Hi Vic
thanks for the kind offer but the winch is one of the best working features on the old lady
I am not sure if you know but my winch is not directly mechanicly driven like the others, (people stand back in wonder) when I engage my PTO through the gearbox it engages a hydraulic pump which in turn feeds a doughty pump which is then connected via a small prop shaft to the winch itself (people are sitting back now wondering what the heck for) well I will tell you
also on the back of my Chev are two Hydraulic rams, the winch raises the crane jib to roughly 3 feet before vertical (if you go past vertical you end up with rather an impressive nut cracker) at this point the two hydraulic rams are extended via a valve block in the cab and are secured to the base of the crane jib, this then takes the jib to just past vertical and then the winch rope is then able to be used for building erection, its a shame that not many of these still survive in the Tyler modified form, for their time they were the Bee's knees in building construction. I think the standard CGT weighs in at about 3 tons (i stand to be corrected here) but my old lady rolls in at a ground thumping 5 tons. Those Canadians sure knew how to build a tough truck.