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Please can you point me to where I can find these as I'd be interested in any information on these including other models. Thanks

Thanks for the info. Looks like someone has had a go at separating them as there's hammer marks around the edge of the sleeve. Probably made it tighter as will collapse the tube onto the inner handle. Anyway it works OK at the moment and I'll keep adding plusgas and when I get time I'll get some heat on the outer and see if it will move. Thanks again for your help.

Thanks but that's for the monkey winch, rather than the wallaby. Interesting parts breakdown and also I've bookmarked the web pages for future reference.

Thanks for the information on the handle. I realise it must turn, I guess counterclockwise, a certain amount to allow the two halves to separate but that is the actual mechanism of the join? Is there a bayonet type fitting inside or just a very short course thread? Just makes it easier to understand what I'm working with. Thanks again

Hi Hope you don't mind me dropping onto the end of this old thread, as my first post, but I've just acquired a Trewhella Wallaby. All appears complete and operates OK although I've not tested it under load yet. It is dated 1954 and the handle appears to be a two piece, although its not coming apart at the moment. Applied some plusgas and will leave it for a while. I read the post from N.O.S. about them being used on the gliders during WW2 but I am unsure whether the British Army continued with that into the 1950s as nothing after an initial cursery glance comes up about towed gliders post war so uncertain about where it originated from. Doesn't appear to have been used that much and the wire rope isn't damaged and is pretty much kink free. Any additional information, and if there's a chance of any pictures or scans about any of the Trewhella winches from army recovery manuals or other sources would be nice to look at. My acquired copy of the REME recovery manual shows Tirfors as the hand winches. I added the shackles as there was nothing at the frame end and only a small shackle parked in the eye splice. I've attached a couple of pictures below.