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GnarShredd
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PostPosted: Sep 22, 2010 12:47 pm    Post subject: Post Your Winch Reply with quote

Winches come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and designs so post your finished product (not builds, etc.). What pulls you across the water at a high rate of speed? What would you do differently/better next time?

I'll kick things off: Here's my beast. I call it Sir Winchton Churchill. It's been the most reliable winch I've ridden behind (not to brag, I'm just proud I built something mechanical that works! haha). It's seen plenty of time at both the beach and in fresh-water ponds.

Before putting finishing touches on. (Didn't add wheels, paint the spool, or trim down the axle yet)


And a couple of the final product getting set up to pull for a wakeskate flatbar session a couple of weeks ago. (You can sort of see a wheel in the bottom of the last picture. Along with plenty of grease from hours of love)



I really like how she turned out but I'm planning to rebuild whenever I get some extra cash again (it turns out that houses take up a lot of disposable income, who knew?). I want to go with a slightly smaller frame and make it aluminum next time to save on some weight. Also, I'd make the spool a little smaller and figure out how to make it a bit stronger. The spokes going from one side to the other that rope wraps around is starting to bend a bit. Other than those changes, I'm really happy with how everything turned out.
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PostPosted: Oct 01, 2010 1:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice! our homebuilt winch is almost ready so i will post it soon!
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PostPosted: Oct 02, 2010 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

heres minehttp://s809.photobucket.com/albums/zz18/hawkster0001/?action=view&current=SANY0767.jpg Laughing jk even though i do use it for that
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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2010 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

here is one of the best compilations I have ever seen:

http://www.iwinchglobal.com/winches01.html

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PostPosted: Oct 18, 2010 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

supermanotorious, I used that gallery for a lot of inspiration in my design. Thanks for bringing it back up!
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PostPosted: May 10, 2011 11:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bump! There's got to be some new winches by now!
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PostPosted: May 11, 2011 6:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just shipped this beauty to Cali, be on the look out for my newest personal winch, it will set the standard in high class, AFFORDABLE winching
































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PostPosted: Aug 21, 2011 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote




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