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I love how many teams are using Mastercraft (or similar) GearWrenches as a ratcheting system this year for their winches.

-Nick

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we thought of using a gear wrench because it would have been easy to implement especially with our love of 1/2 hex. In the end we just decided to rely on the Dewalt Roll back pins.

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Well, it's cheaper than the one you can find on McMaster, and one of the mentors used to sell them so I guess he had a few around :D

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you could always use a craftsman and take it back after the season :-D

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Actually it is a Craftsman, the Evolv Series. Still lifetime warranty, the ratchets work the same from both series, but the Evolv closes with screws instead of a snap ring. We did need to make a custom steel output shaft yesterday. I had the ratchet backwards and cim sheered the AM Al hex shaft in half! Needless to say I almost had a heart attach. But after we fixed it I thought "that is a lot of torque" so I guess it is doing its job.

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Just being picky - but the proper expression would be "that is a lot of torque".

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Good point. Thanks