Anybody used these winches???

[rovers90]

Any experiences of these hydraulic winches?

 

Warrior C15000NH Hydraulic Winch | eBay

 

OR

 

HYDRAULIC WINCH 20000 lb WINCHMAX BRAND | eBay

 

We are thinking of fitting one to a tracked dumper we use for timber extraction. It would be used for winching trees down and then out to a clearing. We understand they are recovery winches but it would not be used 8 hours a day solid so the duty cycle and wear should be okay.

 

Opinions????

[difflock]

I understood line speed was the key difference between recovery winches and forestry winches, so it could be painfully slow.

[LGP Eddie]

I totally agree, it's extremely difficult to get a line speed worth having from hydraulic winches in tree work and the best I've found that I would consider fitting to Mini Excavators or the like is this.

Not the cheapest but serious quality and will have a reasonable resale value I'd expect if needing to be moved on.

These are the type of guys who would probably do a faster version than this if required, but not too bad as it is, and two speed which is a bonus.

 

RED Winch Hydraulic 4x4 Challenge and Competition Winches

 

It's the Trydent twin motor with standard or XL drum.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[penfold]

same as those fitted to the army's jackals:thumbup1:

[rovers90]

Thanks for the feedback guys, good points to bear in mind.

[elfinwood saws]

Hi Derek we have one on the front of our Zetor, ok but painfully slow.