8A or 8G fairlead assembly for sale

[jr/w.pa]

I am looking for an Fairlead assembly that will fit my 8 G winch. Any one
know where i might find one for sale . Going thru the archives , I noticed that Lavoy was trying to fabricate some in 2010.My question is were you sucessful and do you have any for sale .

[Lavoy]

Frames are done, problem I ran into was bearings, nothing that directly worked, or could be had economically. Friend has one at a shop now, they are trying to make them out of bronze like original, we'll see how they come out.
Lavoy

[pop pop]

what is the status on these and is a picture available?

[Paul Buhler]

I'm wondering if one of these could be made to fit my Gearmatic 8a. Just haven't pursued it yet.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/200980031405?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

[Lavoy]

8A would shred that in the first pull. Multiply that by 40 and you have about the same amount of steel in a factory fairlead. Plus there is not adequate depth or width. Factory fairlead has about 8" or so horizontally, and at least a foot vertically.
Lavoy

[notmeu]

I am going to make a fairlead similar to the photo below my user name. And as always, overdoing everything I build to make it durable. But my question is, does anyone out there actually have this 150 numbered fairlead/log arch setup? I would love to see some photos.

[Paul Buhler]

Here's one on a 1010.
https://burlington.craigslist.org/hvo/4976616858.html
I'd suggest that you make yours easy to remove so you can get into the guts of the winch if need be. The JD designed integral arches are a very heavy unit. It mounts close to the winch sides and need to be well attached to the machine because of the expected loads and leverages.
Just my thoughts. I had them on my 350 and 450 machines when I played in the woods in years past, and I liked them until I needed to do a winch repair.