:18 pm
by Turbo Tonka
i like your new approach angle :lol:

Hope those mounting brackets are going to be strong enough for a winch situation........mite be best kept to the other forum hey :armsup:

appsie

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:31 pm
by Mike E
you should paint it in hammertone

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:36 pm
by Moph
Hope your recovery points are load rated.....

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:46 pm
by brendan_h
i see you used cable ties. are they load rated or just the cheap one at bunnings?

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:58 pm
by PJ.zook
Sweet i see youre using that new invisible winch cabling.

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:03 pm
by sheps
Mike E wrote:you should paint it in hammertone
it is a flash hi-tec plastic, the color goes all the way through the bar.
Moph wrote:Hope your recovery points are load rated.....
i have a winch now so i don't need recovery points. ;)
brendan_h wrote:i see you used cable ties. are they load rated or just the cheap one at bunnings?
they are very flash ties, i originally used them to hold transformers to power poles.
PJ.zook wrote:Sweet i see youre using that new invisible winch cabling.
the cable is there i just lost the hook bit. i plan on pop riveting the cable to a tree when i need to winch. ;)

Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 11:31 pm
by Mike E
you should of used those red coke crates they meet australian standards

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:03 am
by foolsp33d
If you turn the ones on the ends sideways.. they can double as Jerry can holders..

Hell, make a rear one to.. some of them flat ones for the roof, with the square ones inside it, and fill them with LPG bottles.. somehow hooked together.. run it down into the chamber or converter.. whatever is needed!

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:14 am
by laurient
impact absorbing and recyclable. nice

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:37 am
by crispy zook
just what ive been looking for

if you could knock me up one ill pay top dollar

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:18 am
by Santos
crispy zook wrote:just what ive been looking for

if you could knock me up one ill pay top dollar
i think the freight would be the killer

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:05 pm
by weaves
Santos wrote:
crispy zook wrote:just what ive been looking for

if you could knock me up one ill pay top dollar
i think the freight would be the killer
Not if you fill it with milk cartons first.

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:20 pm
by atari4x4
would it be legal in QLD? :finger:

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:24 pm
by Highway-Star
This fellow may be interested in your product:

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic148641.php

sell them for about $50 (+ P/H) I say, thats a massive profit margin ;) and cheap enough for certain people...

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:30 pm
by sheps
Highway-Star wrote:This fellow may be interested in your product:

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic148641.php

sell them for about $50 (+ P/H) I say, thats a massive profit margin ;) and cheap enough for certain people...
lol that was the standard that i wanted to beat, and i think that i seceded.
:armsup:

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:36 pm
by Highway-Star
sheps wrote:
Highway-Star wrote:This fellow may be interested in your product:

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic148641.php

sell them for about $50 (+ P/H) I say, thats a massive profit margin ;) and cheap enough for certain people...
lol that was the standard that i wanted to beat, and i think that i seceded.
:armsup:
:rofl:
Sheps a legend!

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:58 pm
by danssurf82
hmmmm well might work for a sierra.
wonder how we could make one and sell it to the jeep guys? it would obviously have to be fire rated

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:35 pm
by PCRman
danssurf82 wrote:hmmmm well might work for a sierra.
wonder how we could make one and sell it to the jeep guys? it would obviously have to be fire rated
Fire-smire. Its about strength. Take the uber-cable ties it uses. Anything that could keep a transformer stuck to a power pole has got to be tough. I've seen the movies, those robots are HUGE! :shock:

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:54 pm
by danssurf82
maybe use some old broken microwaves i always see them in rubbish collection, with some tie wire? or maybe for a jeep have a few fire extinguishes tie wired to the front, and back

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:45 pm
by 31zook
Is that a 200LC or a zook under there...

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:39 pm
by mike_nofx
Highway-Star wrote:This fellow may be interested in your product:

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic148641.php

sell them for about $50 (+ P/H) I say, thats a massive profit margin ;) and cheap enough for certain people...
Not to hang shit on poor old me3@... but hes up to his antics again! With Custom sidesteps which are glued on! http://www.lcool.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6421

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:22 pm
by DieselZook
I like it! And as a bonus, you get extra safety. You've doubled your crumple zone. Just one question. Is it airbag compatible?

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:11 pm
by sheps
i took it for a road test today, and well to say it was a failure would be a understatement.
oh well back to the drawing board. :lol:

next i am going to try plywood, i recon it would look good varnished.

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:58 pm
by St Jimmy
I had a mate, who had a polished railway sleeper. On the front of his 77 mod Daihatsu, looked ok till he hit a 120y datto. :lol:

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:52 pm
by ZUKPOWER
PCRman wrote: Anything that could keep a transformer stuck to a power pole has got to be tough. I've seen the movies, those robots are HUGE! :shock:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:54 pm
by brendan_h
ZUKPOWER wrote:
PCRman wrote: Anything that could keep a transformer stuck to a power pole has got to be tough. I've seen the movies, those robots are HUGE! :shock:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
iu think he mean transformers as in power. no robots :P

Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:34 pm
by sheps
brendan_h wrote:
ZUKPOWER wrote:
PCRman wrote: Anything that could keep a transformer stuck to a power pole has got to be tough. I've seen the movies, those robots are HUGE! :shock:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
iu think he mean transformers as in power. no robots :P
it would make a better story if it was robots. ;)

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:34 pm
by 83jack
brendan_h wrote:
ZUKPOWER wrote:
PCRman wrote: Anything that could keep a transformer stuck to a power pole has got to be tough. I've seen the movies, those robots are HUGE! :shock:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
iu think he mean transformers as in power. no robots :P
are you sure??? i swear my zook is alive, everytime i take it out it just wants to ly down and have a sleep...

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:39 pm
by money_killer
u got way too much time on ur hands