specialbikejames

New Member

• May 28, 2007

• #1

Thinking of getting a Trifor off be-gay as they seem to be going for so little money it seems silly not to have one.

Question though: few on there don't have cables with them, do they use a special cable with a tapered end to help you thread it through the winch or will any old winch cable do?

Used one at a Dorset Landy Club event for the first time the other day and was well impressed. Bit slow, but it winched my heavy 110 up a big muddy hill no problems.

Jim

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 28, 2007

• #2

specialbikejames said:

Thinking of getting a Trifor off be-gay as they seem to be going for so little money it seems silly not to have one.

Question though: few on there don't have cables with them, do they use a special cable with a tapered end to help you thread it through the winch or will any old winch cable do?

Used one at a Dorset Landy Club event for the first time the other day and was well impressed. Bit slow, but it winched my heavy 110 up a big muddy hill no problems.

Jim

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they use a tapered cable. most are two speed so you can use the high speed to get all the slack out of the cable. Then switch to low speed for the actual pulling. Also most are reated for lift not pull and they can generally pull twice their lift rating.

 

Trewey

Cockernee, Pasty munchin bastid.

• May 29, 2007

• #3

Tirfor cables are also wound differently to standard winch cable, to withstand the crushing action of the mechanism. You must use the correct cable, otherwise slippage can occur, with potentially disasterous consequences.

 

GRUNT

Well-Known Member

• May 29, 2007

• #4

If you get a pukka Tirfor there not that cheap either. You'r not confusing them with the smaller hand winches are you?

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• May 29, 2007

• #5

tirfor are priced in the hundreds and the chinese rice pudding skin pullers are less than fifty

 

specialbikejames

New Member

• May 29, 2007

• #6

Think I might be bidding on a smaller winch than I thought! Whoops.Trigger happy ebay bidding.

Anywho, its only a tenner and I must beuseful for something, sometime. Its defo a genuine Trifor, just a smaller one. Still got a 1660kg lifting capacity.

Anyone got a spare Trifor cable they want to sell?

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 29, 2007

• #7

specialbikejames said:

Think I might be bidding on a smaller winch than I thought! Whoops.Trigger happy ebay bidding.

Anywho, its only a tenner and I must beuseful for something, sometime. Its defo a genuine Trifor, just a smaller one. Still got a 1660kg lifting capacity.

Anyone got a spare Trifor cable they want to sell?

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1660kg lift = 3320kg pulling capacity. or about 7300lb.

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• May 29, 2007

• #8

Just found this. If you need anymore info Honey Brothers - More Info they rate the 1600kg as 2500kg pulling but I've always been told it's double the lift capacity. I suppose they've allowed a larger safety margin.


Oh and their quoting £680 +vat for it.

 

specialbikejames

New Member

• May 30, 2007

• #9

ha, just did that maths myself. Think it might be the middle one out of those three.

Sounds like it migth eb ok, especially with pulleys.

Guess the proof is in the pudding, if I win the auction ill just go outside and see what I can pull around with it.

 

yella

New Member

• May 30, 2007

• #10

is a trifor an cheap immintation tirfor then ???????

 

Griffdowg

New Member

• May 30, 2007

• #11

yella disco said:

is a trifor an cheap immintation tirfor then ???????

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look at the english teacher

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