Thread: Window motor or FP W/ Gearbox?
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Re: Window motor or FP W/ Gearbox?
While the FP and gearbox has much more torque than one window motor, keep in mind the complexity of building a winch for that gearbox. If you use two window motors, one on either side of the winch, then you can build a winch with only 2 parts. We made a winch with a housing of a single piece of 4*2 tubing, and a single winch drum. It "winches" with around 140 lbs of force when both window motors reach stall.