Uses for the Lewis Winch

Boaters: Whether you sail a big or small boat for recreational or commercial purposes, you will need a Lewis Winch to pull your boat off a sandbar or pull up your anchor if it’s stuck. Use this portable winch as a boat trailer part to pull your boat straight into your trailer or the back of your pick up truck. Use it as a boat winch or anchor winch to stop battery depletion.

Building Contractors: You are responsible for supplying all material, labor, equipment, (engineering vehicles and tools) and services necessary for the construction of the project. Not only will this portable winch help upright cranes and heavy machinery quickly, move boulders and logs out of the way, but it could save a person’s life if there is an accident. The Lewis Winch is a power tool you do not want to go without..

Cattle Ranchers: Focused on raising grazing livestock and sometimes farming, some working ranches have added horseback rides, cattle drives or guided hunting in an attempt to bring in additional income. The Lewis Winch can upright the tractor, pull out an animal out of a hole and so many other things that we guarantee you will always keep this portable winch close to where you are working.

Construction Workers: The construction industry is the most dangerous land based civilian work sector. The problem is that risks are very difficult to control in a constantly changing work environment. The two biggest safety hazards on site are falls from height and vehicles. If anything heavy falls on a worker, this portable winch can probably free the person even before help arrives.

Emergency Response Teams: Usually consisting of neighbors trained to take action in emergencies, as amateurs you might not able to work as skillfully as professionals, but you are far more effective than untrained civilians. The Lewis Winch is the perfect rescue tool that will help you save lives.

Fallers: The Lewis Winch was invented for you! As a lumberjack, you perform the initial harvesting of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. Use this portable winch to safely pull logs out of the forest and to load them on your truck or trailer by yourself and with little effort.

Farmers: You raise organisms for food and raw materials and this portable winch will make your job easier and safer. Use your Lewis Winch to easily move boulders out of the way, upright heavy equipment that has tipped over, and pull out of the mud machinery or animals that may be stuck. Try tensioning fences with this portable winch. You’ll be amazed at how quickly and easy you can get these jobs done.

Firefighters: You are extensively trained to put out hazardous fires that threaten civilian populations and property, to rescue people from car accidents, collapsed and burning buildings and other such situations. The Lewis Winch will help you succeed. Firefighters are held in high regard around the world, which is why the public considers you to be one of the five trusted public service professions.

Fishing crews: Worldwide, there are about 38 million commercial and subsistence fishers and fish farmers, and you all need the Lewis Winch! Use it as a boat winch or trailer winch, this portable winch will help you pull large loads safely on board. Fish farmers are usually stationed in remote areas where there is no power. Use the Lewis Winch to move heavy equipment without depleting batteries or having to fire up the generator.

Fish and Wildlife Rangers: As nonprofit conservation/education and advocacy organizations, your mandate is to seek balanced, common-sense solutions to environmental problems that work for wildlife and people. Because you work out on the field, our portable winch will allow you to quickly clear trails and help rescue both animals and people alike.

Fence Builders: The Lewis Winch is the power tool for you! Whether you build fences to contain animals or keep predators and neighbors out, you will find our portable winch to be invaluable for doing the job quickly and safely, especially if you are working alone tensioning fences.

Heavy Equipment Operators: You drive and operate heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects. If your vehicle gets stuck in the mud or tips over, pull out your portable winch and quickly upright or pull it out so you can get right back to work - saving you precious time and money!

Hobby Farmers: Without the expectation of being a primary source of income, chances are you run a hobby farm for fun. You might own a small farm and perhaps a few animals like horses for the family's children, but even on a small scale, you need to perform the same tasks and maintenance work as commercial farmers do. Be nice to yourself and use a portable winch.

Homesteaders: Your lifestyle is simple and based on self-sufficiency, meaning you try not to require outside aid and support for survival. Your lifestyle is truly the ultimate in sustainable living because you consume what you produce. The Lewis Winch will help you achieve your goals of being a self-sufficient individual.

Hunters: Whether you are a trophy hunter or a sustainable hunter, you constantly place yourself at risk of personal harm. The weapons you use such as rifles, shotguns, and crossbows, as well as the areas you enter to find animals to hunt - make hunting a dangerous choice. Carry with you a Lewis Winch wherever you go. Not only will it help you pull carcasses out of tricky places without quartering the animals, but it might even save your life one day.

