reversing winch rotation

[philipw]

i am looking at upgrading my winch from a 9000lbs to a 12000lbs and i do not think it will fit as the intercooler takes up a lot of room, but i think that it will fit if i could turn it around and relay it.
would this harm the winch at all or will it be ok.
Thanks guys for taking the time

Phil

[sibainmud]

Hey,
I'm just guessing here,
Do you mean making forward into reverse?
If you were to do this it would overheat the brake.
Why not spool the wire/rope on the same way (in being in/out being out) but it retrieves on the top of the drum not on the bottom or vise versa?
Hope this helps.
Cheers,

[darinz]

What type of winch? The ones with a cone brake eg Come-up and Superwinch EP9 can be used in either direction with no effect on the winch or brake.
Most other can't as said above. However you can just mount the winch the other way around and spin the gearbox so you can get at the freespool level.

[H2OLOVA]

Why not spool the wire/rope on the same way (in being in/out being out) but it retrieves on the top of the drum not on the bottom or vise versa?
Hope this helps.
Cheers,

Bad practice to have rope/cable spooling onto top of winch as it loads up the mounts due to the extra leverage gained from the width of the drum.

[sibainmud]

Why not spool the wire/rope on the same way (in being in/out being out) but it retrieves on the top of the drum not on the bottom or vise versa?
Hope this helps.
Cheers,

Bad practice to have rope/cable spooling onto top of winch as it loads up the mounts due to the extra leverage gained from the width of the drum.

Not if it is mounted inside the front face of the bar, like mine is
Leverage is not an issue.
Cheers,

[wopass]

Bad practice to have rope/cable spooling onto top of winch as it loads up the mounts due to the extra leverage gained from the width of the drum.

pfft, thats what she said...

[philipw]

What type of winch? The ones with a cone brake eg Come-up and Superwinch EP9 can be used in either direction with no effect on the winch or brake.
Most other can't as said above. However you can just mount the winch the other way around and spin the gearbox so you can get at the freespool level.

was heading towards the Tigerz11

[Mudhog]

The Tigerz11 Two Speed and High Speed won't be a problem with running them in reverse as the Bi-directional brake works both ways!!

The brake is on until the power comes on, so if you lose power the brake is still able to stop you!! Good safety feature

You will just need to watch the O/A sizes of these winches as they are alittle bit longer than most

Cheers

[darinz]

Why not spool the wire/rope on the same way (in being in/out being out) but it retrieves on the top of the drum not on the bottom or vise versa?
Hope this helps.
Cheers,

Bad practice to have rope/cable spooling onto top of winch as it loads up the mounts due to the extra leverage gained from the width of the drum.

You shouldn't mount a winch like this anyway! I know you can and it works but that doesn't mean it is best practice.
I can't understand why anyone would mount a winch so that the entire load is being held by 4 bolts into an ali housing. Mount the winch at 90* to the load (eg verticaly) then the load is going through the entire body and there is only compression load on the little ali winch body.