Greenclimber
ArboristSite Operative
Hello, I wasn't sure if this was the right place to post this or not.
I was just curious what the largest size branches and logs most factory winches were actually capable of pulling into the chipper's in feed. I want to build one on my chipper, but I wasn't sure about the length and angle. I have looked up as many pictures as I can of Bandit's winches, but I haven't found one that has the size specs available.
My buddy has a larger bandit chipper (larger than 12") and I recall him saying that they weren't really able to pull logs into the chipper. That they would get stuck under the in-feed tray. His winch didn't have any problems with smaller branches and such, but larger logs was a problem and they just used their mini skid to load logs.
Does anyone else have this problem?
I know that Vermeer has it's own winch design. Same with Morbark and Carlton.
I just wanted to see what other people had to say.
Thanks!
I was just curious what the largest size branches and logs most factory winches were actually capable of pulling into the chipper's in feed. I want to build one on my chipper, but I wasn't sure about the length and angle. I have looked up as many pictures as I can of Bandit's winches, but I haven't found one that has the size specs available.
My buddy has a larger bandit chipper (larger than 12") and I recall him saying that they weren't really able to pull logs into the chipper. That they would get stuck under the in-feed tray. His winch didn't have any problems with smaller branches and such, but larger logs was a problem and they just used their mini skid to load logs.
Does anyone else have this problem?
I know that Vermeer has it's own winch design. Same with Morbark and Carlton.
I just wanted to see what other people had to say.
Thanks!