LINE HAULER FOR CRAB POTS AND THE LIKE

摘要

LINE HAULER FOR CRAB POTS AND THE LIKE A long life crab pot hauling system is provided with longer life than before available in a harsh salt water marine environment and with operation from an energy saving low power gasoline motor capable of dislodging a crab pot from the bottom of a body of water and hauling it up into a vessel without stalling. This is accomplished by a line hauler sheave having a heavy flywheel effect provided by a pair of separated flywheels of cast iron or the like between which is affixed respectively to each flywheel a pair of replaceable sheave members of a salt water and wear resistant material such as stainless steel forming an inclined groove for frictionally receiving the hauling line therebetween with said flywheelsheave assembly being driven by the low power gasoline motor that can be readily carried on a small boat or skiff that services a line of crab pots. Only the sheave members are replaced after wear or corrosion caused by the lines.