Crankshaft Ramsey PTO winch

[dodjh]

I have a 4K Crankshaft Ramsey PTO winch and was wondering how dependable and sturdy are those type PTO's?

Been very hard to get feedback on this subject...I hope someone can enlighten me to their durability and practical use of the,


Thanks

 

[gimpyrobb]

You kinda of worded it weird.

A 4000 pound rated PTO driven winch will run as long as your motor does, they are very good winches. If you hook it up to a load above its capacity rating, it will break like anything else.

Are you asking about the roller fairlead?

 

[dodjh]

gimpyrobb, thanks for the reply....no I have the fairlead but not the parts to connect winch to crankshaft.

I had never heard of one before and wasn't sure how it would engage and disengage from crankshaft.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Well, technically, it is driven off the pto(power take off) from your transmission, not the crankshaft.

 

[dodjh]

gimpyrob, That is the way I'm used to seeing them hooked up but this one goes from the back of the winch straight to the engine crankshaft,

 

[dodjh]

Here is a link to 2 other links about it.

[FONT=Courier New, Courier, mono]http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/crank-drive-winch-on-ebay_topic31252.html[/FONT]

 

[dodjh]

This is a better page to glance at pictures and threads.

http://www.cj3apage.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1391461134/3#3

 

[gimpyrobb]

I guess it works, seems awfully complicated though.

 

[dodjh]

It does look gnarly!

 

[gimpyrobb]

Should be simple to convert to a regular PTO drive if your not worried about originality.

 

[dodjh]

That would be something I should consider.

 

[dodjh]

Could someone tell me if a crankshaft PTO winch can also be driven by the Transfer case (Dana 1 if you wanted without a major ordeal. The connect point on the winch looks as if a yoke/knuckle
could connect to it.

Thanks

 

[ducer]

I do not think that is a crank driven winch because I see no way to reverse it. I believe it is a pto driven winch probably off of an old tow truck. In that case you will need a forward and reverse pto. Expect to pay about $500.00 for a used one or about $2,000.00 for a new if you can find them. If you are putting it on an 4x4 truck with an auto transmission make sure your transfer case has a neutral position and can accept a pto. If it is a manual pto can be transmission mounted but drive shafting will probably be a nightmare. 2 wheel drive with an auto can't be done, manual trans will need a pto off the transmission. I see it does have an early free spool mechanism on it though which is nice. Good luck.


Denny

 

[dodjh]

The fairlead and winch was offset to pass. side and directly in front of the crankshaft on the jeep I took it off of. The 101 Ramsey 4000 was made in '44' to '46' and I have seen photos of the set up. There is a clutch near the crankshaft and it must have something to do with reverse action.

I do understand about mounting regular PTO winches regarding if the host will be PTO acceptable. But this is the first time I have encountered a crankshaft driven PTO winch.