Hello I pick this up last Sunday. It works fine but sure needs some type of lube! Rule 14S winch motor. ISO 8849 Marine ITT Rule Gloucester MA 01930 USA 1400 lb 12 VDC See video. Any tips on what should be done here? Is this a good upgrade replacement? http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...81900?cm_mmc=Aggregates-_-Shopzilla-_-Winches>DC%20Powered%20Winches-_-999364
I don't own an electric winch but have worked with them in the past. I can't say for sure from your video or not but it sounds like your winch noise is normal. The ones I have used also had a loud scratchy type sound to them.
Thanks. I've had that one about a year and had the one before it around 8 or so years. I try to keep things as clean as I can. I do a lot of hydraulic testing and rebuilding and dirt is the enemy. It sounds almost the same as yours but it earns it's keep by saving me time and effort. http://www.harborfreight.com/880-lb-electric-hoist-with-remote-control-60347-9120.html I use it for picking up reel mowers. Set them on a bench to rebuild/tear down and run them down the overhead rail to the grinder for sharpening.
Nice, Does that Kerosene heater heat your shop? I have one but then I got a pellet stove for my shop and the wood pellet heat is alot cheaper!
As stated above. Sound about right for a electric winch. That drum is awfully rusted and the cable birds nested though. Have you popped a cover to see the guts yet? The replacement winch/hoist you linked seems fine. I'm thinking a warn work series 1700? With a small snatch block/pulley would do the trick for a few more green backs? Edit: noticed you already have a pulley up top.
Shop is only 25'x25' with an 8' ceiling and insulated very well. I haven't seen the temp inside go lower than +40 even when we had -20 last winter. At +40 inside temp I can fire up the heater for an hour and be working in a tee shirt. Burned less than 30 gallons of kerosene last winter and worked in the shop at least 5 nights a week, sometimes 7, plus weekends.
