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Establish Winch System for Steep Slope Access

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Prepping the MEGA MOWER for its toughest fight yet. PT#1

What happens here

Recognizing the steepness of the hill, the presenter and his assistant, Frankie, decide to implement a winch system. They use a battery-powered winch, attach its frame to a sturdy tree near the top of the incline using a heavy chain, and connect the winch to a car battery for power. This setup is crucial for safely raising and lowering the heavy Gravely brush mower, avoiding reliance on a truck or additional manual labor for each descent and ascent.

Goal: The team sets up a battery-powered winch system, securing it to a sturdy tree at the top of the hill to facilitate controlled lowering of the heavy brush cutter down the steep slope.

Tools and materials

  • Battery-Powered Winch
  • Car Battery (Everstart 65)
  • Heavy Chain
  • Jumper Cables/Power Cords
  • Toolbox with Tools

What they say

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getting the gravely to the site isn't the problem getting the gravely down the hill is and so frankie and i figure what we're gonna use is a wench hooked up to a battery wrapped to a tree and then we're gonna leave it there so that we can raise it and lower it every single day that we need it we're going to this tree right here right oh shoot there's some holes in here isn't there huh there's some holes yeah so we've got to figure out a way to get the brush cutter down to the bottom of the hill and what we're going to do is use this wench and chain it to a tree and run it off from a battery that way anytime if i want to pull the tractor back up to the top of the hill all i gotta do is go up and activate the winch i'm not depending on a truck and another person to come over and help take and then i need them two lines there that one only goes that uh that one's only that long that black one because that's the one that was bad on my throat that was that's what was wrong why it wouldn't work on my it's just disintegrating wow that's all i need though that's crazy how bad that's corroded hey the horse flies are already better over here can i mowed yeah they're not nearly as bad are we test running it here yeah okay so we got if it is dead i'll just bring my truck right up in here it might be hmm yeah dead battery huh there you go is this a marlboro cooler yeah you plug it in cigarette lighter and it cools it keeps it's got a cooler in it is it new no it's an old satellite i've never seen one of these really i just never seen one that says marlboro on it i didn't know that they had their i got no own branding with coleman you didn't bring your jumpers no i got some in the truck yep we're just going to mow this area right here the spare battery that we thought was charged up well it was it's the wench long story short this wench is not going to work so we're going to end up going with a plan b but we don't know that yet and while frankie's checking the battery connections i go to the bottom and start clearing us a landing pad for the graveling

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