broke my winch

[reuben]

yah I know, should have had someone watching it, but I'm a lone worker.

done it several times and got away with it.

was winching loaded truck up a steep slick road, cable piled up on one side and jammed, broke gear housing. So now truck is stuck on the slick hill till I get it fixed, or it quits raining long enough to dry up so I can drive it out. (according to the weather prophet I'll have to wait about a week for that) but whichever happens first, fixing it's gotta be done.

So what I wanna know is; what should that part cost? Left side cast iron gear housing for a 2.5 ton truck winch. Or maybe a whole dead winch for parts.

I'm gonna check locally but would like to have some idea what's a reasonable price and what's too high. Thanks.

 

[doghead]

If you shop well, you may find a complete, unknown condition winch for around $300. That housing is aluminum. Just to clarify, you said Left side, do you mean the side with the engagement lever or the side that the driveshaft is on?

 

[rockman]

Check with Robert at Sam Winers in Ohio...

 

[drgreg]

If you can wait, some may be comming up for auction soon.

 

[tiger422]

Check GL right now I just saw some new ones under 300.00 ends tomarrow.

 

[m16ty]

I think I have a housing if that's all you need. Let me know if you are interested and I see if I can find it.

 

[reuben]

Thank's I'll run over and see what Alax has and if his price is too high I may bid on one of those. I could run down and pick it up easy enough.

I've worked in the woods alone for over 20 years, no serious problems yet, I just think things through real good and arrange things to be safe. Sometimes it takes some inventive manuvering. (as well as trust in protection from above) But I think my timber cutting days are numbered, I'm getting tired of it, and I have a replacement business in the works as well. Actually I'm working on financing that right now. I'm working up a fund to buy batteries for an electric car I'm fixing, then gonna sell that and invest in something else that'll give a decent profit.
But I like these trucks, I'm seriously considering fixing up one for my local stock trailer hauler.

 

[reuben]

Oh yes, m16ty, how much ya want for it? I'd come get it tomorrow. don't think I need a whole new winch. Maybe I should go back and look it over more carefully and make sure nothing else is broke. I'll do that in the morning.

 

[Floridianson]

What where you useing for a shear pin?

 

[Recovry4x4]

Little trick for you loners (like me). A nice strong magnet from an emergency light, some steel tubing and a mirror can get you a birds eye view of what is going on at the winch end. Easily stored inside when not needed.

 

[reuben]

yes, too hard of a shear pin. that's another link that wasn't weak enough. I just installed the winch on a nonwinch truck and made the drive line from an old 1 ton ford driveshaft that happened to have same size U joints as the one on the pto. carved the coupler out of a solid bar, drilled the hole for shear pin and put a bolt in it. I was thinkin it probably needed a certain kind of pin but didn't investigate.

 

[mangus580]

For what its worth... I am not sure the proper shear pin would have saved you anything....

 

[powerhouseduece]

Little trick for you loners (like me). A nice strong magnet from an emergency light, some steel tubing and a mirror can get you a birds eye view of what is going on at the winch end. Easily stored inside when not needed.

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[reuben]

Thanks to m16ty and this forum to make the connection, I now have the needed repair parts. Thanks a whole lot.

 

[BugEyeBear]

Thanks to m16ty and this forum to make the connection, I now have the needed repair parts. Thanks a whole lot.

Always GREAT to see a fellow MVer help out another MVer!!
That's what I LOVE about this forum (& this hobby)!

 

[spicergear]

Do yourself a favor (and that's meant for the masses, not just one person) cut 75' of cable off of the front winch. They come with around 200' or so and are usually stacked up to be a full spool. That only gives you one ply stacking beyond the spool then the second ply against the lower tie bar and at the end of the scond ply or beginning of third...kiss the bottom of the drive side good-bye. I've seen it already where the cable stack up so tight it will unscrew the nut on the tie bar as it grinds past. (!!!)

I did this on my big M715 (Velvet) with the pair of deuce winches I have on that truck. Since that's basically off road and I may need to winch from odd angles, having that 75' cut off gives me time to stack up on one side an get the truck straight, then reset the pull. I keep the other 75' in the bed and have it finished with a pair of thimbles and three clamps per end. Oh, and I got the cable that's on my front winch off of a winch that had the bottom blown out.

Snatch block are also great for hooking out a bit and making sure your pulling straight in to the winch. It's tough when you're driving and winching a load (i'm always working alone too) but the less cable trick buys you some leeway.