Winch Experts wanted

Craig Freeman wrote:
Marc Ramsey wrote
Craig Freeman wrote:
By a show of hands is there anyone out there who might actually
build a winch if such a design were presented?

I'd build one, but with the constraint that it can be built on a trailer
that can be pulled by a mid-size pickup or SUV (under 4000 lbs. total).
Anything larger, or built on a truck is, in my opinion, not practical
for anything other than primarily fixed site usage.

Portable sure sounds nice. Hmmm...saw a scooter version made from a
Yamaha 250 scooter, for hang gliders (way too little hp). Another idea
is a snowmobile. I wonder if the back axle would work as a winch G.
I've never driven one so I don't know if they're
automatic or manual...

I've seen a bunch of surplus 150 to 200 hp electric motors
for $3,000 to $5,000. Seems like a very logical choice (much cleaner,
easier to control, not as much fire danger, simple, etc.).
But definitely this is a fixed winch (and how does one get 500 volts and
100 amps for a power supply? At Avenal if it ran
the whole city might go dim The 50 car batteries idea is only
$2,000 to $5,000 but one wonders if this and a generator isn't
silly instead of just power coming off a city line...
I dunno if this is easily possible, but I'll ask my brother
(he's a commercial electrician).

New electric motors in the same hp are about 5x to 10x as expensive.
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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA