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akabigm:
Obviously not intending to need to use it :roll:, but have decided against electric winch, so looked at hand winches, seems to be big variety of price ranges £20 to £250, anyone with experience able to clarify what type is best :huh: what do you get for the bigger £££, what is needed i.e. length of rope etc, they all say rated at 4 tonnes so not that.

william127:
the best type of hand winchs are tirfor winches, we had 2 that we brought off a retiring builder(i think) for £25, they would probably have been about £400 new :D. iv got one of the really cheap ones,£12 from a market stall, its about strong enough to pull my quad or small bushes out the ground.
have you got a highlift as there an ideal compromise, we pulled my rangerover up a 45degree slope side on using 2 highlifts with large ratchet straps for backup when re riging. thats the downside of the highlifts for winching, the short (sub 5 foot) pull.

hope that helps?

thermidorthelobster:
I'll go with that.  If you can find a second-hand Tirfor at a bargain price you'll be laughing.  I got mine for 30 quid with 2 cables.

Saffy:
Make sure it's a tirfor not a cheap copy. Important note for 2nd hand tifor market is that many are sold without cable, you can not just use any steal cable with a TIRFOR, it MUST be the proper stuff. Nothing wrong with extending the proper cable with normal cable though.

akabigm:
Thanks useful advice, I'll keep a look out, cheap but good, what else ! :roll:

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