The engineering story so far..

The 'Challenger Winch System' is the entry level or clubman system designed to meet the needs of the general off-road events or situations the average person may encounter. It will effectively and reliably recover you and your vehicle when you most need it. Its power and recovery ability will remain constant throughout the winching process.

Product Overview

This winch is part of a group of winches that have undergone extensive military testing and are now fitted to various military vehicles. These winches are now available on the commercial market and as such offer something previously unavailable. The end user can now enjoy a professional highly engineered high performance winch capable of operating in the most demanding of situations.The small compact size combined with its pulling power make it an ideal winch for maximum impact when faced with minimal installation space.

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The Design

The winch is driven via a 160cc hydraulic motor supplied with 2 x ½" BSP ports 'A' & 'B'.
A solenoid valve can be supplied to control this winch.
Various products can be supplied to control the solenoid valve remotely. From a dash mounted switch to a wireless remote, please ask for details.

The Manufacture

The winch drum is unpainted on the core to support the capstan effect performed on the drum by the rope tightening under load'. During trials this has been shown to give a much better long lasting grip onto the drum. A minimum of eight (8) wraps of the drum must be seen on the first layer before winching under load.

THE PEOPLE

Maximum length of 30m (90ft) of 12mm diameter synthetic rope.

All rope variants can be supplied, please ask for details.

Wire rope can be supplied, please ask for details.

Gearbox

Single speed planetary gearbox with fully integrated hardened gears.
The ratio of the gears: 6:1

Performance DataHigh load Line Pull, Reliability, Durability

At 200 Bar Hydraulic Pressure at 20 L/min:
Assumed engine speed of 1000rpm

1st WRAP - 4500Kg
1st WRAP – LINE SPEED: 7m/min (21ft /min)

4th WRAP - 3200Kg
4th WRAP – LINE SPEED: 10m/min (30ft/min)

Braked Data

The winch can have a braked unit fitted, adding even more control.
Please ask for more details if interested in this option.