Installed pulling pots

[caper150]

I was going to put pots in my floor before I poured the floor, but I got so busy I never got to it and I have a heated floor so I guess I'm SOL now

 

[TW95Z]

Torque1st yep your math is still correct, so your naps haven't affected that I am amazed at what I don't know now that I once did.

Anyway the good news is when I went out an actually measured, the driveway goes up 32 inches over 20 feet. That works out to a little more than a 13% grade. So I think this great thread will be something I implement. Lots of good info here. Thanks.

 

[mad57]

Update: I used the pulling pot today to drag in a dead z28 camero, now i added a new item that worked very well... its a plastic parway steel guard rail inner bracket mount its heavy guage plastic and its ment to break away during an impact, but for me it works as a killer guide for my cable as to not scratch the hell out of the lift as shown in pic it works above just nicely , but what i didnt show was when the car was out in the field i ran the cable under my lift and dropped the cross bar on top of the plastic block closest to the door and the weight of the lift kept it locked tight and kept the cable straight to spool with out bunching all in all a winner and was free from side of the road figured id post enjoy.

 

[e-tek]

Are there any 120VAC winches available?

You can get a 12VDC to 120VAC converter - then it'd just "plug in"!!

 

[JCQuick]

Are there any 120VAC winches available?

Yes I've seen them Chart industries out of canada use to offer the for pulling cars up onm thier fram machines. Un fortunenantly Chart canada is no longer. too bad they made some good stuff sold lots of it

 

[mad57]

Just installed another pot on the out side of my lift bay figured id be able to put a d ring on the chain so i can pull from the winch at the front of the lift and run my cable through a d ring then out side over 100 ft , the out side pot helps keep the cable from scraping the sides of the garage door. ill just caulk the edges really good and possibly put a rubber mat over it, it just under the garage over hang but with blowing rain it will get wet.

 

[Torque1st]

HF sells a 120VAC winch for about $130 but it has a low duty cycle. The manual lists one minute at a time with "several" minutes rest when used at near full load.

I have used several of my pull points now for various purposes. They are made from a 7/8" A36 coupling nut with a bolt and washers and spacer screwed into one end then embedded at the time of concrete placement.

 

[stonewellmark]

I'd use them for what they are made for.....Straightening frames and such. My buddies body shop has em' everywhere in the floor. He chains the cars down ( supported with stands and all that jazz..he knows how to set it all up right) and uses either a porta-power or a "power tower" to straighten frames and uni-body cars. Pretty cool to watch a car get "pulled", cool sounds too! But hey, who ever has 'em use 'em how ya like, right?

 

[54FordPanel]

HF sells a 120VAC winch for about $130 but it has a low duty cycle. The manual lists one minute at a time with "several" minutes rest when used at near full load.

I just bought one of those today. I was looking at the box, and it sure didn't say anything about the duty cycle outside the box.
But I bought it, and hopefully it will serve my purpose, which is to pull my roller panel truck back in the garage, after I roll it out & down the inclined driveway. It's a roller now, so it probably doesn't weigh over 1000 lbs. Still too much to push by myself.

I have to figure out how to mount it now in the floor now, because I will need to pull from 2 or 3 different positions on the floor. Or use straps to get the length I need.

It seems to be a nicely made unit. I paid $103 with the 20% off coupon.

Edit - BTW: Can anybody tell me what I do with the orange cloth strap that came with it? Is it some kind of a "running out of cable" warning device, and you put it on the cable when it's about to run out on the spool?

 

[nissan_crawler]

I would love to get some anchor pots for straightening things.

I did this as a quick fix one day, and it turned out permanent. I had to get a vehicle in the garage. I can winch right off the trailer, clear into the garage.

 

[59 wagon man]

my 59 chevy wagon was a beast to try and push up my driveway never thought about pots or anything but i have one of those harbor freight winches that goes over a trailer hitch. every once in a while there onsale for around $40 i drilled a 3/4 drop in anchor into the slab ,got a 3/4" x 4" bolt a couple of fender washers and that little winched has pulled my wagons many a time . if the car is all the way out i use a 20' tow strap and pull it close enough to grap with the winch cable .sometimes the winch will shutoff due to thermal overload but a minute or so and its ready to go

 

[Torque1st]

I just bought one of those today. I was looking at the box, and it sure didn't say anything about the duty cycle outside the box.

Check out the operator's manual. I found the info in the PDF version on the website.

By the time a user resets his cables etc at the end of a pull it will probably get enough "rest" to comply with the duty cycle.

I usually check out the manuals on anything I consider buying. They are full of PC BS warnings but there is usually some good info. There is never enough room on the outside of the box.

I have considered buying one just to move my "rollers" around. It would sure beat the come-along I use now. I am also building a little HD hydraulic drive utility tractor/loader to pull things around.

 

[54FordPanel]

Check out the operator's manual. I found the info in the PDF version on the website.

By the time a user resets his cables etc at the end of a pull it will probably get enough "rest" to comply with the duty cycle.

I usually check out the manuals on anything I consider buying. They are full of PC BS warnings but there is usually some good info. There is never enough room on the outside of the box.

I have considered buying one just to move my "rollers" around. It would sure beat the come-along I use now. I am also building a little HD hydraulic drive utility tractor/loader to pull things around.

Yes, the thing about the duty cycle is in the user manual. I was just saying they didn't put anything on the outside of the box about it. But I would have bought it anyway for $100, because just like you said it will probably be used that way anyway.
Did you see a feet per minute rating on it? The other ones in store had one, but I couldn't find one on this. The others were around 31 fpm? And the other thing I was interested in was how long the cable was.....I couldn't find that either, and that would make a difference. I guess since I just bought it I could go out and run it off the spool and see, huh?

I looked at Northern Tool and all the AC ones were alot more expensive.

Cabelas had a 3500 lb rated 12v with 48 ft of cable for $150, but I didn't want to mess with a battery. And the mounting plate & fairhead were $50 more. But if somebody already had a ATV and they could use it on that, that would be the way to go.

 

[TEXACMAN]

A friend of mine has a little trap door in the wall across from garage door , pulls truck to back of shop , runs winch cable and control through hole and winches car right in shop!