Skidding Winches

[Sawyer Rob]

Doesn't that tractor have any brakes??? They should have been set!

SR

 

[Jim Timber]

Doesn't that tractor have any brakes??? They should have been set!

SR

My thoughts too. Good way to send the machine into the great beyond (or at least ruin that cab some more).

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

This one is earning it's keep.

TREUIL TAJFUN 1 TONNES RADIOCOMMANDE FALARD - YouTube

It would be a better idea if he had the screen up to protect the back of his head if the cable broke

 

[CalG]

What is the best way to attach an "extension" to the haul line.

Say one is running 125 feet on a 225" capacity spool, and carrying a loose coil of wire rope another 150" long. The hitch to be brought in is on the far side of a wet spot (semi frozen, but unsure if it would hold)

Just put a choker chain between the end sliders?

Is there a better way?

 

[Gordon Gould]

What is the best way to attach an "extension" to the haul line.

Say one is running 125 feet on a 225" capacity spool, and carrying a loose coil of wire rope another 150" long. The hitch to be brought in is on the far side of a wet spot (semi frozen, but unsure if it would hold)

Just put a choker chain between the end sliders?

Is there a better way?

I don't know if there is a better way but that's what I would do. The only problem I see is when you winch in your 125' permanent line your tree is still 150' away at the end of the extension line. You can't reach it with the 125' line. You will need another extension over 25'. But you probably have figured that out already and have a 25 footer ready.

gg

 

[Oldpath05]

Video of a blade earning its cost.

And what looks like a couple more pulls on the same hill.

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Izvlacenje Drva iz Sume,IMT 539 i Tajfun Vitlo 6t, Tajfun seilwinde 6t - YouTube

Bruce

Where's the brakes and where's the BEEF? Example of people making do with what we have, I guess.

 

[Oldpath05]

This one is earning it's keep.

TREUIL TAJFUN 1 TONNES RADIOCOMMANDE FALARD - YouTube

It would be a better idea if he had the screen up to protect the back of his head if the cable broke

No ? about BEEF here, there's some power, my V3004 Fransgard winch would be lucky if it would pull one of those logs, it has somewhere around 6000 lbs. of pull.

 

[Oldpath05]

A thinning job I did last year with my winch. I put in a dead end tractor road last July while it was relatively dry. I thinned the area in the picture behind the tractor.

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I cut in late December after the ground was frozen.

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This is what it looks like now. I took this yesterday morning.

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gg

I was going to get some pics. of logs that my three point hitch wont pick up and you have them in your second picture. I bet you miss the snow already, with any luck you might have some Monday.

 

[CalG]

I don't know if there is a better way but that's what I would do. The only problem I see is when you winch in your 125' permanent line your tree is still 150' away at the end of the extension line. You can't reach it with the 125' line. You will need another extension over 25'. But you probably have figured that out already and have a 25 footer ready.

gg

OK

Of course the actual distances are arbitrary. but the linking mechanism remains.

There is always a length of chain at hand ;-)

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Maybe once you winch it closer, your tractor can pull it a bit closer yet, for a better second pull?

SR

 

[CalG]

Maybe once you winch it closer, your tractor can pull it a bit closer yet, for a better second pull?

SR

Eggs- Actly!

Lots of ways, but how to link two wire ropes? ;-)

 

[Agvg]

Doesn't that tractor have any brakes??? They should have been set!

SR

This IMT is a MF35 license build, so brakes are more of a theoretical thing when you are going backwards.

 

[Oldpath05]

What is the best way to attach an "extension" to the haul line.

Say one is running 125 feet on a 225" capacity spool, and carrying a loose coil of wire rope another 150" long. The hitch to be brought in is on the far side of a wet spot (semi frozen, but unsure if it would hold)

Just put a choker chain between the end sliders?

Is there a better way?

Just put a choker chain between the end sliders?< After reading and trying to picture the situation, that sounds like the best way to me. My winch holds 125' max, it's cut it back 100' now, plenty for what I do. I assuming the 225" and 150" is that you meant feet, and so how is one getting the 125+150=275' of 3/8" cable across the the semi wet spot if the tractor cant go there? that sounds like a lot weight for me to carry more then 10 feet, might be a job for an ATV with tracks.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

This IMT is a MF35 license build, so brakes are more of a theoretical thing when you are going backwards.

Then block the rear wheels with chocks, like the guys with wreckers do. They work really well....

SR

 

[Agvg]

The blade stops it much better, I often does the same and let the tractor move with the movment og the winch.

 

[Oldpath05]

This IMT is a MF35 license build, so brakes are more of a theoretical thing when you are going backwards.

Does that mean my L3400 is a licence build too, and would be great in the theater as in a, get the log out movie, because my brakes work? How much money do I get for making this movie..........

 

[CalG]

Just put a choker chain between the end sliders?< After reading and trying to picture the situation, that sounds like the best way to me. My winch holds 125' max, it's cut it back 100' now, plenty for what I do. I assuming the 225" and 150" is that you meant feet, and so how is one getting the 125+150=275' of 3/8" cable across the the semi wet spot if the tractor cant go there? that sounds like a lot weight for me to carry more then 10 feet, might be a job for an ATV with tracks.

The spot has some steep slopes around, and runs a spring. The surface ices over during a cold spell. Enough to walk on. but I fell right through with the tractor wheels last time up there.

So the line can just be hauled out by hand. just like usual, only twice as far. Might not be such a pleasant walk if the log drags a furrow through the ice and into the mud ;-)

 

[LouieJunior]

I used my winch yesterday skidding some downed logs out of timber near a power easement. After one lengthy pull, I noticed the middle of my wire rope had a curly section (like on a phone handset). I tried dragging it without a load and with a load and it didn't go away.
Will this correct itself over time -- or is my cable damaged?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Damaged? I guess you could say that.... BUT, it's not going to hurt anything to keep using it.

HARD pulls may straighten it out in time, but probably not to 100%...

SR

 

[Gordon Gould]

Like SR said. You probably pulled it around a very tight turn or tried to use a slider for a pulley on to sharp an angle, don't ask how I know. You could lay the cable out and hook to a stump then winch it in tight to stretch it and leave it over night. Might help. Usually you get some broken wires and it will eventually break in that curly-cue. so be careful of it. Cables curl up like a Christmas ribbon when you draw it around a scissors blade.

gg