- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
12 volt capstan winch
- Thread starter Tom Dunlap
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TreeCo
Carpal tunnel level member
Tom it says it's a 120 volt capstan winch. Is there a 12 volt available also? An inverter for that current draw would be very expensive.
One another note:
If the axle of the bottom feed roller could be extended and a capstan installed and a pulley mounted high on the back of the chipper that would make a nice capstan winch. The feed roller control bar would control the winch.
Dan
One another note:
If the axle of the bottom feed roller could be extended and a capstan installed and a pulley mounted high on the back of the chipper that would make a nice capstan winch. The feed roller control bar would control the winch.
Dan
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
My mistake I guess...
Since it was mounted on a vehicle's reciever hitch I assumed it was 12v. A winch motor sure would do the trick.
The catch with making a capstan from a winch motor is the loading on the motor shaft. Since the outboard end of the winch spool is supported there is much less torque on the motor shaft. Not a hard problem to solve though if someone were cobbling one together.
Since it was mounted on a vehicle's reciever hitch I assumed it was 12v. A winch motor sure would do the trick.
The catch with making a capstan from a winch motor is the loading on the motor shaft. Since the outboard end of the winch spool is supported there is much less torque on the motor shaft. Not a hard problem to solve though if someone were cobbling one together.
- Location
- Minneapolis
There's lots of very powerful 12V windlasses out there. Very common on boats. Maybe nobody's done this for rescue gear though. Wouldn't be hard to adapt.
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
They are also available to run off a pto on larger trucks.
