Tuesday 4 February 2020

Spare Wheel Lifts





I have spent some time on the spare wheel lifts recently,  the wheel and tire weigh 470Kg so a a substantial mechanism is needed to lift them, not to mention bouncing around on the back of a truck.

My original plan was to do the lifting with hydraulics, this was problematic due to not being able to get the rams I needed, it meant I would have to do two-stage hydraulic rams,  a little over the top to lift wheels.

So on to plan "B"  enter the Superwinch S5000, I have been experimenting with this and it works just fine, however, I have now decided to use a pully block and double line pull system to lighten the load on the winch.

Here is some pictures and a video of the testing: