Glad he's still alive and kicking though!

Mine pulls the boat up on the 5:1 one side, with a boat weighing over 2000kg. The 15:1 side makes very easy work of it.

What ratio are you using.

The other thing to do (if you don't already) is spray silicon on all the bushes of the winch. You will find that helps heaps. Particularly when you pull the rope out.

Oh and spray your trailer rollers with silicon too. Just be careful launching, because the boat will come off very fast.

I spray the rollers and winch bushes with silicon every 3 to 4 months. It helps a lot

Mossy I don't like bagging people and I know Steps had his fans here. I know Keith personally and because of that I did my best to look after him.  He genuinely believes what he posted & he is still around and ok. Unfortunately he could get carried away in the moment and would often post up stuff that he thought was 100% on the money but unfortunately didn't quite match the reality. I can privately give some details if you want them but I'm not going to do so here. 

For a few years I took a lot of flack from others who knew his 'facts' weren't quite right and I tried so many times to help him but I got nowhere. In the end I decided I had to be cruel to be kind and gave him both barrels in person (and on here). I haven't seen him since but I know others who are still in touch with him.

Some of his advice was so bizarre  and unfortunately people new to the game would believe his every word. 

He wasn't a complete bunny but he didn't have anywhere near the expertise he thought he had.

Bottom line I guess is we all only know what we know, and it is important to remember that.