Winches and Accessories
We feature the Max Winch Trays and the T-Max Off-Road Winch, Outback and Performance Series Winches Search for Winches and Accessories in the module below. Search by Winch part number by typing in the part number in the "Keyword Search" box.Search by product by picking from the vehicle specific or universal fit tabs below.Search by vehicle or engine by selecting your year, make and model below.Search by Winch brand by selecting the brand from the alphabetical list below. The Winch A winch is a useful mechanism, which when examined breaks down into several basic particulars. Two consist of a cylinder, also commonly referred to as the winch’s drum and a rotating arm, or crank. By use of their common rotary motion, these items serve to either release or spool a length of rope, or wire cable, which wraps around or uncoils from the winch drum, according to the direction in which the crank and drum turn. The rotary motion of the crank and the drum allied with the tension of the cable or rope serves to pull the item attached to the winch. The same principal allows a hoist to lift many more pounds than one person could accomplish alone. However, while a hoist uses a pulley system allied with the rope and drum, a winch uses a rotary arm. Winches and pulleys had accepted architectural applications as early on as the time of Aristotle. New applications for their use proved inevitable, with new modes of transportation and new things to lift and pull. Newer energy sources evolved as well. While the first winches owed their power source to humans, winches get their energy nowadays from a variety of inventive sources. These include hydraulic, pneumatic, or electric power. Some winches operate by internal combustion. In all cases, the basic utilitarian design remains constant. Although today’s extreme and unusual sports enthusiasts are finding ways to make winches usable items for such sports as water skiing and ski boarding, winches remain traditional work items. Many people find them convenient for towing large transport items, such as boats or trailers. When this happens the winch is attached to the larger hauling vehicle, generally a car or truck. Winches are also commonly used to move large or unwieldy items used to stage theatrical or production events. Homeowners, specifically, find winches useful in the removal of stumps and other large natural debris. In order to use their winch as a hauling device, there are a number of items winch users require. These include various attachment items, such as tow hooks, choker chains, hook straps, D shackles and tree protectors. Other items, not specific to the winch’s labor, are needed to ensure the safety of the user. Paramount is a good pair of work gloves. Wire rope is known to cut through skin. Also, as wire frays, or grows ‘barbed’, overtime, the danger is greater with increased use, not less. Equally important, a durable blanket or heavy coat placed between the winch and the designated anchor point can absorb some of the shock in the event of an extreme tension shift, such as would occur if the cable breaks. When securing their winch winch-users should pick a low anchor point. It should be strong and distant enough to create a straight line for the pulling vehicle to go in. If by default the vehicle must be the anchor point than the vehicle should be placed in neutral and its wheels blocked. When pulling the cable to the anchoring point it is advisable that winch users keep some tension in the cable. Use of a tree protector protects live trees. A choker chain can be used with other anchoring points. The user should use the D shackle to properly attach the ends of the chain or protector, bearing in mind the cable should not be overly tight. The winch’s hook should be attached to the shackle with the winch user holding the apparatus close to the ground. Clearly, no one should ever step over cable during winching. When winching is complete the user rewinds the cable. title: article: A winch is a useful mechanism, which when examined breaks down into several basic particulars. Two consist of a cylinder, also commonly referred to as the winch’s drum and a rotating arm, or crank. By use of their common rotary motion, these items serve to either release or spool a length of rope, or wire cable, which wraps around or uncoils from the winch drum, according to the direction in which the crank and drum turn. The rotary motion of the crank and the drum allied with the tension of the cable or rope serves to pull the item attached to the winch. The same principal allows a hoist to lift many more pounds than one person could accomplish alone. However, while a hoist uses a pulley system allied with the rope and drum, a winch uses a rotary arm. Winches and pulleys had accepted architectural applications as early on as the time of Aristotle. New applications for their use proved inevitable, with new modes of transportation and new things to lift and pull. Newer energy sources evolved as well. While the first winches owed their power source to humans, winches get their energy nowadays from a variety of inventive sources. These include hydraulic, pneumatic, or electric power. Some winches operate by internal combustion. In all cases, the basic utilitarian design remains constant. Although today’s extreme and unusual sports enthusiasts are finding ways to make winches usable items for such sports as water skiing and ski boarding, winches remain traditional work items. Many people find them convenient for towing large transport items, such as boats or trailers. When this happens the winch is attached to the larger hauling vehicle, generally a car or truck. Winches are also commonly used to move large or unwieldy items used to stage theatrical or production events. Homeowners, specifically, find winches useful in the removal of stumps and other large natural debris. In order to use their winch as a hauling device, there are a number of items winch users require. These include various attachment items, such as tow hooks, choker chains, hook straps, D shackles and tree protectors. Other items, not specific to the winch’s labor, are needed to ensure the safety of the user. Paramount is a good pair of work gloves. Wire rope is known to cut through skin. Also, as wire frays, or grows ‘barbed’, overtime, the danger is greater with increased use, not less. Equally important, a durable blanket or heavy coat placed between the winch and the designated anchor point can absorb some of the shock in the event of an extreme tension shift, such as would occur if the cable breaks. When securing their winch winch-users should pick a low anchor point. It should be strong and distant enough to create a straight line for the pulling vehicle to go in. If by default the vehicle must be the anchor point than the vehicle should be placed in neutral and its wheels blocked. When pulling the cable to the anchoring point it is advisable that winch users keep some tension in the cable. Use of a tree protector protects live trees. A choker chain can be used with other anchoring points. The user should use the D shackle to properly attach the ends of the chain or protector, bearing in mind the cable should not be overly tight. The winch’s hook should be attached to the shackle with the winch user holding the apparatus close to the ground. Clearly, no one should ever step over cable during winching. When winching is complete the user rewinds the cable.
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