Winches Hydraulic Winch

[jwbrown]

I finally finished the hydraulic winch that I built for my 4740 GST. Overall, it works very well. I can winch a full lenght tree with no problems. The winch was built with an old Holmes wrecker winch, a ROP from a ditchwitch, a push blade from a wheel horse lawn tractor, some high dollar steel, and a little bit of amateur engineering. You will see in the photos that I bent one side of the blade a little. I have since straighted it back and added gussets on each side. Overall, I have around $1400.00. A new one will cost well over $4000.00. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

[dodge man]

Very nice, and all powered by a Sthil chainsaw, very clever.

 

[nedly05]

Cool, I like the storage bin, very nice job!!

 

[rtdiggr]

That is a nice looking piece of equipment, looks good enough to sell in production.


Shane

 

[nh DRAGON]

Looks great! And by the position of the winch it looks like you could have even had it PTO driven as well. Great job!

 

[mcnitt]

Nice Work!....But why do you have a blade on it?

 

[johnk]

Nice Work!....But why do you have a blade on it?

When the blade is lowered it will give added braking while winching...

 

[simonmeridew]

Nice job John:
Does the winch have any provision for a slip clutch, say you hooked a log behind a tree while you were winching it in? My farmi will slip so nothing breaks.
simonmeridew

 

[Farmerford]

Very professional job.

It would look even better if your chainsaw was the same color.

 

[rbargeron]

Very nice job. Just a thought - some of the taller winches mount a snatch block and notched rail at mid-height so the top link doesn't have to take so much force drawing a full hitch.

 

[Ob1kubota]

Needs a couple stab jacks too even make (at single line pull) a stand against a 40' hardwood trunk. Nice toy!

 

[actionaj]

Excellent job, looks like your ready for some serious work.

 

[jwbrown]

Thanks for all the compliments. The Sthil saw on the winch is a 064 that my uncle gave to me about 15 years ago. Before that, he used it to cut timber. It still runs as good a new one. In my opinion, you do not own a saw unless it is a Sthil. As someone mentioned earlier about the clutch, there is no clutch on this since it is pulled with a hydraulic motor. If the pulling resistance outweighs the pulling force, the pressure releif valve on the tractor opens just as it does on a loader when you try to lift too much. I originally was going to pull this with the PTO and slip clutch, but I would have needed to created a lot of linkage and it would have not looked as clean. The blade serves two purposes; First, I can sit it on the ground when winching. The weight of the pull burries the blade into the ground, which makes it very stable. I dont have to lock the brakes or anything. Just drop the winch on the ground and go to town. The other reason is to clear brush out of the way. I like to get as close to the tree as possible to limit the amount of cable to pull out.

 

[Q-Saw]

Wow - nice unit. The design shows you put a lot of thought into it. Very well done. The equipment storage areas are a great idea. Did you use grab hooks or a slotted angle to hang the choker chains from?

- Marty

 

[Barrys_Toys]

Very nice setup!

A question: what is the reason for the angle of the Ditchwitch ROP?

If you would be so kind, please post a picture of the top of the setup.
Obviously the sheave and support are there, but are some things that I
can't make out from the backside.

Nice job!

Thanks,
Barry