Powerful Gas-Powered Winch

Powerful Gas-Powered Winch MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous “Our new gas-powered portable winch offers many advantages over a conventional drum winch It can be used anywhere you can find a safe solid object to fasten onto without the need for a vehicle and it can handle an unlimited length of line ” says Cam Mackay Endurance Marine Products Ltd Surrey B C The EPGW-5 gas-powered portable capstan winch is powered by a 4-stroke 53cc gas engine It comes with 75 ft of heavy-duty double-braided low-stretch nylon winch rope that’s abrasion resistant and has a stainless steel thimble on one end and a stainless steel thimble and carabine on the other end The winch pulls the rope around a rotating cylinder or capstan head The speed of the winch is regulated by the speed of the engine The heavier the load the slower the rate of retrieval Under a moderate load the retrieval rate is about 30 ft per min The winch doesn’t lose power because the line is continually bailed or taken off the capstan as the line is retrieved To operate the operator loops a sling strap around an anchor point such as a tree and attaches both ends of the strap to a pair of chain hooks on the winch Then he wraps the rope around the capstan a few times and starts the engine “As the object is pulled in you stand to the side and bail the rope away as it spools off the capstan while the rest of the line continues to pass through ” says Mackay “You can use any length of rope unlike a drum winch where you’re limited to the length of cable that can be spooled onto the drum The winch has a reduction gear system inside it that makes it very easy to operate In one of our website videos we show a 65-year-old woman using the winch to pull a 500-lb tree stump up a hill “Our gas-powered capstan winch is especially handy when you need to pull something where your vehicle can’t go For example hunters can use it to pull game out of the woods and to hang and bleed their kill The engine provides single line pulling power of 2 000 lbs but additional power can be achieved by using block and tackle pulleys ” The winch comes with a safety strap and 75 ft of polyester rope It sells for $1 549 and has a 1-year warranty The company also sells 150 and 300-ft long ropes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Endurance Marine Products Ltd 210-19138 26th Ave Surrey B C Canada V3S 3V7 ph 877 535-0669; cam@endurance-marine com; www shop-endurance-marine com

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