ChuckM
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I was reviewing the tm9-3830-501 for winch maintenance and see the front winch has a capacity of 9,500 lbs (page 1- 8 ). Is this correct? For some reason I thought they were rated for 20,000 lbs.
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Front Winch
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Think you were looking at the wrong winch
gimpyrobb
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Nope, looks right to me! I never noticed they were 400ish lbs. No wonder I don't like moving them without a lifting device!
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Its the 15fpm that has you. It'll pull 20,000, but its a bit slower
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I noticed that also. The -10 lists the front winch capacity at 20K Lbs. I've wondered if the rating given in the -10 and what seems to be the commonly accepted rating is expecting that you would be using a snatch block which would effectively double the basic winch rating.
The difference is even greater for the rear winch. Always referred to and in the -10 as 45K Lbs yet the winch manual says 14500.
The difference is even greater for the rear winch. Always referred to and in the -10 as 45K Lbs yet the winch manual says 14500.
jaxsof
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it slows down when you load it to its limit. The spec in the TM states "at 15 feet per minute".
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Says 10K right on the winch. Yea, its dumb. Should be bigger.
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It's 100% mechanical. If the winch slows down, the engine slows down too or something breaks. FWIW I've done lots and lots of winching. I've never set the idle above 1000 and I've never ran out of power and bogged the engine. I have broken shear pins.