Outer Limits 4x4 Board

who has done it, what size pipe was the centre replaced / sleeved with?

how wide is good, is it worth it, how much extra cable, how far has the fairlead have to be moved away from the drum to allow neat spooling.

cheers bru

Mine was widened 2 inch's, and reduced to about half the size of standard (all work completed by someone else). I also had a new fairlead made to suit.

All work was complete by Mal Leslie in Vic,

Jason

Ossie wrote:Mine was widened 2 inch's, and reduced to about half the size of standard (all work completed by someone else). I also had a new fairlead made to suit.

All work was complete by Mal Leslie in Vic,

Jason

Reducing the diameter of the drum would reduce the line speed wouldn't it? should also improve the torque through better gearing.

Ossie wrote:Mine was widened 2 inch's, and reduced to about half the size of standard (all work completed by someone else). I also had a new fairlead made to suit.

All work was complete by Mal Leslie in Vic,

Jason

Wouldn't reducing the diameter of the drum reduce the line speed?

Reducing the diameter also allows you to have up to 80m of synthetic rope which can assist in long stages. The extra cable on the drum compensates for the reduction and balances out the line speed.

I am unsure if the mod was worth it every persion has an opinion, my hi mount stalled on me three times before the mod, I was more interested in torque than line speed for the OBC.

Jason

Fester has his done. Dont know whether he did it though. Ossie I can see where you are coming from. Awsome idea.

LudaCris

Ossie wrote:Mine was widened 2 inch's, and reduced to about half the size of standard (all work completed by someone else). I also had a new fairlead made to suit.

All work was complete by Mal Leslie in Vic,

Jason

Any chance you can messure the drum Dia

Tks Matt

i have done 4 in the past for people. easy done about $ 400 to do. plus the custom hauze (spelling sorry) $200

I dont spoze this mod could be done to a lowmount could it? With all the stuff inside the drum (brake etc).

i have looked at doing it just havnt tryed yet. it looks possible

Whats involved in widening the drum on a High Mount? Ive never realy looked but from my memory there is nothing inside the drum like there is on a low mount so it would just be part the ends of the drum and replace the tube with a longer piece. Am i missing something here? Sounds like something just about anyone with a welder and some good measuring could do in a short time.

I know narrowing a low mount takes about 30 min if you know what your doing.

ludacris wrote:Fester has his done. Dont know whether he did it though.

Skip (ex Peter Stirling) did the modifications, and i had an extended fairlead offered to me for $130,i think that was made of billet aluminum

just got my highmount from ryano (thanks mate). got a 6 hp motor too. will take the drum out on sunday (before the cherry has even been popped) and have it modded this week.

has anyone got the diameters yet - assuming a 4mm thick sleeve will suffice for a 150mm extension. anyone have tables or calculations.

will weld ears on the back too, plus 3 bearings and thread shaft - who does this eg un harden machine re harden.

is a normal width hause ok if it is away from the winch?

running 11mm plasma.

also bought 6 col hershe solinoids and using 2 in parallel for in single for out. rated at 200A continious.

cheers bru

brew for ur solidnoid packs got a truck place because u can pick up 100% duty300 to 500 amp solidnoids , thats what i did when making my control box

Hey guys can any one give us some idea's of mods to high mount winch for comp work, only just starting out. pics would be great too..