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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018   
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OK product is for an ATV but could it be scaled up for a defender sized vehicle and either go above or below the axles?
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18th Mar 2018 3:27pm |
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| shropshiredefender Member Since: 05 Jun 2017 Location: Shropshire Posts: 834  
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Didn't military forward controls have something similar?
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18th Mar 2018 3:31pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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Yes, and Ibex, although the ropes in those cases went either through the chassis or special guide tubes. I'm not sure how practical it would be to route underneath a Defender but I guess not impossible with a bit in ingenuity. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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18th Mar 2018 3:38pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Yes was thinking about both of those applications and whether this was a third simpler retro fit option.
The Ibex is possibly the best engineered solution but sits inside the vehicle, so compromises internal load space. I have it in my mind that the 101 was a bit of a faff to change from front to rear pull...but someone must know for sure? |
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18th Mar 2018 3:50pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17698 
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Military winch-equipped vehicles as well as heavy haulage units have used this principle since about 1920. The biggest problems on a LR type are the lack of a clear route for the cable front to rear, and the absence of any form of paying-on gear on types of winch we use.
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18th Mar 2018 4:27pm |
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| under_rover Member Since: 02 Apr 2013 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 152 
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You're quite right Supacat, it was indeed a faff to swap from front to rear winching.... It was a mid mounted capstan running from the gearbox. You had to remove the hook from the cable and haul it back through the front crossmember and the through the 2 guide rollers on top of the chassis and then thread the whole lot through the rear. Then take the swivel housing from the front to back, reconnect your hook and off you go.... but with somewhere in the region of 60m of cable it was often easier to do this  |
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18th Mar 2018 5:24pm |
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