How Could a Pulley Block Be Used to Slow Down Plow Blade From Raising and Lowering

Updated 01/27/2016 | Published 01/26/2016

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Superwinch LT3000 ATV Winch - Wire Rope - Roller Fairlead - 3,000 lbs

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Question:

Some users said that you could use a syntectic 10` to use with the winch and snow plow and set it up with pulleys to lower the speed and stress on the rope and the winch. Is this something that I could do? If this is possible how do I set up the pulleys?

asked by: Ed

Expert Reply:

A pulley block like the part # BDW20005 will reduce the speed of a winch by 50 percent when used.

I attached a picture that shows how one normally gets used in a more traditional application. Basically you attach the pulley block to the object that is getting moved (in your case the plow blade), and then you route the cable through it and back to the same area as where the winch is installed. This slows the pulley down and also increases capacity.

We don't have a specific recommendation on how to make this work for your application, but with what I listed you should be able to look at your setup and see how you could make this type of setup work.

expert reply by: Jameson C