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Originally posted by Mossy Mossy wrote:

Originally posted by smudge smudge wrote:

Originally posted by Pcj Pcj wrote:

Didnt " steps" post about using drill somewhere?

Yes he did. I would go with the current advice.

And whatever happened to Steps?

Steps posted lots of very bad advice. He did have some good points. I know Steps personally. He is an over bearing know it all. I tried for far too long to be patient with him & took quite a bit of flack from others for doing so. Quite rightly too. I couldn't get him to stop posting nonsense or being abusive so I told him a few home truths & eventually he stopped and still has an active membership here and I suspect he still visits here from time to time.

His boat has been parked up for well over a year but his son has a nice flash Profile so maybe he fishes with him these days.

For those who are in the Steps camp, that's fine. I'm guessing you've never fished with him or seen some of his handiwork. He did give a mate some smoked fish a few months back and I have to say he did a great job of it. Some of his previous efforts were pretty rough though.

But anyway, I shouldn't turn this into a Steps bash but hey you did ask Big smile
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Thanks Smudge, yes I agree with your comments.

Glad he's still alive and kicking though!
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Letsgetem, I've finally managed to catch up with what drill we used other then mine. It was a Dewalt 795. From what I can work out it has much lower ratings than the 805. It's an old model, so difficult to find accurate info now. It was a lower end unit when available.

It pulled up a 7.2m fibreglass boat easily. So the 805 should make light work for your boat. Use the lowest speed, so you don't load the motor and battery up. Always use a full battery.
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I have tried twice to winch the boat with my Dewalt drill (with 95nM toirque), and failed. It stalled when the full weight came on. Strange. Only thing can think, possibly it might be a higher geared winch. 
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I suspect not all boats roll on the trailer equally - some are harder than others to manually winch. Also it would vary depending how much of the boat is floating, and the gradient of the ramp/trailer.
There would be a few variables I suspect.
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What speed is your drill on? You need to run on the lowest. Also check that you have it set on drill and not one of the torque settings. I must have somehow bumped my drilling once moving from drill to 6 or so on the torque setting, it only wound it up halfway.

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
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Thanks for that. I have the drill set on drill setting, not the variable clutches. And on the  1 low speed. Of the two winch gears, I used the lower one, ie the slowest. 

The boat rolls off quickly so I assume the rollers are running freely. I will give them a spray.

I wonder about the ramp angle, the steeper it is would make it harder. But its a council ramp, deosnt seem very steep. 

THere must be some reason, but Im stumped. It does get almost all the way up, so its still worth while.
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Is your battery still OK ? if it had a dud cell it will probly seen OK untill you really lean on it .
I wish I was young again .... Id be heaps smarter than this time
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