Skidding winch for the tractor

[dancan]

Dave , I'll try to get a rough measure on the main shaft of the 180 tomorrow .
agvg has a great thread http://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/my-logging-winch-repair-project.259403/ if you haven't seen it already .

Shea , I got mine for 210$ , there's many resellers but I'm not sure about current pricing , porta winch , wallenstien , farmi , hud son etc ...
It's not perfect , I've had the wirerope pick up debris from the forrest floor and fill the pulley grove to slip off the rope , I've had it fail to open because of "Well **** ! Didn't think that would happen lol" but overall , the time saved walking back and forth when working alone is gonna make you smile .
It's not expensive compared to the winch or tractor

 

[morewood]

They run between $300-$350 from what research I've been doing. Won't be long, I'll have one.

Shea

 

[dave_dj1]

Dan thank you so much. I have seen a bunch of threads about logging winches but haven't come across that particular one, very good information, thank you again! I saved that link for future reference.

 

[dancan]

I measured the shaft on 2 winches for you , the Norse 180 is 3 cm and I have a hydraulic winch that is built like a typical Scandi winch that has a 4 cm shaft .

 

[dave_dj1]

Thank you Dancan, you da man!
I sent agvg a message about his this morning and he got right back to me. His shaft diameter was right in the middle at 35mm.
I think I have a shaft, I have a Jeep front axle shaft that as near as I can tell is right around 1.250" but may be metric at about 31 mm which I don't see a bearing in that size, I will pick up a 1.250" bearing and check it out.
thanks for the info.

 

[dancan]

Hope you're taking build pics ...

 

[dave_dj1]

Hope you're taking build pics ...

I will. My goal is to do this with "off the shelf" parts so anyone can do it.

 

[dancan]

You'd like the hydraulic winch I've acquired , the drum is similar to a Scandi winch drum
https://www.labonville.com/assets/images/winches/Norse 190.pdf
but no clutch , it has a hydraulic motor with a double V grove pulley that drives the drum with an idler that tensions the belts to engage the belts all in a heavy steel housing that hooks up to a 3pt .
It'll be a while before I can get it apart again to take pics but I will .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Isn't the hydraulic winch pretty slooooow. The ones I've seen was like watching paint dry... lol

SR

 

[dancan]

Not this one , the motor turns at a constant rpm just like a pto setup , just belts instead of a chain to get the drum to turn .

 

[morewood]

Finally got some started, these locust are pretty solid. Pulling through rhododendren isn't fun.

 

[morewood]

This locust ended up trying to help the tractor do a wheelie, so I did each piece seperate.

This is how I left it. That big oak isn't exactly solid, but may work out none the less.....and that's only a quarter of it. Still two more locusts and an oak down the rabbit hole before I get the next ones.

Shea

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Not this one , the motor turns at a constant rpm just like a pto setup , just belts instead of a chain to get the drum to turn .

How many ft per minute is the line speed with a few wraps on the drum??

SR

 

[dancan]

I haven't run it yet Rob .
I'm pretty sure that speed will depend on hydraulic flow .
The seller is a farmer that also buys and sells ag gear , he got this in an estate purchase so IO asked him to try it before I sent a friend to pick it up , he called me after he ran it and said had he tried it before he'd have upped the price by 600$ lol
I've bought from and sold him gear , he's a straight shooter so I know it will work , if it's too slow with my Yanmar I have a 7 gpm and a 16 gpm pto hydro pump I can try .

 

[morewood]

The piece of oak I had already pulled and cut. This locust is solid with three good limbs.

Shea

 

[morewood]

These are the three limbs.

These are the three limbs jambed up against a trunk. Nothing goes easy.

Shea

 

[morewood]

Pretty solid all the way down.



Finished. I got it all cut up and managed to get a trailer load home.....but barely. Tractor has the power but not the weight to get traction on some of these steep uphill sections. Trying to convince the wife we NEED a M35, hasn't quiet worked out yet.

Shea

 

[dancan]

Lotsa neat info in that vid .

 

[Sawyer Rob]

And when you need to get your deer, that's waaay back in a tangled mess of brush and tree's out, another use for your skidding winch is created!

My wife guided the legs, while I sloooowly skidded it out...

SR

 

[chipper1]

And when you need to get your deer, that's waaay back in a tangled mess of brush and tree's out, another use for your skidding winch is created!

My wife guided the legs, while I sloooowly skidded it out...

SR

Nice one Rob.
Probably shoulda doubled back for that load .