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profdant139
Explorer II
Dec 27, 2015

How to keep winch cable from bunching up on one side

(I looked on the archives for an answer to this question but did not find one -- sorry if this is a repeat.) We use a winch to get our little trailer up our little driveway -- the trailer is parked...
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mkirsch
Nomad II
Dec 29, 2015
If the winch were solidly mounted so it could not pivot, and pointed towards the load, it would spool up the cable neat as can be.

It can be misaligned to some extent, and the force of the cable laying over itself will keep things winding neatly.

The problem here is the winch is allowed to pivot, and once the cable gets to one end of the spool, it's all over. The winch pivots so much that the cable can't overcome it, and it all bunches on one end of the spool.

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