OFFICIAL FRAME DESIGN FOR MY WINCH (WITH PICS!!)

LAXitives288 · Last edited by LAXitives288 on Aug 02, 2006 10:14 pm; edited 1 time in total

Well last night and this morning I decided to draft out the design I plan on using for my winch, It is based on tried and true methods, but it was mainly designed for simplicity, easy of use and I also aimed to keep the costs down.
I eliminated the trailer hitch attachment because I have a pick up and there really is no need for it in my scenario. I also included a "rough" estimation of what it should look like when completed Laughing

without further ado....

**EDIT, pictures fixed**

2-Keys · Ollie Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 92 City: Kingsford, MI

i hope it works for you Cool

LAXitives288 · Posted: Aug 01, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

I do too.

tompo · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 3:34 am Post subject:

sweet

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SleuCrew · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 5:00 am Post subject:

You might want to reconsider your frame design... maybe something a little more like this for a stronger structure.

Personally I wouldn't ditch the option of being able to load it into your hitch receiver. It comes in handy when you need to get in and out somewhere quick and poach fountains and such.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

SleuCrew,

THAT IS BOSS.

tompo · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 5:03 am Post subject:

y would he want to do this
Mad

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LAXitives288 · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 9:39 am Post subject:

idk about you, but to me your frame and mine dont look all that different, only difference I see is the hitch reciever.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

LAXitives288, I think what sleu was trying to say is the diagonal support bars on the sides need to be longer, and at a steeper angle. It needs to reach almost the top of the more vertical bar that holds your spool, and a little over half way down the horizontal squareish part of the frame.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:13 am Post subject:

LAXitives288, you are really pushing the envelope. your radical new frame designs look exactly like evey other winch out there.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

TTUFAN24, Maybe that has something to do with the fact that...

It works.

Being creative with this stuff is great, and putting new ideas into effect. But at some point you find the what works best, and it sticks. I mean i'm sure there were people out there when skateboard shapes were being figured out saying "It looks just like every other skateboard out there" and look now, all boards are shaped generally the same. LAXitives288 didn't say anything about some new crazy idea. In fact he said the opposite when he said it was "Based on tried and true methods"

Nice looking frame Smile

LAXitives288 · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:46 am Post subject:

I see what hes getting at now, extra frame strength can never hurt, so I guess the support bars are getting extended.

TTUFAN24, dude, I didnt say I was gonna set the world on fire with my radical twin spar space age hydroformed aluminium frame, I just posted it up to get some input, and thats what a I got, extend the support bars, if you dont like it, dont post.

Nekkie · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:51 am Post subject:

u gotta love the boat throttle Afro

TannerC · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 1694 City: Nanaimo

SleuCrew, That is beautiful.
LAXitives288, your frame will be fine. mine is sort of like yours, and its plenty strong.

Jeff_Knox · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Posts: 712 City: J-ville

i think there is another winch on here with no supports... yours will be fine cause it looks exactly like mine... weld away... if your frame breaks cause the suppports werent high enough ill let you kick me in the balls

Shore Drive · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 2:37 pm Post subject:

yeah, i think he's good to go...

mine is pretty sturdy Very Happy

mario c. · Guest

Shore Drive, nice rope. Laughing

Shore Drive · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject:

mario c.,
$20 couldn't pass it up, i just found $550 ft. of spectra for $143. time for an upgrade i suppose

sleucrew,
your winch is sick!

mario c. · Guest

Shore Drive, just bustin y'er balls bruh. whatev werks, right? hey bruh, shoot me a p.m. on where i can get some spectra. Wink

LAXitives288 · Posted: Aug 02, 2006 10:14 pm Post subject:

I fixed the pictures