Spudcannons
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I just saw some hydraulic winches offered by Mile Marker that run off the power steering. Does anyone have experience with them?
Hydraulic winches
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I haven't seen these, but my thoughts are the stock power steering has enough problems staying cool and working just turning tires... I'd hate to add any more load.
Edit: Holy price Batman! I think I will just keep a good electric winch :yup:
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Spudcannons
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I know the price is insane!
I had not seen one before so I was wondering the benefits since there does not seem to be much info on them. Don't think I would ever buy one even if it were golden.I know the price is insane!
When I did some tow truck and re-po work years ago the truck had a hydraulic winch. The damn thing would pull the truck apart if you were not careful. Using it was a PITA though (it was a typical idle-up PTO driven pump). I would assume you would need to idle up with one of these as well, but really don't know. I think this is a place where I would stick with what is known to work.
LeighP
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For a while, these were semi popular here in Australia. Price is a major concern, they're expensive.
Pros - continuous line pull.....no duty cycle.
Cons - engine has to be running, usually, its steer or pull - there is a priority valve in the supply that feeds steering over the winch.
Personally, unless I was doing a huge amount of winching, I wouldn't buy one.
Pros - continuous line pull.....no duty cycle.
Cons - engine has to be running, usually, its steer or pull - there is a priority valve in the supply that feeds steering over the winch.
Personally, unless I was doing a huge amount of winching, I wouldn't buy one.
Grubbicon
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I was about to comment this right here. My dad runs a towing company and he has one on his roll back. It is insanely powerful. He had a hook he had put in the bed of the truck with a grade 8 bolt and I watched it snap the grade 8 bolt clean off with no hesitation.
Brent McCartney
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I have a hydraulic winch on the front of my 26,000 lbs bucket truck. It will pull a fully loaded truck out of a ditch. But think the weight would be too much for a JK.
