From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:54:36 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 12/22/2024 11:45 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vk9gnn$mv2t$2@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >> Actually their individual load times four.  Just like any other caster.   
   >> Trailer jacks is not a bad idea, and I have seen this sort of thing done   
   >> on other equipment.  They are also available (at a substantial cost) at   
   >> much higher ratings.  Having seen a few failures generally the   
   >> limitation of most lighter ones is the plastic wheel.  I've seen them   
   >> break.   
   >>   
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   >>   
   >> I found tongue jack replacement wheels in a discount store to add on   
   >> with a longer axle.   
   >>   
   >> Steel wheels aren't that hard to make. I welded crossed plates for   
   >> spokes into a slice of 6" stainless pipe, bored the center a snug fit   
   >> for pipe and welded it, then bored the pipe to accept needle bearings   
   >> cut from stainless welding rod. These are the oversized all-terrain   
   >> replacement wheels for my platform lift which is stored on sometimes wet   
   >> ground.   
   >>   
   >> The HF 1300 Lb electric winch starts with a considerable jolt   
   >   
   >That could be an issue...   
   >   
   >and is   
   >> meant to mount on horizontal pipe with the included straps. The cable   
   >> would bunch up at an end instead of winding evenly if the winch was   
   >> somehow hooked to a trolley hoist and could tilt.   
   >   
   >I am sure the winch could be hooked to a trolley even if mounts had to   
   >be fabricated.  As to the cable, I've seen it done with a series of mini   
   >rolling hangers.  It would/could bunch up, but it would roll out and   
   >roll back just fine.  Te real expense if it were used often would be   
   >replacing the cords with high flex cord.   
   >   
   >> I scratch-built a trolley with a flat bottom the winch bolts to. That   
   >> was the project behind my posting of a few years ago about boring a   
   >> recess to press in a bearing. Mostly I use this trolley with a chain or   
   >> lever hoist hung from a central eye bolt because the electric winch is   
   >> too hard to control precisely. When positioning a log or partly cut cant   
   >> on the sawmill I lift it only enough that it can be slid into position   
   >> and will stay there.   
   >>   
   >> The electric winch was good for stacking logs because I could stand   
   >> clear in case the pile shifted. Stacking cut timbers with it was a   
   >> nuisance because it wouldn't partially support them while I aligned the   
   >> stack.   
   >>   
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   >Bob La Londe   
   >CNC Molds N St   
   Use a DC winch with a speed control or "soft start" or get all fancy   
   schmantzy with a hydraulic winch - - - - -   
      
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