attleej Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Dear All, I thought members might like to see pics of the REME Museum's Conqueror ARV having its winch tested. Note the deep hole the spade dug in the ground. The Conqueror was pulling against the Centurion ARV with its spade dug in. It is very hard to provide an anchorage to resist the 45 ton's pull of the Conqueror's winch. The purpose of the test was to determine if the new drive system could develop the full 45 ton's of pull, set the electromechanical cut-out and to roughly calibrate and test the new winch load indicator. It does pull the full load, the cut-out is set (although I have since disturbed it). However, the winch load indicator requires further development which is now nearly complete. Once everything is working correctly the whole system will be inspected by the 'competent person' and then certified. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Ah ha! I saw some marks through those containers and wondered what they did there. I guess I know now! Cheers for the pictures John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attleej Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Dear All, I should have added thanks to Glen Freer and Andy Trimmer for helping me get the winch to work and Toby SB for helping me do the winch testing and much else besides. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Robert Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Dear All, I should have added thanks to Glen Freer and Andy Trimmer for helping me get the winch to work and Toby SB for helping me do the winch testing and much else besides. John Thanks for posting pics..very interesting,, makes my 10,000 lb GMC winch a bit weedy... could have done with your winch here a few days ago in rural North Essex.. , a fully laden HGV artic , veered off the road into a ditch, resting at a 40 degree angle parallel to the road,,well stuck...Its recovery involved 2 x 600 BHP HGV recovery vehicles lots of winching, strops round mature Oak trees , snatch blocks galore ..chains ..large shackles...and cups of tea ( my Job ).. A fascinating exercise in solving a tricky recovery that took 12 hours !!! ( the first recovery truck had to call for more help after he failed after 5 hours ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_bish Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 well that certainly dug itself in! I guess the containers are there in case a cable snaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markheliops Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Conqueror Is looking good John. I should get my Chieftain ARRV done but in reality I can't see myself winching anything near capacity. In fact, there isn't much Shrek can't just pull out! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Mark, your pulling power requires no testing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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