"Nathan W. Collier" > wrote in message
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> "Lee Ayrton" > wrote in message
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>> A 5 and a quarter ton winch? Does this mean you could hook it to a
>> bridge beam and winch the jeep straight up with it?
>
> unlike electric winches, hydraulic winches pull their rated load 100%, and
> do it continously. they dont get hot and weaken, they are not dependant
> on battery level. if your engine (or secondary electric hydraulic pump)
> will run, the hydraulic winch will pull you up anything or pull the jeep
> in half. :-)
>
In the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy" a Land Rover, nicknamed "The
Antichrist" by its driver, pulls itself up a tree, sure enough. I am
guessing it has a PTO winch though.

Cheers,

Earle