phoenixbound wrote:Sorry another bed question. Your bed winch looks like a standard boat trailer winch, great idea. Easy to find and not too expensive. I also liked the idea of shortening the handle for floor clearance. Question, are you able to have control when lowering the bed? I am thinking when raising you would be using the ratchet, but what about going down. Any boat I ever launched we just unhooked it, shoved on it a little bit and let it slide down the rollers. The bed won't be that heavy. Most of the weight on my current setup is lumber, way more that the mattress itself. I am retiring in the spring and I am thinking this would be a good "retired guy" project.
Yep, I can hold the weight of the bed both going up/down with the gear in the neutral position. The handle I knowingly reduced the mechanical advantage of with the understanding that it has a 1500lb capacity, which is way more than I need. The reason being is so that it does not interfere with the cot on that side of the trailer, rather it sits under it. It was only $20, cheap enough for me to experiment with.
As Flboy noted though, electric winches can be had on the cheap now-a-days, and I may eventually replace it down the road if it meets my clearance needs; maybe even an ATV winch which has an even smaller form factor. However, for now I was thinking that I may weld a fitting on my existing crank handle, allowing me to do an electric override with a cordless driver for convenience.
Not knowing if I will have everything together before my first riding trip (Oct 5/6/7), I have been trying to get things ironed out that need to be secured before the trailer rolls. The shower and tub was next on my list. I REALLY do hope to get my shower working before hand, (damn that drunken crap/vomit fest of a bathhouse from last year, don't ask) so that I can have my own facilities. Nothing worse than not having somewhere to make an honest deposit before 8hrs of off road riding.
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