RE: (ET) Lift motors from cars - Superwinch

["Markus Lorch" <mlorch vt edu>]

Joel,

if you mount it at the hight of the power resistors (I assume
you mean you removed the large resistors that limit the armature 
current) then it may fit under the hood without being visible 
from the outside. In case you haven't seen you may take a look 
at my mount here:
http://www.elec-trak.com/forum/showthread.php?t=79

specifically:
http://www.elec-trak.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=190

I drilled a hole into the front grille about 3/4 in diameter and
increased it with a file. It is not hard to do as it's aluminum.
However, in order to lift the mower deck or other standard 
attachments you will need a roller fairlead or similar to redirect
the cable. I got me one but was reluctant to mount it to the grille
as I thought it may not be (mounted) sturdy enough to support the load.
I was thinking of making my winch mounting plate out of steel and mounting 
the fairlead through holes in the front grille to the winch mounting 
plate. 

The 3/4 inch hole I made originally is not large enough for the winch
as the cable needs to move from side to side to fill the winch drum.
Thus the hole will need to be the form of a horizontal oval about the
size of the fairlead. 

I want to use some contactors to allow me to move the winch up and down
with the standard up/down switch but haven't gotten to that yet.

One thing is certain: there is a HUGE difference between such a winch
and the built in lift motor. My winch motor is marked at 1.9HP 
intermittent.
Of course this unbalances the batteries more than the standard motor. 

Hope this helps. 

Markus

> Only big problem so far is that it occupies some of the space 
> needed by the
> snowblower discharge chute when the blower is lifted; I could 
> only lift it
> high enough to just get the dolly it's stored on out from 
> under.  And that's
> not  high enough for normal plowing use. So I need a new 
> location.  I'm
> thinking about cutting a big hole in the right side of the 
> front compartment
> just above the transformer, since I've already removed the 
> field-weakening
> resistors.  Then I could mount the winch on the inside of the 
> front plate
> "grille" with the end of the motor protruding about 3 or 4 
> inches out the
> right side and the wires attached thereto sneaking back 
> inside, and feed the
> strap through a opening with fairlead roller(s?) I'd have to 
> create in the
> grille.  But I'm nervous about that too, since it will result 
> in big gaping
> holes if something about this experiment doesn't pan out, and 
> there's no
> such clearance problem when lifting the mower.  I don't think 
> there will be
> with the dozer blade but I haven't tried yet.  So I have a 
> few months to
> worry about the alternatives.  Not to mention I haven't 
> figured out with
> what I will cut the requisite holes.... a hacksaw seems like 
> such a hack..
> a file will take too long.  Some combination of the two is 
> probably the
> answer, plus pilot holes using the drill. I'm sure I'm not going to be
> unbolting and unriveting it and taking it to a machine shop 
> to get it milled
> =)
>