Hand Winches
 

I purchased a batch of Recovery Manuals recently describing the equipment fitted to various vehicles including Scammell Heavy Brakedown, Tank Transporter 30 ton, Churchill, D8, Tank Recovery Transporter 45 ton tracked, andTank Transporter 40 ton.

Included in these was one on Winches Portable. Can anyone comment on how widley these were issued.

Neil,

Can't remember which one of those, but at least one type, was made by Trewhella Brothers and known as a Monkey winch.....they still produce them today. They were the equivalent in role, of the Tirfor used by the Army today. When I used to test winches for the army, one came in for test, it would have been considered obsolete at the time, but I thought it was better to use than a Tirfor.

The first one looks a lot like the Trewhella stump pulling winch we once had.

Neil,

Weren't they part of the kit on ARV Mk.I's? I seem to remember a reference to one of them when researching the Ram ARV I.

The "Guide to Recovery. REME training guide. Covers winching, unditching, tank loading & unloading etc" at http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html features the Trewhella winch.

Trewhella
 

That was the brand name of an item the Australians designed for cutting fingers off. (I think they called it a jack) :)

One of these Lynn, verry handy jack just heavy to lug around. :cheers:

The name
 

So by the look of that the name was made from "Trentham" and "Wallaby" - Trewalla, or it may have been a coincidence with the surname - I see it is Trewalla bros.

Jack
 

Robert

That looks like the fore runner to the "High Lift Jack", currently used by 4x4 drivers.

Cheers

Tony :no4:

Tony you are probably right. This jack was designed for grubbing stumps and standing posts. My grandfather with a couple of helpers stood posts that were 4' in the ground and 20' out when he built a hay shed. The horse draged the post to the hole, a crowbar was placed in the hole oposite to the bottom of the pole for the poll to run down then the pole was jacked up several times using falked sticks to prop it between jackings until it finally fell into the hole.

Bratt Colban
 

Hi I've just found this thread whilst searching for information on Bratt Colban winches. I have 2 of these to restore and was wondering if anyone has more information on them.


Bob

Any chance you be willing to part with one I have been looking for one for my Pioneer

Hi Niels. I do have a spare one, but it is quite rough and possibly incomplete. I'll dig it out at the weekend and take some pictures of it.
they are heavy lumps so I'd have thought quite expensive to ship to Denmark.

Regards
Bob

Thanks Bob

Hi Niels. I had a look at the two large Bratt winches today and took some pictures of the spare one. It does have parts missing, and is quite rusty. Having had a thought about it I am prepared to sell both winches. Please PM me if you are interested. Here are some pictures of the spare one.

Regards

Bob

Hi Niels.
Here are the photos of the winch I promised to send. The first two are of the complete winch, the second two are of the part that is missing off the spare winch. The orange part is the one that is available from Trewhela.

Regards

bob

Hi Bob
Thanks will PM you

Hello Hrpearce,

Here in Queensland they were also used to lift up sugar cane wagons back on the tracks if they derailed. I bought my Wallaby Jack off a retired sugar cane farmer. I still have all my fingers too. :)

Kind Regards
Lionel

This just arrived to keep me busy in the upcoming holiday

Nice one, Niels!