# Interesting winch drill from Harbour Freight.

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**Created:** [September 8, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/interesting-winch-drill-from-harbour-freight/6613 "2017-09-08T03:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7feea3/32.png) [@Richard\_Lane](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/Richard_Lane)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/interesting-winch-drill-from-harbour-freight/6613/1 "2017-09-08T03:28:04Z")

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Dick Lane  
NS26c Swoose  
Port Townsend, WA.

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/interesting-winch-drill-from-harbour-freight/6613/2 "2017-09-08T20:43:14Z")

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It’s certainly cheap enough, Dick.

With 570 inch-lbs. of torque, you better have a #30 or #40 2-speed winch to get that sail up. I just wonder about it’s quality, etc. and how long the battery will last and all of that.

The HILTI that I use has twice the torque and, to be blunt, 10 times the quality and a perfect warranty. My drill, battery and charger run a bit more than $300.00 in the USA. Compared to the boat show “impulse” purchases that we all succumb to, a Hilti or Milwaukee drill is money well spent.

Ernie A. in Toronto

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**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/interesting-winch-drill-from-harbour-freight/6613/3 "2017-09-08T20:55:28Z")

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Ernie,  
What is your drill model number?

Carl Linkinhoker  
NS26c 146 Break of Day

It’s certainly cheap enough, Dick.

With 570 inch-lbs. of torque, you better have a #30 or #40 2-speed winch to get that sail up. I just wonder about it’s quality, etc. and how long the battery will last and all of that.

The HILTI that I use has twice the torque and, to be blunt, 10 times the quality and a perfect warranty. My drill, battery and charger run a bit more than $300.00 in the USA. Compared to the boat show “impulse” purchases that we all succumb to, a Hilti or Milwaukee drill is money well spent.

Ernie A. in Toronto

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**Author:** ![user43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8dc957/32.png) [@user43](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/u/user43)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://nonsuch.discourse.group/t/interesting-winch-drill-from-harbour-freight/6613/4 "2017-09-09T15:17:52Z")

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Hiya Carl -

It’s a **HILTI SF 10W - A22** with the smaller of the two available batteries.

Ernie A. in Toronto