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  1. 8 hours ago, Escape said:

     Or fix the one you have.

    Tried that, its a T-MAX 13500, brake spring is all twisted up, cant find a replacement even with my aussie contact trying to call T-MAX HQ.

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  2. 1 minute ago, miketomcat said:

    Yeah but an electric winch is the same size as a hydraulic, the cables are easier to connect, route and replace than hoses. It'll be faster and possible more powerful in this instance and cheaper. You'll already have battery's too.

    Mike

    Yep, all good points. There were 2 factors that got me looking at it. 1) a cheap BNIB Warrior hydo was up for sale. 2) i have very limited space for the winch and some electrics didnt fit, the hydro has a smaller 'motor'. But since the deal has disappeared and the comments above, i'll replace with lecky.

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  3. 50 minutes ago, FridgeFreezer said:

    As Ben says, absolutely zero benefit in using a 12v power pack to make hydraulic power to turn a winch - just fit an electric winch and save space & power & cost.

    Except I do already have the powerpack on the truck, as it lifts the cab & body jacks.

  4. Yeah will ponder. I have no room for an engine pump. PTO is possible but finding the adaptor for my volvo transfer case is not easy.

    I should mention its not for competition, but rather self-rescue on my overlander. I could live with slow if it gets me out eventually.

  5. Was just pondering fitting a hydraulic winch to replace my broken 13500 electric.

    One option is a Warrior, with the following specs. I have a power pack which has 200b 5l/min

    Now i presume pressure gives the pull force and flow gives the line speed?

    So will my power pack give the full 10000 but at a slow line speed?

     

    2024-05-02 08_19_30-Warrior 1NH Hydraulic Winch _ Warrior Winches and 8 more pages - Personal - Micr.png

  6. 45 minutes ago, NRS91 said:

    nice build!
    I currently run 4x 110ah lead acid batteries with 460w of solar which is normally fully charged by 10am on an overcast and rainy September day.

    Will be upgrading to a 200Ah LiFePo4 battery to allow me to make good use of my 3kw inverter for induction cooking, air fryer and water heating when I've got excess solar.
    Your set up will have plenty in the tank!

    Interestingly when i was pricing up the system, i notived that the Victron multiplus 48v was about 1/2 the price of the 12/24v version, so with a bit of waiting around for a good deal, i bought 16x 105Ah lipos for much less than the cost of a 12v system.

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  7. A long overdue update. The rear body is on, and I've been working on the interior during the inclement weather.

    200l water tank, Truma combi heater/boiler, Victron system with 6000Wh of Lion storage & 400W of solar panels.

    And the addition today a nice s/h awning.

    (Sorry about the pics, don't know why the forum rotated them, cant see how to turn back)

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  8. Well thats my brake spring, dont think it should be that shape. I dont even know what shape it should be to try and make one...

    Problem is i've found it devilshly difficult to get T-max parts. I think Bearmach used to be, thats how i got a motor last time.

    I've found that BHW do some t-max winches in the UK, bu they dont have spares for this one, and inform me that there have been 2 brake revisions since this, requiring a modded drum 🙄

    I'm tapping up and aussie contact, as thats where t-max are from.

    I still dont understand how that could cause freespool though.

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  9. So mine went clunk and was permanently in freespool. I thought the motor linkange had snapped (it did that before and i had it welded), but no.

    I took the gearbox apart and everything is fine in there, except some very old packed grease. So I disassebled the GB and washed the old grease out.

    Bit of a mystery that nothing is broken, but i thought i'd regrease it and reassemble. Which is the point where i wish i'd taken photos. The exploded diagram i have, and several more ive found since dont exactly match my version.

    I can work out pretty much how it goes, but i have 2 fibre thrust washers which i'm not sure of the correct positions - anyone know?

    And any ideas why it wouldnt go into drive or brake when nothing is broken inside?

    (attached the closest diagram i can find)

    2024-01-02 21_53_39-T-Max Winches Installation Instructions - Brave.png

  10. On 9/14/2023 at 3:09 PM, JeffR said:

    As a freshwater biologist, by employment, I have tried just about every repellent available ...  I now accept that I will continue  feeding the little buggers, although a few years back I ended up covered in old, used EP90, that actually worked in that it kept everything away, animal or vegetable. May well try Smidge though.

    The advantage of EP90 is that it also keeps the missus away ;)

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