M756 rear winch level winder

[cranetruck]

I have been looking at a level winder for my front mounted 8x8 winch and found this, which is the rear winch for an M756 pipeline truck. It is also a 5-tonner winch (20,000 lb capacity), but it appears to be installed upside down like mine.

The level winder is different from the ones I have seen before, in that it doesn't have a tensioner and the winder does not support the full load.

Any comments are welcome.

Edit: added image of "Regular" level winder.

 

[Recovry4x4]

That looks more like the winch from an M764 to me. The M756 headache rack prohibits the use of a levelwind assy. I can certainly see the advantage of a levelwind.

 

[cranetruck]

So it is Kenny, wrong section of the TM...guess it's a 2-1/2 ton winch then....

 

[NDT]

The left picture is the Tulsa winch from a pole setter truck. It is cast iron, and has 1/2 cable.

 

[tm america]

hy not make a tensioner like the use on civy tow trucks its a piece of plate steel thats hinged and then has springs to keep tension on the cable which forces the cable to wind tight on the winch drum without crossing over itself.its not a perfect setup but its alot better than nothing good luck coming up with something let us know what you find

 

[TacticalTruck]

Bill Harbaugh had some winches like those. They might still be laying up there.

 

[EZFEED]

Cool deal Bjorn! Hey do you have a NSN# for the part you need? This local guy has lots of these level wind things and I will see if he'd be interested in selling one. I'll tell him its for me and see if he'll let one go.

Did you mount that on your M757? Is that a custom made bumper you made for it?

 

[cranetruck]

EZ, the xm757 all came with a front winch, but they were installed upside down to get the drive aligned with the PTO, which makes is difficult to install the level winder normally used with the 20,000 lb winch. That said, I might still get one and see what's involved in mounting it.
The NSN for the complete winch is 2590-00-741-1122, but would only need the level winder part.