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General Winches

  Whatever the application,
Pullmaster planetary winches are highly reliable and built for years of dependable service with a minimum requirement for maintenance. Thousands of winch users in practically all industries in North America and overseas agree there has never been a more versatile hydraulic winch. Pullmaster planetary winches are hard at work on fishing boats, construction equipment, dredges, on the railroad, on logging equipment, in mining and drilling applications and in countless other installation.
 
 

PL and M series

These winches are equal speed in both directions. This range is up to and including 22,680kg. With various available options, Pullmaster planetary winches can be adapted to a wide range of applications and requirements. They are equipped with an automatic disc brake which provides a smooth and positive control for lowering and holding the load.

H and HL series

This series of winches offers a high speed lowering function. The H series offers reversing speeds approximately 4.5 times faster than forward pedals. These models are also available up to 22,680kg. The HL series models have a rapid reverse and rapid forward speed in addition to normal hoisting speeds.
The change from normal speed to rapid forward speed can be made while the load is moving - on the fly.

R series

The R series of winches are for recovery applications. Free spooling is a standard feature on this model and is offered with a manually actuated clutch or is suitable for hydraulic remote control.

Applications

Fishing and Marine Industry-being totally enclosed, Pullmaster winches are ideally suited for a marine environment. They can be used as boom hoist, swing winches, gilson winches and for cod end brailing operations; Construction Industry-they can be installed on hydraulic cranes, loaders and material hoists; Military-recovery winches and hoists used on military vehicles must be dependable, reliable and strong. They must perform in all climate conditions and potential rescue operations; Logging Industry-installed on logging equipment, the Pullmaster winch provides for power in both directions and free spooling when needed. Winches in the HL series will let a log loader perform double duty as a harder in a highly efficient operation. Winches installed on grapple skidders will reach logs in inaccessible areas; Dredging-On dredges, Pullmaster winches are used to raise and lower the cutter head ladder. They are used as swing winches and to raise and drop the spuds. The rapid reverse option used on a spud winch, provides for the velocity required to anchor the spud. Pullmaster winches have also been proven on jack up barges and barge spotting operations.