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Offline pholliday1

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hyrdoboost and milemarkerwinch
« on: November 09, 2011, 03:52:07 PM »
been told that when using hydraulic winch and you have hydroboost if you use your brakes it cuts the flow to the winch? anyone with exper. with that
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Re: hyrdoboost and milemarkerwinch
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2011, 05:04:59 PM »
Hydraulic winches (Milemarker is the popular one) are setup to give priority to Brakes and Steering.  So yes if you use the brakes, the winch will no longer work, same goes with the steering..