Help ID This Winch

[Radar67]

I picked up a winch this morning that I can't find any information on. Does anyone know anything about it. I'm interested in what the rated capacity is.

I was making small talk with a gentleman this morning while fueling up and noticed the winch in the back of his truck. I commented about it and he told me it was for sale. I got it for $40.











It turns free and weighs around 75 pounds. I plan to make a base for it to attach to a 2 inch receiver hitch on my truck and tractor.

[Dan_Shade]

my guess is it's a red "little giant"

;D

[Gary_C]

I think it may be off an old grain elevator, the wide kind that was used for ear corn. Could be the winch used to raise the elevator transport.

[Bro. Noble]

We've got an old grain elevator of that type that came from the Peoria area.  I'll look tomorrow and see who made the winch.  I don't remember ours looking like that,  but it's been two or three years since we used it and I don't remember just what it does look like

[DanG]

Just looking at the way it's built and the gear ratio, I think it can take whatever you can give it with that hand crank.

[Gary_C]

Just remember that winch was strictly made for hand cranking at slow speeds. I do not even see any grease fittings although there may be some oil holes in the castings. If you go puting a motor on that winch it will not last long without some anti friction bearings.

The other thing is if you are lifting a load and want to let go of the crank, make DanG sure you get that stop set right. If you don't, just let it go or stick a two by four in there to stop it as your hand might not come back in one piece.  ;D

[Radar67]

I don't plan to put a motor on it. I'm thinking a 5/16 or 3/8 inch cable and a couple of snatch blocks on heavy loads. I plan to use it as a recovery winch for my tractor or truck mostly, and pulling some logs and such too. I may even use it to hoist trusses on my house when I get to that point.

There are oil holes over the shafts.