Stein RCW 3001 help

Raven27

Raven27

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Bought this, it came in about an hour ago, and I'm pulling my hair out the " directions" are a joke at best.. first , I put the handle.on like it said, but when you turn it to lower or revera, it unthreads the handle, every time,.e
second there's no way in hell im.getting the rope cable mounted under the clip.provided like they describe anyone else have this issue I'd love a phone call to tell me what the hell I'm doing wrong.
 
Check Youtube, there is a vib but I can't make it link. The handle unthreading is the nature of all those style winches. You need to make sure it is tight, I usually add a second jam nut or Loctite. Now I say all that based on other winches I have. I don't own the brand Stein is using. Basically though when you reverse it you are asking the threaded handle to back off the cam or spur that holds the rack in a lock position. Take a good look at exactly how it is working and then it will make sense. After that you will be able to determine the best method for stabilizing the handle.
 
After cranking on all the rope cable, UT seemed to stay when reversed fir a few turns I'll have to see how it works on a test tomorrow I've got something I can lift into my Silver Maple out back. it certainly is a solid unit.
 
Ok, first test in it, it lifted great, was able to use by big shot to get it a good 10' up to get maximum lift on the log I tested on., down side the reverse and the handle coming off I did discover that with a little inward pressure this seemed to be eleviate. I love how much progress it makes .I'm guessimg the added friction of the larger bollard than the large porty we've been using will have to be factored in but this is a solid built unit. the pin holding the winch on took an act of God to get in, I think it was the paint finish messing things up, but I got it. real test will be on real work, going to do some playing around trimming one if our oak trees that needs it.
 
Raven27 said:
Ok, first test in it, it lifted great, was able to use by big shot to get it a good 10' up to get maximum lift on the log I tested on., down side the reverse and the handle coming off I did discover that with a little inward pressure this seemed to be eleviate. I love how much progress it makes .I'm guessimg the added friction of the larger bollard than the large porty we've been using will have to be factored in but this is a solid built unit. the pin holding the winch on took an act of God to get in, I think it was the paint finish messing things up, but I got it. real test will be on real work, going to do some playing around trimming one if our oak trees that needs it.
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Please update with field reviews.
 
Put the stein through some paces today , and it was great. Had a leaning oak over a barn, with another large leader behind it to rig from. Topped the main piece, then escentially tip tied the next 3 big sections and lifted them back away from the barn, nice and smooth. First through go with the stable braid ad well, usually use ploydyne.
 
I use a small winch with 3/16" dacron polyester rope to lift and lower a ham radio antenna... after a few years, the rope starts to get stiff from the UV, and I change it. Last time, I put some 550 nylon paracord on it because I need to order another spool of the poly. First thing I noticed, the thing behaves much differently. The stretchy nylon binds up on the spool tighter, you lose fine control of the load, and you pretty much have to wind the stretch out before anything moves. It got me thinking about Polydyne and StableBraid... in the winch/bollard devices, it seems to me the same problem might occur. Probably not to the same extent that the small cords I was using, but I couldn't help but wonder if the lower stretch rigging ropes wouldn't be the best choice for those devices.

If you ever try the Polydyne with it, @Raven27 let me know how that works. I'm very curious whether the StableBraid gives better performance.
 
I went with the stable braid For that reason , I figured the poly would stretch too much, and there wasn't a lor of room for error on these lifts
I will try it though in a better situation.
 
Cool... I'm guessing there's going to be a difference, but maybe not as much as I envision. The Stein interests me a bit, mostly because I like the way they build stuff (I have the RC-1000 and RC-2000) and the GRCS is just too much money for us po' folks.
 
So far I like it a lot. On one lift, I had a tad bit of holding wood that wouldn't let it free, when I touched the saw to it, it actually jumped upwards toward the pick point a couple inches, bit of pressure there I guess, in the learning curve.
 
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