So in the past 12 months I've seen a few cheap hydraulic winches in the auctions and wondered if a rear winch would be a good addition to the rear of my U1300L as it already has the hydraulic lines and controls run back there for the Werner A50.1 mid mount. This always leads me to wondering the following though. The mid mounted 50.1s normally seen on the fire trucks are only 5000 daN first layer pull. That's only 12,000 lbs for a 17,500 lbs truck, and that doesn't even account for the reduction in pull as the layers come off the drum. They're also generally mounted on trucks with the optioned 4 wheel park brakes. This often makes me worry that my A50.1 is for recovering other smaller vehicles, not self recovery. The flip side to this is that most of the Werner's that Truktor posted in the winch thread had similar daN ratings. Now normally with electric winches it's recommended to get a winch rated at 1.5 x the vehicle GVM. Is there something I'm missing with the way the Werner's are rated as opposed to the general electric winch recommendations? Also has anyone used the A50.1 enough to comment on it as a self-recovery winch?
Cheers,
John
Cheers,
John