Simple Hand Winch (non-boaty)

[mattonthesea]

A friend has asked me if I know of a simple hand winch capable of lifting 100kg but not silly money. I don't but I thought I'd raise it with the experts in this parish

Thanks

 

[RJJ]

Coupla pulleys? Would help to understand what for!

 

[rogerthebodger]

A friend has asked me if I know of a simple hand winch capable of lifting 100kg but not silly money. I don't but I thought I'd raise it with the experts in this parish

Thanks

A trailer winch will lift 100 kgs easy but you will need some structure to lift from overhead.

 

[TernVI]

Trailer winch might do it, but won't be 'approved' for it.
The problem with hand winches is 'safe' lowering, it would be easy to lose control of a simple winch.
You can get electric winches to go on a scaffold quite cheaply. This gives you controlled lowering.

 

[mattonthesea]

It's for to raise and lower a bed in a big van he's kitting out as a long term camper.

 

[GHA]

It's for to raise and lower a bed in a big van he's kitting out as a long term camper.

Loads on ebay for twenty/thirty quid. , well worth replacing the steel wire rope for dyneema.

 

[JumbleDuck]

Trailer winch might do it, but won't be 'approved' for it.
The problem with hand winches is 'safe' lowering, it would be easy to lose control of a simple winch.
You can get electric winches to go on a scaffold quite cheaply. This gives you controlled lowering.

Dutton-Lainson do braked winches which can safely lower as well as raise. They are used in the Anderson 22 and Hunter 490, for example, to raise and lower the keels. Not easy to get hold of in the UK, though, and overkill for the job in hand.

 

[Graham_Wright]

I bought this to move the car back and forth while working on it from under a pit. Saved troubling the wife. (Big Volvo).
8m Steel Wire Manual Hand Crank Strap Winch Car Truck Boat Marine Trailer 600lbs | eBay
£10.98 free postage. Well made.

(See it's gone up a bit).

 

[prv]

For that application I’d definitely use a trailer winch, probably with a strap rather than a wire rope just because it feels a little more homely. Available fairly cheaply on eBay.

Pete

 

[TernVI]

It's for to raise and lower a bed in a big van he's kitting out as a long term camper.

100kg?
Is the bed to be occupied while lifting?

It's crucial to keep weight down with a camper conversion.

 

[Aeolus]

It's for to raise and lower a bed in a big van he's kitting out as a long term camper.

That is one very heavy bed! What is it made from? If it's a matter of raising the bed to ceiling height to clear living space in the van, then a lightweight frame should be adequate and would weigh a lot less than 100kg. I agree with the pulleys suggestion.

 

[AntarcticPilot]

It's for to raise and lower a bed in a big van he's kitting out as a long term camper.

Most fold-down beds use spring loaded hinge mechanisms rather than winches or tackles. See, for example, https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/sho.../41277-spring-box-hardware-for-fold-down-beds. I just used a Google search "spring loaded hinge for drop down bed"

 

[alan_d]

.... Saved troubling the wife. (Big Volvo).

I would guess that's just her nickname ....

 

[MonniotC]

I would guess that's just her nickname ....

Cracked me up!!!!!
Edit.... Still laughing 5 minutes later. I take it "Volvo" was a slight spelling mistake?

 

[LadyInBed]

100kg?
Is the bed to be occupied while lifting?

That was my thought as well.

Matt - Does he want to lift all four corners to the roof and be suspended there when the van is on the move
or is the bed to be hinged along one side and raised like a drawbridge? Which is the more common way.
If it is hinged then a lightweight pulley from B&Q at the two lifting corners would do a job. It could even be manhandled up and clipped in position.

 

[Graham_Wright]

I would guess that's just her nickname ....

No, she's called "The Tank" (the Volvo that is!).

 

[mattonthesea]

Thanks all. Its given him food for thought