Loggers: Logging is the process in which certain trees are cut down for forest management and timber, meaning you move wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard. Submerged forests exist on land that has been flooded by damming to create reservoirs. Such trees are logged using underwater logging practices. Whether you work on timber recovery on land or underwater, we guarantee you will be 100% satisfied with the performance of the Lewis Winch.

Marina Operators: You are busy catering to the needs of recreational boaters. Your marina offers re-fueling, washing and repair facilities, ship chandlers, and slipways to get trailered boats into the water. You run a boat hoist or traveling crane, as well as a forklift to put boats in “dry storage". Do yourself a favor, keep a Lewis Winch close by and see this portable winch becomes one of your favorite power tools.

Mechanics: You are a craftsman who uses tools to repair machinery. Whether you specialize in auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics (millwrights), air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics, aircraft mechanics, diesel mechanics, or tank mechanics in the armed services - you need a Lewis Winch!

Military Agencies: As organizations authorized by its nation to use weapons in defending its country, you are also involved in disaster relief, border patrol, search and rescue, surveillance, surveying and peacekeeping, Crews must use and service artillery, armored fighting vehicles, as well as military robots. The Lewis Winch is a popular power tool used by armed forces around the world.

Mining Companies: As a miner, you extract valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth. Safety has long been a concern in mining operations. In 2004, a miner in Norway fell 800 feet down a narrow mine shaft and was saved by pulling him out using a Lewis Winch. Make sure to have this portable winch around at all times!

Oil & Water Well Drillers: A drilling rig is a machine which creates holes and/or shafts in the ground. They can be massive structures housing equipment used to drill water wells, oil wells, or natural gas extraction wells, or they can be small enough to be moved manually by one person. Small and portable, the Lewis Winch is a valuable power tool that can be operated in distant locations where there is no electrical power.

Pipeline Builders: Typically the lack of roads in areas where oil and gas pipelines are being laid make the movement of machinery and equipment to the site extremely difficult. After every heavy rain the areas turn into swamps and the gum beds make drainage extremely slow. Use a Lewis Winch to move heavy pipes, to upright equipment and vehicles, and to get them out of the swamps!

Police Patrols: Created primarily for the purpose of overseeing and enforcing traffic safety compliance on roads and highways, duties of highway patrols also include emergency response and providing first aid to the injured in a roadway accidents. The Lewis Winch helps you act quickly if people are trapped in an overturned vehicle.

Pulp Mills: A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fiber source into a thick fiber board which can be shipped to a paper mill for further processing. These manufacturing facilities all use forklifts and other heavy-duty equipment. Make sure to use the Lewis Winch when one of these machines is over-kill.

Railroad Maintenance Crews: You’ve been working on the railroad all the dog-gone day… and the last thing you need is to deal with more heavy machinery that breaks down, gets stuck and generally causes you headaches. Try using a portable winch for simple jobs like moving railroad ties and other loads. You’ll be surprised to find how many uses your Lewis Winch is good for.

Roofers: When it comes to roof construction, there are rafters, beams, and trusses that you need to raised up high to frame the roof. Naturally, you must not be scared of heights and have good balance as well as carpentry skills. Naturally, you should use a Lewis Winch to make your job easier and safer.

Snowmobile Owners: You know what it’s like to get stuck in the snow. You know you can run out of fuel and batteries just trying to get out, ruining your day. And if you are participating in a snowmobile race, well, no need to tell you that you lost the race. Forget that! Get out your Lewis Winch and win that race!

Tree Planters: We know you carry a lot of stuff with you when you go to transplant tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes. But consider taking a portable winch with you because if you need to move boulders or logs out of the way, you will be happy you have your Lewis Winch with you.

Tow Truck Operators: If you need to pull a car or truck out of a ditch, do it with a Lewis Winch! It’s faster, easier and once you drag the wreck out and back on the road, then you can hook it to your tow truck and simply drive away. Don’t waste time getting those wrecks out of a mess, use the portable winch. It’s a cinch!

Underwater Retrieval Teams: This has got to be a tough job. Divers find the wreck or whatever object needs to be taken out of the water, and then what? Well, then you hook the Lewis Winch to it and start pulling from shore. No matter how strong the water current is, or how large the waves are, this has little effect on cable of the portable winch and that’s how you make sure that the job is done quickly without putting any lives in danger.