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Hi all,

I have a Pennine Pathfinder (950kg) that I need to get into my garage which is up a 1 in 10 slope. I have been looking at the manual winch because of the low cost. Does anyone have a similar setup and can recommend what size of winch to buy. I'm afraid I have given up trying to get an answer from the Machine Mart people.

Thanx in advance.

Adi

You can also try www.ntta.co.uk who provide all sorts of guidance and info about winches and how to fit them etc.

I bought a 2000lb electric winch (£65 from an e-bay shop) to pull my Cruiser (900kg) onto my front garden. I thought I might need to use the middle pulley block to double the pulling power but I don't. You can see how it looks here

I must say Mike I'm very impressed at the level of detail on your web page. It does help me build up a little confidence. I have a 10 foot long 1 in 10 drive to pull the unit up and If the cable or the winch broke the unit would probably end up in the bedroom of the bungalow opposite -not good.

You use a 2000lb - (1000kg or there abouts) winch. I know my unit only weighs 950kg if you was to pick it up off the ground, so I'm sure a 2000lb / 2500lbs winch would easily cope on this slope.

thanx for your help

Adi

Have a look at this thread

Julian

 hi adi,  we have the same situation with drive. i bought a 2500 1b  hand winch + cable from machine + mart approx £60 for both,have used it 2 yrs with no probs. the drive is 25 ft long so also use 10 ft of tow rope.pulls up + down in 2 mins on my own.before use to take 3 adults to push it. also not havin the worry on the journey home if you can,t get a push up is a bonus.                                                

                         steve+mandy

Adi,

I'm sure you would be OK over that distance, as big roy has mentioned its rolling weight that you are dealing with. If you are worried you can loop the cable through a pulley with a hook on it which attaches to the FC, and the cable doubles back to a mounting point near the winch. This doubles the pulling power but makes the process a little slower - not enought to worry about though.

I found my winch on e-bay by searching for 12v winch and looking for one that had the pulley block included. I also went for a new from a shop rather than second hand but that's just my caution.

I have something of a problem.

I want to store my Pennine Fiesta in the garage but need to put it in backwards so the A frame is near the door so I can attatch the hitch lock and apply the handbrake and need to use a winch to get it up a small slope.

Thus the winch hook will be connecting to the rear of the camper. There is no obvious place to hook it up.

Any suggestions ? I could climb under the camper a connect to sub frame but this could be awkward to do regularly.

thanks

Alan.

Thanx everyone.

You have given my lots of food for thought.

I would also be interested in any replies to Pengwyn's post as I also want to reverse my unit up an hill.

Thanx again

Adi

Alan,

I'm not totally familiar with the Fiesta but I suspect you have two options.

1. To mount some type of eyelet / hook under the rear of the unit that you can then attach a cable to.

2. To attatch a length of cable or strong rope to each end of the axle, near the wheels so that they do not slide along the axle. The cable/rope should be long enough to create a triangle that has its point at the back of the fiesta. You can then hook your winch cable to this point. You have effectively made a removable A frame to the back of the unit. The hardest bit will be to work out how to secure the cable/rope to the axle or hubs.