Winches

Ian Dickie & Co. Have been manufacturing Winching machines or Bucket Machines as they are more commonly known, for over 20 years.

Features

We redesigned the mechanical Belt and Pully mechanism and are now manufacturing a fully hydraulically driven and operated machine. The hydraulic system is simple, effective and easy to maintain. Incorporating;

• Hydraulic pump and motor
• Cable drum bull gear and pinion reduction
• Hydraulic tank sealed against water contamination, fitted with fine mesh filtration.
• Easy access components and piping.
• Centrally mounted control valves.
• Heavy duty channel base frame and "I" beam construction.
• Roller, safety chain and bucket swing arm. (Double rollers in the case of truck loader).
• Single axle leaf spring with pneumatic tyres.
• Retractable jockey wheel.
• Pin type tow hitch.
• Tool box.
• Fully adjustable stabiliser legs with ratchet raising and lowering mechanisms.
• The base frame and uprights are of welded construction for added strength.
• Braking is as per the South African Road Ordinance Specification.
• A removable chevron board with stop/indication lights is supplied.

Our machines are all manufactured to the highest standard and are designed with ease of maintenance and operation in mind.

Winches

The winches are driven by either petrol or diesel engines. All popular manufactured engines are offered to suit your preference and requirements. Hand crank or electric start is offered. The line pull is between 1500 & 3000kgs and is capable of a travel speed of up to 38 meters per minute. The main cable drum has a capacity of 300m x 13m. Supplied with 120m x 13mm galvanised steel rope as standard.

Operation

The Drain and Culvert Winches provide a positive mechanical method of cleaning sewers from manhole to manhole. (Two men with one set of machines ) are all that is required to perform an effective cleaning operation. A machine, cable rollers and manhole jacks are positioned at each manhole. Once the manhole set up is in place, the cable is floated down the pipe. The appropriate cleaning tool is fitted to the cable e.g. jawed bucket. The winch at the lower manhole draws the bucket in with a load. In the case of using one standard upright and one truck loader, the bucket moves over the top roller of the truck loader and dumps the deposit onto the truck. The truck loader relieves the operator from shovelling the deposit from street to truck.

Specifications Standard Models:

GHW (Manual)

3 Ratio geared hand winch 1:1 - 4:1 - 25:1 reductions Adjustable legs with trolley wheels

PMW

Powered mini - winches Scaled down version of the PSW uprights 9kw diesel or petrol engine

PSW

Powered standard uprights 12kw to 15kw diesel or petrol engines

TLW

Truck loaders 15kw - 40kw diesel engines Loads direct onto truck in 60 secondsStandard with wide flared rollers

XTL

Truck loader - High capacity machines 40kw to 75kw diesel engines. Recommended for sewers and storm drains from 760mm upwards Large diameter top roller

The truck loaders come standard with a "Cradle and bucket shaker". A simple operation which ensures that the Bucket is completely emptied of its contents.