At 00:43 13 July 2008, Ted wrote :-

Does anyone out there in this world make glider launch winches . . . .


Well you did say "Does anyone out there in this world make glider launch
winches . . . . " ?

Out of interest try looking at :-

http://www.skylaunchuk.com/index.htm

You sould feel at home, as the one I drive, the Skylanch 8200 is powered
by a Chevy 8.2 litre V8 (Run on LPG)