1 man winch?

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 13, 2003 11:03 pm Post subject: 1 man winch?

hey i rember something about comming out with a one man winch. whats going on with that now? any info?

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

whats the difference between the 1man winch and the winch?

dankskate · Posted: Oct 14, 2003 2:59 pm Post subject:

Just think about it for a second.....

Ok, still cant think of what it is? Even though the name gives it away?

A winch that only takes one person to operate so he/she can be the rider and operator.

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

why would it take more than one man to operate it anyway? and i dont need your lip

wakeriderof87 · Frontside 180 Joined: 02 Oct 2003 Posts: 495 City: cen fla

b/c somebody has to make it start pulling you

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

yea that would take one person, i am asking why would it take more than one person

DockSecret · Ollie Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 75 City: Austin

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Cause in the regular winch, one man needs to operate it, and the other will ride. That's a TWO person operation. Now think again about the title. 1 man winch, and I quote from a previous comment,

dankskate wrote

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

oh, docksecret knows how to make sense out of things

Paul · Posted: Oct 14, 2003 4:05 pm Post subject:

In the old forum, there was a thread about a Winch with a waterproof remote control and a dog in charge of the handle. Don't you remember that?! Laughing

Yuri · Raley Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 1977 City: orlando

my bad but how much do one of those 1 man winch cost?

Aidan · Ollie Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 78 City: Singapore

Paul · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 9:38 am Post subject:

Check out this video. It's an indoor winch.
Choose the first footage (on the left), the other ones are crap.
http://www.play-fun.net/
Apparently it's possible to pull at least one trick in a pool.

And this:
http://www.play-fun.net/Wasserski/wasserski.html

So, what do you think, is the Cassette winch a revolution... Rolling Eyes

Dave Barousse · Faceplant Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 5

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 10:12 am Post subject:

ya skiers have been using the same idea as the winch for years but with a car but as dave said it was not very functional if you want to slide a downtown fountain as most of us do.

i cant wait for this to come out, downtown tampas going to be some good old gettin arrested fun. Laughing

Paul · Posted: Oct 16, 2003 10:46 am Post subject:

Yes, these winches seem to be eletric and not very mobile.
But I guess that wouldn't be a major hurdle in a small country like Switzerland where you will find electric sockets almost everywhere near the shore and then just use one of those inexpensive wire extensions.
Anyway, it would be so sweet to wakeskate in the pool of your ski resort... after a nice day of skiing or snowboarding.

Tjeerd · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 17 City: Appeltern

Damn I want one, I just mailed those german guys with the electrical winch how most it would cost, let's wait and see

Paul · Posted: Oct 18, 2003 12:14 pm Post subject:

Nekkie · Posted: Oct 18, 2003 3:59 pm Post subject:

isn't the winch used by the cassette one that you have on 4weeldrive cars that are used in rallyes to tow out a car from a splippery terrain our out of a hole.

If you change the pinion ratio you can get much more speed than pull if needed, so any type of 4X4 car winch should do the job no?

Tjeerd · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 17 City: Appeltern

Still waiting for the answer, they never mailed me back...yet Neutral

takticwakesk8 · Faceplant Joined: 28 Sep 2003 Posts: 3

SO are the winches for sale yet im a little behind