Gew of Kew lier
Geplaatst: wo 29 sep 2004, 12:23
Hoi,
Hier nog even wat info over de KEW of GEW Winches/lieren omdat er hier en daar denk ik wat verwaring over is (kwaliteit, oorsprong e.d.)
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There's many brands of winches available these days, and most of these have one common characteristic: They are extremely expensive. So those of us who are not intending to do a lot of winching cannot afford to have one fitted as a backup only. But there's a few more brands coming up that's more competitvely priced. From Peoples Republic of China comes two (on the European market) relatively new brands offering complete lines of winches: Runhua and T-max.
Both are being made in Hangzhou in the Zheijang province southwest from Shanghai, both are competitively priced, and both have a high quality.
I chose a rather strong winch from Jinhua Runhua, the GEW9000S. A Warn is of course better, but then: do you really winch so much that you really need to flog of that much more money? I certainly will not!
The Jinhua Runhua winches have a very nice high quality finish, and seems to be of a high quality alltogether. CE labeled and ISO9001 certified production, translates into a uniform quality. The GEW range of winches are Runhuas Heavy Duty range, featuring series wound motors, while their budget alternative KEW are the simpler permanent magnet type.
The motor is 3.6HP, and with a gearing of 294:1 on the GEW9000 this means it is not particularly fast - line speed is down at 5.2 m/min with no load (their 8000lbs winch has a speed of 7.3 m/min). That's the price paid for a purchasing price on 1/3rd or mabe 1/4th of a Warn.
The chosen GEW9000S has the solenoids in a bridge over the wiredrum, giving a clean, compact and modern design - and also seems to act as a useful step if you need to reach high. As discussed later, this type is really not appliccable for the chosen winchbumper.
The winch came with all the accessories needed, as well as bolts, nuts, washers, locking washers, and quite good mounting instructions (inclusive torque-settings). What it did not include, is usually not included with any winches: Instructions on stretching the wirerope before using the winch in anger.
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met dank aan www.sf.hiof.no/~frodehaa/forandringer/winch.htm
Grtz Hans Hoekstra "DRIDZE" Disco 95 www.hanshoekstra.nl
Hier nog even wat info over de KEW of GEW Winches/lieren omdat er hier en daar denk ik wat verwaring over is (kwaliteit, oorsprong e.d.)
"
There's many brands of winches available these days, and most of these have one common characteristic: They are extremely expensive. So those of us who are not intending to do a lot of winching cannot afford to have one fitted as a backup only. But there's a few more brands coming up that's more competitvely priced. From Peoples Republic of China comes two (on the European market) relatively new brands offering complete lines of winches: Runhua and T-max.
Both are being made in Hangzhou in the Zheijang province southwest from Shanghai, both are competitively priced, and both have a high quality.
I chose a rather strong winch from Jinhua Runhua, the GEW9000S. A Warn is of course better, but then: do you really winch so much that you really need to flog of that much more money? I certainly will not!
The Jinhua Runhua winches have a very nice high quality finish, and seems to be of a high quality alltogether. CE labeled and ISO9001 certified production, translates into a uniform quality. The GEW range of winches are Runhuas Heavy Duty range, featuring series wound motors, while their budget alternative KEW are the simpler permanent magnet type.
The motor is 3.6HP, and with a gearing of 294:1 on the GEW9000 this means it is not particularly fast - line speed is down at 5.2 m/min with no load (their 8000lbs winch has a speed of 7.3 m/min). That's the price paid for a purchasing price on 1/3rd or mabe 1/4th of a Warn.
The chosen GEW9000S has the solenoids in a bridge over the wiredrum, giving a clean, compact and modern design - and also seems to act as a useful step if you need to reach high. As discussed later, this type is really not appliccable for the chosen winchbumper.
The winch came with all the accessories needed, as well as bolts, nuts, washers, locking washers, and quite good mounting instructions (inclusive torque-settings). What it did not include, is usually not included with any winches: Instructions on stretching the wirerope before using the winch in anger.
"
met dank aan www.sf.hiof.no/~frodehaa/forandringer/winch.htm
Grtz Hans Hoekstra "DRIDZE" Disco 95 www.hanshoekstra.nl