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Devon-Rover:
I think I'll stick to my trusty MAP Capstan winch :lol: all 4000Ibs on a single line.
Just to clear up the whole superwinch thing.
Currently there is Superwinch LTD based at the abbey road site in tevistock devon ( a whole 7 miles from my house) And then there is the american company Superwinch INC over the pond.
Before there was just the one Superwinch LTD. again at tavistock.
Before that there was FWL, Fairey winches Limited same site as above.
Before that there was MAP, Mayflower Automotive products again at the above site.
Before there was the founder original company Hamiltons Automotive Products. They were based on a site on the main road into tavistock.
Hope that helps. As for these modern new fangled electrical jobbies then who knows, from what i have seen then come up and superwinch seem a better 'affordable' option.
What i will ask is how come after 6 pages and even though the man him self has been mentioned that no one has commented on the Goodwinch range. David Bowyers Reworked versions of the superwinch range. Something i'm not getting here? His twin motored beast was something else when i saw it at malvern, by spec it would give the 8247 something interms of line speed to wonder about.
As for the jap v landy argument Well who knows?
But i'm waiting to see how many pajs etc etc live to be 60 years old? My series 2a is 35 years old will your paj still be going when it's that old? Or will it have gone to the big off road course in the sky whilst the IIA is still trundaling round the place. :twisted:
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Devon-Rover" ---David Bowyers Reworked versions of the superwinch range. Something i'm not getting here? His twin motored beast was something else when i saw it at malvern, by spec it would give the 8247 something interms of line speed to wonder about.
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It would give an out-of-the-box 8274 a run for its money... but then at £2500 plus vat it ought to :shock: Put it up against a modified 8274, with twin XP motors... something like the Gigglepin set up, and it's a whole different ball game... plus it's less money. That's assuming of course that David's new winch works for long enough... on the 2 occasions I saw it there were problems... jumping out of gear, oil leaking from the side, etc.
Mudlark... once again, you seem to have chosen a quote from someone with an agenda... of course Andy from Ruftraks is going to highlight the fact that a wire rope broke.... he sells Plasma ! And I'll echo what the others have said... an M8000 on a g-wagon... not ideal !
Mudlark:
--- Quote from: "Sheddy" ---Did a Scorpion Challenge event in mine this year. Drove it home too. So after all the trolling and gobbing off, is Mudlark saying that he doubts the Paj's ability to complete a novice event intact?
Here's the Disco just coming in to land! (picture courtesy of www.scorpionracing.co.uk )
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Oh no I don't doubt it's ability just don't want it ending up looking like a beat up disco that's all :lol: :lol:
Mudlark:
--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---
--- Quote from: "Devon-Rover" ---David Bowyers Reworked versions of the superwinch range. Something i'm not getting here? His twin motored beast was something else when i saw it at malvern, by spec it would give the 8247 something interms of line speed to wonder about.
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It would give an out-of-the-box 8274 a run for its money... but then at £2500 plus vat it ought to :shock: Put it up against a modified 8274, with twin XP motors... something like the Gigglepin set up, and it's a whole different ball game... plus it's less money. That's assuming of course that David's new winch works for long enough... on the 2 occasions I saw it there were problems... jumping out of gear, oil leaking from the side, etc.
Mudlark... once again, you seem to have chosen a quote from someone with an agenda... of course Andy from Ruftraks is going to highlight the fact that a wire rope broke.... he sells Plasma ! And I'll echo what the others have said... an M8000 on a g-wagon... not ideal !
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I didn't actually choose it I just found it and if you read back I didn't quote the MileMarker one :lol: :lol: Possibly you're right with the M8000 on a g-wagon and the rope might not have been the original.
I was going to say that Goodwinch was not mentioned due to everyone being a Warn fan on here but you seem to have pre-empted that with your comments as one would expect of a Warn stockist :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
But there again the electric winch spec game is a whole big can of worms when you come to look closely at it with manufacturers at both ends of the price spectrum seemingly wanting to rip you off. Perhaps this is why mechanicals are starting to make a return especially in the challenge circuit?
Devon-Rover:
Okies then the new twin motor jobby may have been a bad example. But the likes of the X9 varient he sells and the G10 / G12 doesn't seem to gain any notiable coments either way. Do they just keep on going or just not go at all?
If i was gonna get an electric winch i would look for a husky as there isn't any brakes to get major hot when paying out under load, and it is a worm and wheel setup so should the motor go Belly up under load it aint going let go and release. yes it's slow but then a fair reputation seems to have been built from those years it had spent being used on the camel trophy.
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