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OK Jeff - now you have me confused. Where did you get the term 'Gipsy head' from? You seem to be the first person to mention it... on this thread. And as DH pointed out re Wiki link - it's the driven horizontal drum (windlas) - toothed for heavy chain- a la negative of a sprocket, used on a British ship for raising/lowering an anchor!hate to steal your thread but is the level winder the same as a gipsy head?
Maybe some Marine using an M543 once, who was standing near some limey sailors overheard a conversation re the back of his truck..... Still don't get the connection.
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