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question about wheel house


michael021

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I am converting my wheel house to a winch system versus a jack system in the corner. I have a question. Should I use a winch with a brake or can I get by without a brake on the winch?

What is the pros and cons? any info would be helpful.

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You definitely want to use a winch a brake. Even if you are very careful someone helping you could get seriously hurt if that baby let go on the way down. I know the winches with brakes get to be expensive also. We made a wheel house about 20 years ago that went almost 3500# and the winches with brakes were too expensive for us. We ended up using 2 farm jacks on the rear corners to lift the shack so we could unpin the axle arms and swing them up.

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