1boringguy
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The Lil Captain votes; 'Cat Nap' 
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how dose the truck do hauling both cats ? nice set up.
I think thar Patol is an awesome machine,but wonder if not having a blade has posed any problens?
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Thanks, that's a great thought about a source for that type of setup. The Patrol is a 24v system, do the lifts tend to be 12v or 24v?
…….. most are 12v units,... a few, more rare, larger lifts had 24v option … not too common. but you can make that work , by hooking to one battery only. but you would have to ''isolate'' all electrical components involved to it , from being introduced to the rest of the machine . alittle more involved , but do-able . so basically running an isolated 12v circuit/system , separated/insulated/ rubberized mounts, etc...so on,...
re using 12 of 24 for winch. my 2 cents:
probably get away with it for low use. But... The current to charge the two batteries is in series. So, the power draw will deplete that battery. To get that battery back to full will eventually over charge the second battery. Yes, there are schemes to equalize the levels, but most are kinda 'rube goldberg' in application.
I've seen a separate 12 volt deep discharge battery used to power 12 volt loads (12 volt hydraulic power pack) that had a 24volt to 12 volt charge controller to recharge it. Don't know if it would do for a winch's draw.
Personal opinion is get a 24 volt motor or convert to 12 volt system. Warn and most of the real electric winch make 24 volt motor units that will swap for the 12 volt motor leaving the drive train as is.
…. both great points fellas,... all to be considered, as on any task. somehow we went from ''blade'' to ''winch'', but regardless, both the same concept. voltage draw, load, etc. I wasn't going to bring in the ''electrical engineering'' aspect of discharge, keep it simple , but we all love the white elejphant in the room. simply due that most of the time ; running a function on a blade is a ''shorter'' duration, than running a winch to pull trees, stuck rigs, etc. and the ''back-up'' hyd. units on these manlifts move some oil, they run a manlift almost as good as the main hyd. system itself. so an adequate rerservoir is key. moving oil is slightly easier than gears. ….how about adding another battery into the equation in ''parallel'' …. ''need more power scotty''... lots of options …..![]()
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