Winching In and Out of a Shed

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by maple_leaf_eh

From a language perspective, Tirfor is a shortened English spelling of the French pronounciation Tire Fort or Pulls Hard.

Hello Terry,

Thank you for that insight, Terry! I was not aware of the link to French language. I come from an Arboriculture background (Tree surgery) and the registered product Tirfor® were the benchmark of the highest quality winches - back in the day.


Here are a couple of examples of the Tractel TU-8, TU-16 & TU-32 Tirfor® Mechanical Hoists/Winches

As per their description ....

Tractel TU Series Tirfor Mechanical Hoists/Winches Tirfor® machines are portable manual hoists used with maxiflex wire rope.They can be used to lift, pull and position loads over great distances depending on the wire rope length.
https://www.specialisedforce.com.au/...hoists-winches

While I do have enough length of the wire ropes for these winches to complete my goal; I would prefer to just push a button on a remote controller and have an electric winch do the work for me. Instead of swaying on a big lever moving it backward and forward - Then stopping to jump into the vehicle to make steering adjustments .... been there done that! An electric winch would follow the think smarter not work harder philosophy.

I just remembered a scene in the movie The Gods Must be Crazy where the driver gets distracted while winching a little short wheel base Series 1 Land Rover. The next thing the Land Rover is off the ground and moving up in the air to the tree branch the winch was hooked up to! ... Just found it on YouTube accessed 28th of May 2023 from,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RXV-p_Ec6Q

Kind regards
Lionel