MESSMAKER
Veteran Member
Not sure what I need or how to mount. I guess It would need to be portable so I can pull in both directions. I am looking to avoid that once a year wrecker call that usually takes a couple hours and cost about $150.
Looking for a winch for my tractor
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BIKER BOB
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Not sure what youre looking for but I got an Igland winch that mounts on the 3 pt hitch. It is capable of pulling about 8000 #, which is enough to pull my 3215 out of most tricky spots that I have been in. I like to keep it on in the winter for weight (580 #) or if I find myself stuck!
You really aren't very clear about what you are looking for. Are you pulling your tractor out, other vehicles, or ????
Like Bob I have a 3pth winch that I use for pulling trees and the occasional small building. From your comment though I wonder if you are looking for something more like a Lewis winch, which is powered by your chainsaw.https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-L...5TTAZAMAZZK&psc=1&refRID=PWCKP6W3R5TTAZAMAZZK
Like Bob I have a 3pth winch that I use for pulling trees and the occasional small building. From your comment though I wonder if you are looking for something more like a Lewis winch, which is powered by your chainsaw.https://www.amazon.com/Powerhouse-L...5TTAZAMAZZK&psc=1&refRID=PWCKP6W3R5TTAZAMAZZK
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MESSMAKER
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Looking to use it when needed. Do I mount it on the truck or tractor.I am thinking about a hitch mount. Do I go with electric or manual winch? I usually only need to move the tractor a few feet to get back on solid ground.
WranglerX
Super Member
Some winch mount system consist of a plate to mount winch on and a welded on insert that fits in a receiver just like for trailer ball insert... You could do something like that and you could have "receivers" on front and back of tractor (3PH) or truck and long enough cable to clamp onto battery (or plug in wiring on each vehicle) ....
Limitation would be how robust the receiver mounts are and how much battery power of vehicle winch is mounted on...
Some of the hitch companies (Curt?) even make front mounts for below bumpers for popular PU trucks...
Things to consider is combination of winch mountings, winch size, how winch will be powered.... Some winches are hydraulic and can be run with something as simple as power steering pump, but it sort of requires stationary mount on vehicle....
I winch with a 10,000 pound pull electric winch mounted on a 4,500 pound Jeep and can slide the Jeep across the ground, I know over kill for size of Jeep... But If I have to I can dead man Jeep to another vehicle to tree or ???, also I run the biggest Odyssey AGM CCA battery that will fit in battery holder, and the 100 amp alternator in the Jeep came with is a wimp....
Dale
Limitation would be how robust the receiver mounts are and how much battery power of vehicle winch is mounted on...
Some of the hitch companies (Curt?) even make front mounts for below bumpers for popular PU trucks...
Things to consider is combination of winch mountings, winch size, how winch will be powered.... Some winches are hydraulic and can be run with something as simple as power steering pump, but it sort of requires stationary mount on vehicle....
I winch with a 10,000 pound pull electric winch mounted on a 4,500 pound Jeep and can slide the Jeep across the ground, I know over kill for size of Jeep... But If I have to I can dead man Jeep to another vehicle to tree or ???, also I run the biggest Odyssey AGM CCA battery that will fit in battery holder, and the 100 amp alternator in the Jeep came with is a wimp....
Dale
oosik
Epic Contributor
A couple of thoughts - - I've been winching vehicles for over 50 years. Seen/used electric, PTO & hydraulic versions. PTO & hydraulic versions can be somewhat complicated, requires a dedicated position, shafts, levers etc. Great for a vehicle where a permanent mount will not impede the primary use of the vehicle. Also great where EXTREME pulling power is required. With the advent of modern electric winches - this is generally speaking the choice for the homeowner/adventurer.
Your tractor - my tractor is stuck. Do we want to go back home, where our winch waits and bring it back to our stuck tractor. Will we have access to the attachment point on our stuck tractor. I've dove down into four feet of glacial river water to reach the hook on an electric winch. Release the brake - grab the hook - surface and not drown. Its a VERY awakening experience. Then casually stroll across the 75 feet of glacial stream and attach to an anchor point on the far bank. All is part of adventuring in the last frontier.
