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crazymac:
--- Quote from: dxmedia on February 02, 2010, 19:35:26 ---Those plugs are only rated at 175 amps :-.
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Oops, not the ones I wanted on there, you do get them rated much higher!
--- Quote from: dxmedia on February 02, 2010, 19:35:26 ---Those cradles which go on the tow ball, what's the largest which they can take? Just thinking that on a tripple line pull with a couple of snatch blocks onto that very stuck truck, that tow ball is going to rip off. How many bolts hold a winch bumper on, how many a tow ball? Tow balls are also bolted in-line rather than side on, so the metal just needs to bend back and the bolts will rip through.
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The towball mount ones I wouldn't put a huge load on, I do have a 2000KG rated one that towball mounts and I reckon thats about as much as yoy would want on it! The cradles are different, they go into reciever hitches.
--- Quote from: dxmedia on February 02, 2010, 19:35:26 ---Those cradles look ace for launching boats though.
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They work well in many situations and stay well away from thieving gits!
frosty:
why not have the cradle attatched to the front/back/side of your vehicle with 2 lengths of chain/tow strop? that way all you need is your recovery points front and rear?
ive used a similar method years ago in the army..worked well
Saffy:
--- Quote from: frosty on February 02, 2010, 20:03:39 ---
why not have the cradle attatched to the front/back/side of your vehicle with 2 lengths of chain/tow strop? that way all you need is your recovery points front and rear?
ive used a similar method years ago in the army..worked well
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oooo it'll be half way to be coming a crane like that too :dance:
clbarclay:
Those Anderson plugs rated at 175 amps will be rated for continuous use, with no breaks to allow them to cool down. The reality is that electric recovery winches are only operated for relatively short periods of time, particularly at maximum load. The 35mm2 cables supplied with winches such as the Superwinch EP9 for example are only rated at around 250amps for continuous use. I would use the size of cable supplied with a winch as a guide, so although you could get away with a 175amp Anderson plug on an EP9 for light use I would try and get one with a capacity just over 250 amps to be sure that whatever you add isn't the weakest link.
350 amp seems to be the common size up from 175 amp for those style connectors, though according to Aderson's website the 175amp connectors can still handle 400 amps for around 20 seconds. I reckon I might have exceeded that before with my EP9, but it was doing sill stuff like winching into, through and out the other side of a bog hole rather than just recovery.
burgerman:
Cheers for all the replies guys, I think ill go for a "normal" winch n bumper set up on the front end, Some good points made though, :)
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