fesm_ndt Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Saw this in a junkyard a few weeks back, exarmy Anyone seen anything like it? [ATTACH=CONFIG]59169[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 (edited) Diesel driven constant pull line speed trailer mounted. Not very high capacity built along the lines of if not by Plummet. Something odd about it though looks like wire rope is to big for it. Usually they have about 500 m of much thinner rope and used for pulling cables through conduits etc. Suggest 3 ton line pull??. Reduction box at bottom right is designed to be driven by an electric motor. Whole thing is a bit of an oddball. Edited March 18, 2012 by cosrec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antar Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Glider winch ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 I wonder what the army was using it for if just for cable pullingI am up there next weekend so I'll try to see if it has any data plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Maybe winch for moving targets on a range !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Cubed Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Saw this in a junkyard a few weeks back, exarmy Anyone seen anything like it? [ATTACH=CONFIG]59169[/ATTACH] Looks like a 2 cylinder Lister for an engine. The angle drive gearbox does look right with the engine and main gearbox behind it, suspect the (motor fan guard) is there just to cover a turning end shaft. The side plates to the wire rope pullies look prety thick too 1/2 inch or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nudge Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 The only trailer winches i've come across are for pulling cables, either thru conduit or pulling them up over poles/pylons. Also used for raising/lowering floodlights, masts etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honeileen Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Balloon winch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) If you look no fair leads fitted the only way the winch rope can go is over the single pull fitted below this is what suggest to me it was for pulling cables through trenches/ conduits. although modern day equivalent do have floor plate adaptors to enable them to be used for hauling overhead cables. but i dont think this one has ever been designed for that purpose as it it has no brake mechanism apart from friction in the reduction box to hold it. No its purely for hauling and not designed to hold any load. The reason the sideplates and shafts supporting the bull wheels are so big is if you think how many reeves there are around them and the line tension on them there is a huge amount of force trying to pull them together even though it may only be a 1.5 to 3 ton winch. here is its modern day eqivalent Just as an aside the electric company's use a plummet winch on the back of the Unimogs i have been told the winch and its installation costs more than the base vehicle Edited March 19, 2012 by cosrec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Grooves in pulleys are same diameter as rope, so unit is designed for this size rope. The reduction box is fitted with an original fitment fan to keep oil cool. All quite normal stuff - looks to be a standard engine-driven winch unit and all original. But for what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosrec Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) pulling cables not vehicles reason if it was a big winch what holds it in place Edited March 19, 2012 by cosrec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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