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• 3 Layers: Power drops 19%
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3 Ways to Get the Most from Your Winch.
Physics of the Pulling Power Zone
TM
How the Laws of Physics govern winch performance.
We know that using a long-handled wrench makes a job easier.
You pull further away from the bolt
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a longer turning radius.
WHAT IF THE BOLT WAS DOING THE PULLING?
Then the opposite is true. It's easier for the bolt to turn the same
weight when it is closer to the bolt
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a shorter turning radius.
Just like the drum on a winch.
As layers of rope build up, pulling the same weight requires greater
force, robbing you winch of power. The first 2 layers of rope on the
drum we call the Pulling Power Zone. Beyond 2 layers, pulling
capacity can be reduced as much as 42%.
Get the most from your winch. Extra layers cut pulling power. Stay in the Pulling Power Zone.
Use pulley block and double the capacity of your winch.
Another Law of Physics: double the line with a pulley block and you double the pulling capacity of your winch. Removing extra rope
from the drum also allows you to work in the Pulling Power Zone.
Keep the rope feeding through the
fairlead as straight as possible.
This will help keep the rope wrapping smoothly across
the drum. Rope feeding through the fairlead at a sharp
angle will bunch up.
Some typical pulls: a single line straight pull.
A redirected pull. If there's no straight, clear
line to the anchor point, use a pulley block.
A typical double-line winch and pulley
arrangement doubles winch capacity.
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Start each pull with a minimum of
5 wraps* around
the drum.
From the minimum 5 wraps of rope, to the maximum
of 2 layers** on the drum, you
are working in the Pulling
Power Zone.
** Pulling capacity is
determined by the load
a winch can pull with
only the bottom layer
of rope on the drum.
For practical purposes,
full capacity is retained
with up to 2 layers.
* The industry
safety standard.
The rope fastener
alone cannot support
a heavy load.
The power loss percentages above are approximate.
The Pulling
Power Zone
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