winch level wind on a deuce?

[stumps]

If you feed the winch with the wire rope within about 10 degrees or so of straight on, a level winder shouldn't be needed anyhow. My 5-ton (m656/xm757 series) doesn't have one since it's mounted upside down and none was specifically made for it.
Never seen one for the deuce winch...

There is another issue, the direction of the twist of the rope. If the rope twists the wrong way for the direction the winch turns, you will never get it to lay smoothly. The TM that discusses rigging tells how to make sure you use the right twist rope on the winch.

-Chuck

 

[jesusgatos]

Could you please elaborate on that?

 

[stumps]

Could you please elaborate on that?

If you hold the rope by the hook, and look at the way the strands twist, you will notice that they either twist clockwise, or counter-clockwise.

Here is a PS article that talks about the situation: http://old.steelsoldiers.com/albums/album28/ps184_p58_59_wire_rope.jpg

-Chuck

 

[jesusgatos]

Very interesting. Had no idea. Thanks for the link.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Jesse, if you want a level wind, you'd be better off putting a 5ton winch on your deuce.

 

[jesusgatos]

Just trying to weigh-out all my options. Not sure I really NEED a level-wind, but it sure would be nice. Nice enough to be worth all the extra trouble? Mmmm, dunno yet. Thinking about all kinds of things, including the possibility of center-mounting a winch somehow, and in that case I imagine a level-wind/tensioner would be very useful. And then the extra size/weight of a 5-ton winch wouldn't be such a big deal...

 

[gimpyrobb]

Yeah, I think that sounds better. I don't think its that much of a big deal, kinda makin a mountain out of a mole hill.

 

[jesusgatos]

Well, center-mounting would be a lot more straightforward if it weren't for the M109 box on the back of Mah Deuce.

 

[deathrowdave]

Level - Wind just have not seen any thing to adapt to the winch yet. Warn industrial winches have a simple piece of of spring loaded steel that puts pressure on the cable to wind on spool level.

 

[wldrbob]

hi all. i once saw a movable fairlead on an oilfield truck it had a 45 ton pto winch and his fairlead could be moved over eather way till one roller was puting the cable in the center of his winch spool, it slid on sq tubings and pinned in place . it was a pretty massive piece of gear and was about 18 in in front of his winch

 

[jesusgatos]

Level - Wind just have not seen any thing to adapt to the winch yet. Warn industrial winches have a simple piece of of spring loaded steel that puts pressure on the cable to wind on spool level.

Thanks. I'll look into that. Sounds like a simple solution, and would be especially effective if I end up figuring out how to center-mount a 2.5-ton winch. You know, just to keep tension more than anything else.