Front Winch Install

[JimR]

I decided to add a 12,000 pound front winch on my tractor for holding power while using my logging winch on frozen ground to pull in logs. The install was lots of fun making a perfect fitting H frame to wrap around my tractor frame. It did turn out nice and clean and I am happy with it. Now I just need to go try it out. I do have a 50 foot remote button for it.

 

[ovrszd]

Very nice. Follow up with a useage report.

 

[Rustyiron]

Looks like you did a nice job tucking that winch in there :thumbsup:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I decided to add a 12,000 pound front winch on my tractor for holding power while using my logging winch on frozen ground to pull in logs.

Be VERY carful holding a tractor back with a front winch while winching from the back! It really isn't all that hard to pull a tractor into two, especially if the log hooks something and jerks on the line. (shock loads)

It happens pretty often when some one pulls out a stuck tractor from the front, that's something I rarely do on a "frameless" tractor...

SR

 

[bcp]

Pull starts at about 1:10.

Russian tractor broken in half ))) - YouTube

Bruce

 

[JimR]

Very nice. Follow up with a useage report.

I will post a follow up on how it works out.

 

[JimR]

Be VERY carful holding a tractor back with a front winch while winching from the back! It really isn't all that hard to pull a tractor into two, especially if the log hooks something and jerks on the line. (shock loads)

It happens pretty often when some one pulls out a stuck tractor from the front, that's something I rarely do on a "frameless" tractor...

SR

I have that already in my mind as I was told this by another tractor owner. He said no jerking, go slow. Always check your bolts.

 

[JimR]

Pull starts at about 1:10.

Russian tractor broken in half ))) - YouTube

Bruce

That surely was nowhere near a normal situation. The rear wheels were buried below ground level. He was pulling the tractor at a 45 degree angle and it snapped off. I wonder if the trailer behind that tractor was loaded.

 

[bcp]

Tractors are seldom broken in half in a normal situation.



Bruce

 

[JimR]

Tractors are seldom broken in half in a normal situation.



Bruce

So true.