If you will be using a winch to pull your tractor "out" - I would recommend a trailer hitch mount electric winch for your pickup. Maybe even a permanent mount on the front of the pickup.
FYI - Average use of an electric winch can eat a battery like a kid eats a candy cane. There is no alternator on the face of this earth that will mount in a vehicle and keep up with the electric demands when this winch is under full pull. An 8000 pound electric winch can/will demand 750 amps under full pull. Unless you have installed special wires on the battery/alternator - the sheathing on your OEM wiring will liquify under heavy load.
Any reputable winch manufacturer - such as Warn - will specify their use. Time of power on - required amps based upon load - wire gage sizes - alternator capacities - etc.
Then to top it all off - a winch is only as good as its anchor point. If my tractor were in mud up to its axles - there is no way my pickup would pull it out. I would end up - slowly - pulling the pickup toward the stuck tractor. So I chain my pickup to a nearby pine tree. If I'm lucky - this will work and the tractor will come out of the mud. If I'm unlucky - the tractor will not budge - the winch stalls out - the wiring in my pickup incinerates - my alternator fries - the winch line breaks - the pine tree is pull over and crashes into my pickup OR either the rear attachment point on the pickup is pulled off OR the front winch and mount are pulled off the pickup.
Get a trailer hitch mount electric winch for use on your pickup. BUT - the go out on you property, identify those areas where you might get stuck, identify suitable anchor points - try to stay out of identified areas when muddy. Avoidance if far better than recovery.
Electric is superior to all other types in one way. It will still function even if the engine on the recovery vehicle can not run. It will run off the battery for a short while - that could be just what is needed to recover the vehicle.
Your tractor - my tractor is stuck. Do we want to go back home, where our winch waits and bring it back to our stuck tractor. Will we have access to the attachment point on our stuck tractor. I've dove down into four feet of glacial river water to reach the hook on an electric winch. Release the brake - grab the hook - surface and not drown. Its a VERY awakening experience. Then casually stroll across the 75 feet of glacial stream and attach to an anchor point on the far bank. All is part of adventuring in the last frontier.
If you will be using a winch to pull your tractor "out" - I would recommend a trailer hitch mount electric winch for your pickup. Maybe even a permanent mount on the front of the pickup.
FYI - Average use of an electric winch can eat a battery like a kid eats a candy cane. There is no alternator on the face of this earth that will mount in a vehicle and keep up with the electric demands when this winch is under full pull. An 8000 pound electric winch can/will demand 750 amps under full pull. Unless you have installed special wires on the battery/alternator - the sheathing on your OEM wiring will liquify under heavy load.
Any reputable winch manufacturer - such as Warn - will specify their use. Time of power on - required amps based upon load - wire gage sizes - alternator capacities - etc.
Then to top it all off - a winch is only as good as its anchor point. If my tractor were in mud up to its axles - there is no way my pickup would pull it out. I would end up - slowly - pulling the pickup toward the stuck tractor. So I chain my pickup to a nearby pine tree. If I'm lucky - this will work and the tractor will come out of the mud. If I'm unlucky - the tractor will not budge - the winch stalls out - the wiring in my pickup incinerates - my alternator fries - the winch line breaks - the pine tree is pull over and crashes into my pickup OR either the rear attachment point on the pickup is pulled off OR the front winch and mount are pulled off the pickup.
Get a trailer hitch mount electric winch for use on your pickup. BUT - the go out on you property, identify those areas where you might get stuck, identify suitable anchor points - try to stay out of identified areas when muddy. Avoidance if far better than recovery.
Electric is superior to all other types in one way. It will still function even if the engine on the recovery vehicle can not run. It will run off the battery for a short while - that could be just what is needed to recover the vehicle.
oosik
Epic Contributor
I've been stuck a few times here on the 80. My method of recovery - a 15,000 pound - 40 foot - nylon strap with loop on each end and my cell phone. My neighbor may be busy and take a couple hours to get here with his big 450 hp Case IH - gives me plenty of time to consider what I did wrong. He alway laughs - pulls me out - I go over with my tractor and clean/level his feed yards every summer. Things have a way of equaling out.
Zebrafive
Super Member
Is it some type of logging winch? 580lbs seems excessive for a winch.
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Yes, the Igland is a logging winch.