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profdant139
Explorer II
Mar 09, 2014

Winches: update -- problem solved, thanks to you!

(Update -- see last entry in this thread.) (I figured this has to be the right forum -- boondockers are the most likely to get stuck and need a winch, right? If not, Dear Moderator, please move th...
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profdant139
Explorer II
Mar 18, 2014
Yeah, there are my two problems -- the pull was off to the side, and I did not tell the winch operator to watch out for bunching, and I did not provide her with any device (like a stick) to move the cable back and forth.

Actually, that's three problems.

Anyway, I managed to get the cable off the spindle and the drum -- lots of fun with needle-nose vice grips and screwdrivers and steel splinters in my hand, cutting right through my heaviest gloves. Now, time to replace the cable -- it is trashed.

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