I love me a good wench...

aguasurf · Outlaw Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 180 City: Marietta

I was reading the new alliance today and I came across the article where they are starting to get a high powered winch and use that to get pulled across the water. It seems like a pretty cool idea just cuz' you can set up at random places they you may not always be able to get a boat to. Has anyone ever tried boarding with a winch or something similar?

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

like a month ago they came out with product just for "wenching" (lol) wakebaorders and wakeskaters when either you can find a driver or dont have access to a boat

aguasurf · Outlaw Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 180 City: Marietta

the article has aaron reed doing an acid drop off a big drain pipe, it looks cool I just think it would be a pain having to re-set the line and run around the perimeter of the lake.

tucker · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 6 City: Orange County

they have this system in Germany. It's pretty popular. the problem is that you have one speed and if you crash you get out of the lake and walk back to the beginning. This is how it was in Germany, with a lot of people on the line at one time spaced out accordingly.

J_DOGG · Posted: Dec 03, 2003 5:52 am Post subject:

Tell me more!

Our lake has a section that is not that big and boats can't get into it....
I could easily hook something like this up from one end to the other since I now own all the land the surrounds it.
I think it would be great for a slider park style setup for those weekends when the lake is packed with tubers.

Is it a special wench?
I assume you need one to go a certain speed in order for it to work.

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

Tucker, sounds like your talking about a cable park??

tucker · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 6 City: Orange County

I don't know what they called it. could be a cable Park?

It sounds like this wench style though. Same concept.

aguasurf · Outlaw Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 180 City: Marietta

J_DOGG, i assume its a special winch because the winches I know of that are put on trucks/suv are very slow....the ones coming out for wakeboarding were said to be around 1400 bucks so I guess they're designed to pull faster

Tyler T · Posted: Dec 04, 2003 12:31 am Post subject:

hahahahaha....

aguasurf, I love me a good wench as well.

WakeSessions · Posted: Dec 04, 2003 1:40 am Post subject:

Yeah they use the wench in Sfumato and it looks like it works very well. I think the wench is a rad idea and a good piece of machinery.

J_DOGG · Posted: Dec 04, 2003 5:40 am Post subject:

I'll keep my eye out for them..

Sounds promissing.

vette74 · Posted: Dec 04, 2003 6:54 am Post subject:

I never have seen Sfumato or what type of wench they use there but the wench for my jeep pulls 14 ft/min under load. The wenches used in cable parks are powered by electric motors probably 50 or 60 hp atleast and they run about $90,000 each. Shocked

You can get a nice rig for that.

Ruune · Posted: Dec 04, 2003 7:35 am Post subject:

Cable parks dont use winches- they use a reciprocating cable pulley system. Winches have basically wind up and have to be unwound before reuse.

yeah... for 90 grand, you can get a nice boat, trailer, and matching tow vehicle!