Are all 20,000 winches interchangeable?

[lake]

I've been looking at a 20,000 lb winch manufactured by jechura military equipment. It looks just like a 20.000 lb garwood to my untrained eye. Are all of these winches from different manufactures interchangeable with the garwood? Or, are the parts different? If they're different I have to believe that even small differences would lead to the military stocking a lot of parts for the same type/ spec winch. Thanks

 

[gimpyrobb]

Im not familiar with a brand other than garwood, got a pic? All the ones on the front of 5tons are the same, save for what drives them(pto shaft or hydraulic).

 

[lake]

Pictures -

 

[Evil Dr. Porkchop]

That's a regular 5 ton front winch, setup for a wrecker with the level wind.

 

[simp5782]

Cage code comes back to MCG Machine Co in Fraser, MI.

Looks like a normal 5 ton winch to me.

 

[lake]

Is it a garwood?

 

[gimpyrobb]

If not, its a clone.

 

[73m819]

Is it a garwood?

No, it is a MCG Machine Co winch.

Garwood made the first military 5t winches, MANY company's have made the same winch over the years under license from Garwood.