Hand Winches

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Neil Ashley

Can anyone comment on how widley these were issued.

Neil,

Weren't they part of the kit on ARV Mk.I's? I seem to remember a reference to one of them when researching the Ram ARV I.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The "Guide to Recovery. REME training guide. Covers winching, unditching, tank loading & unloading etc" at http://www.aecmilitant.co.uk/downloads.html features the Trewhella winch.

[Lynn Eades]

That was the brand name of an item the Australians designed for cutting fingers off. (I think they called it a jack)

[hrpearce]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

That was the brand name of an item the Australians designed for cutting fingers off. (I think they called it a jack)

One of these Lynn, verry handy jack just heavy to lug around.

[Keith Webb]

So by the look of that the name was made from "Trentham" and "Wallaby" - Trewalla, or it may have been a coincidence with the surname - I see it is Trewalla bros.

[Little Jo]

Robert

That looks like the fore runner to the "High Lift Jack", currently used by 4x4 drivers.

Cheers

Tony

[hrpearce]

Tony you are probably right. This jack was designed for grubbing stumps and standing posts. My grandfather with a couple of helpers stood posts that were 4' in the ground and 20' out when he built a hay shed. The horse draged the post to the hole, a crowbar was placed in the hole oposite to the bottom of the pole for the poll to run down then the pole was jacked up several times using falked sticks to prop it between jackings until it finally fell into the hole.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

One of these Lynn, verry handy jack just heavy to lug around.

Hello Hrpearce,

Here in Queensland they were also used to lift up sugar cane wagons back on the tracks if they derailed. I bought my Wallaby Jack off a retired sugar cane farmer. I still have all my fingers too.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Niels V]

This just arrived to keep me busy in the upcoming holiday

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Nice one, Niels!