Source of winch and retriver?

[Oldybutgoody]

I see that the Winch Doctor is not now making his great winches. I need to find a pair (winch and retreiver) that can be used for competition. Does any one know of a source(s), without having to break out the welder, and machine tools and trying to build something of my own design????

[Ryan Archer]

rick from hands free retreiver can set you up with a winch and retreiver

his website is www.handsfreeretriever.com
thanks, ryan

[Ryan Archer]

they work great ad they can be used for a long time also. we used them at our monthly contest and they worked flawless every retreive. i think he sells winches also. thanks, ryan

[carrinsr]

I'm using the Little BIG Winch and haven't encountered a sailplane it wouldn't launch. I built my own trailer and manual retriever as part of a one-man turnkey operation. Here is where I got mine: http://www.irfmachineworks.com/lbwinch/lbworderinfo.html

If you want photos of my trailer and retriever, just let me know. I can also share with you what I did to make it possible to wind the line back onto the drum of the Little BIG Winch at the end of the flying day, if you want the information.

David

[carrinsr]

Another site you may want to peruse is: http://www.gliders.dk/winches.htm

David

[John Walter]

I have heard good things about: http://www.superskeg.com/