Looking to purchase a Lewis Winch in good condition.
Please PM me if you have one for sale.
Thanks Graham
what sorta price you got in mind for a second hand unit?
i could be tempted mate as im looking to upgrade to something bigger.
needs a new wire rope.
Hey mate, I’m after a Lewis winch also. Not sure what a fair price would be for a second hand one, but I’m definitely interested if you’d be keen to sell yours? Not sure what part of the country you are in? I’m based in Woodville but could organise courier pickup through work. Cheers Matt
Anyone with a lewis winch, I highly recommend binning the wire rope and fitting dyneema winchline
Much lighter, safer, and very strong
https://www.hecanterbury.co.nz/shop/stainlessmarine/synthetic-rope/winchline-uhm12-strand-braid/
Thanks for the tip mate, looks much better to work with than wire rope! Haven’t used a Lewis winch before but this thread got me looking into them. I’m after a winch for hauling building materials up a steep slope in the sounds. Would you recommend a Lewis winch for this, or would you recommend something else? Cheers
under heavy load dynema squashes and flexes the winch drum and jams it tho. light loads its ok and can get alot more on the drum.
the standard cable can handle quite alot but youve just gotta be careful when boulders snag up at speed as that seems to be what busts the cable.
i mainly use my lewis dredging for hauling cobbles from deep dredge holes, have one of those big black mussel floats with a bit over ¼ cut out of it. just have a pulley strung up highish between 2 trees and it empties itself, its also good moving gear up n down steep stuff too, the mussel float can fit 2 honda dredge engines and weightbelts etc in it, beats carrying them!
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The mussel float sounds like a good idea!
Especially for getting a hole started, it’s always hard work getting the cobbles out, until there’s room in the hole to dump them behind
Yes have broken a few things too by getting snagged under other rocks on the way out.
Haven’t had any issues with the dyneema, and can move rocks up to about the size of a single bed mattress+base. Always using at least one snatch block, sometimes two. And always setting up the hole so that the rock stays underwater for the whole pull.
One person on the winch, one person chaining the rock, then following it along with a crowbar to give it a help if it catches on something.
Should be a good option. I guess it depends on how heavy the loads will be, and if there are any cheaper alternatives. If you already have a decent chainsaw to bolt onto it that would help.
I see there are little Honda powered winches that pull up to 700kgs, they’re not cheap either though, almost $3k new. Add a snatch block and you can pull almost 1.5 tonne.
Maybe you could get away with something more cheap and cheerful, by using a couple snatch blocks?