electric to hydraulic winch

[jon dirt]

I'm considering swapping out the electric motor on my winch to a hydraulic motor. I would use the rear ports on my tractor to control the motor.
Has any one tried this? Looking for some feed back.

Jon

 

[6sunset6]

I looked at it. I have a real old warn. The drive gear is integral to the armature. I could have done it but it was complicated and would have destroyed a perfectly good electric winch. I have a long post on what I did to use the rear hydraulics. Let me see if I can post a link
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/158672-logging-winch.html

 

[pat32rf]

A lot depends on what type of electric winch you have. The older Ramseys and Bradens came with a choice of electric or hydraulic....I'd rather have hydraulic myself if possible.

 

[jon dirt]

Thanks for that thread 6sunset6. It seams not to be as easy as swaping out the electeric for a hydraulic motor and running it off the rear remotes, and use the control leaver that controls the remotes.
The winch I have is a Ramsey 9000 pro

 

[pat32rf]

The Ramsey RE series were hydraulic (or electric). They featured a worm drive and while slow and heavy never seemed to quit. The winch was often seen on tow trucks with a chain drive from the PTO

 

[furnitureguy]

I have a warn that is pto driven that should be easier to attach a hydraulic motor to. contact me if your interested.
Tom