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Homemade skidding winch part 1 - YouTube
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Homemade skidding winch part 1 - YouTube
JW5875
3 pt Winch
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Stomper
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Now thats good "thinking out of the box" kinda stuff.
Sawyer Rob
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That was a common way to build them, in the past...
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texasranger556
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Once again confirms YouTube commenters are like monkeys doing calculus; mildly entertaining but mostly childish and wrong.
kebo
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Quote from the video: "OSHA would have a heyday with me". He ain't kidding either with no guards in place, no warning stickers, etc.
One other point, that winch is going way too fast to be safe, it needs to be geared down even more. But I do wonder what the pull rating on it would be???
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Try this one. I really do like the capstan winch idea. Very easy to control and very simple operation. Hydraulic Log Skidding Winch for Tractors - SkidWinch by Norwood Sawmills - YouTube
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About 1500 bucks. That's not too bad, all things considered. I wonder what the specs are on it? I can't find any on their website.
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I could find little information on it either. I do know that the winch is hydraulically driven so one would have to have remotes (which I do). I could not even find the price so you are ahead of me on that. I sent a note to the company so we will see if they answer. The video was impressive. I've used capstan winches on boats and felling trees (twice) and it is amazing how they work, not enough pull, take another turn.
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Okay, there is a comment on the YouTube Video that says, "Only 9k, not bad." Well, that's not, "not bad" to me. I wonder how much hydraulic flow they use to get it going, I would suspect not nearly what a regular hydraulic winch requires. It would not be too hard to fab this up if one could find a reasonably priced hydraulic capstan winch.
