Do you sit in the chair and go up in it, or do you raise it first and then use a ladder? How much weight can that contraption lift, if you go up in the chair?
WOW! That's what I need. I don't like going up ladders. Just don't drop the remote while you are way up there...Yes it has a remote. You get in chair and it lifts you. Winch is 3000 lbs and basket and chair are lightweight. Very stable as is my Kubota.
WOW! That's what I need. I don't like going up ladders. Just don't drop the remote while you are way up there...
Sweet!
Have you had a chance to sit in it for awhile? 3K is plenty of winch but just wondering if it will slowly release the cable when under load. Several winch mfgrs offer a load-holding or mechanical brake to stop that slow release.
With just a couple hundred pounds, you may not need a mechanical brake.
I'd throw some sandbags or something on it to get to your weight, run it up, measure from the RTV bed to the floor of the stand and let it sit overnight. The next day, take another measurement from the bed to the floor and see how much it dropped. It may be 1" or it may be 10'. If the drop is negligible, I wouldn't worry about it.
Disclaimer: These winches aren't intended for vertical lift so take any advice I may offer with a grain of salt.
The crowd goes wild and begins to chant "blueprints, blueprints, blueprints...". Actually, have you considered patenting & marketing this? The only change I would make is some type of safety stops so you're not resting on the cable. If the cable were to break and it collapsed where do you think that pipe is going to go?
Member AJDillon had a similar setup (and also from Texas).
Couldn't do a hunting rig like that here in PA.