Portable petrol winch. Tips pls.

[Stoke Wood Project]

I just got a pcw5000 winch. I've been using it a bit, but wondered if anyone else has used one, and got any tips. Cheers.

[karl]

hi we have one as well

its a great little winch , we use it for pulling small trees and brash up over very steep banks/cliff edges etc

[R Mac]

I have one, not much to say apart from get yourself some pulleys and slings to double line, re-direct and as lifters etc. I use the ISC 70kN ones and 3t strops from Handy Straps, also get some steel rigging carabiners or bow shackles to match.

 

I've used mine extracting windblown from a spruce plantation with no vehicle access, on a double line it'll pull an 18 meter length of what was probably 20 - 24 meter Spruce before I took the top off.

 

Anything you can do to reduce friction will help, if you don't have a skidding cone you can make them out of blue plastic barrels, one thing I found was that if you make a skidding cone cut the hole for the choker near the edge on the end rather than the center, if you cut it in the center as the line tightens the choker tends to pull the cone out of position.

 

Apart from that they're a fantastic bit of kit.

[Ty Korrigan]

hi we have one as well

its a great little winch , we use it for pulling small trees and brash up over very steep banks/cliff edges etc

 

Hey Karl, your avatar, is that one of those new 'compacted' chippers...?

Ty

[Stoke Wood Project]

Thanks guys.

I've been using it a bit, but without the skidding cone. I was reluctant to spend the extra £180, might might just bite the bullet!

 

I've got those 70kn pulleys. They're great. I'm using 11mm line coz that's what I had a 200m reel of, sat around, but thinking of getting a length of thicker stuff, as I find the 11mm gets snagged up a bit on the capstan.

[R Mac]

Thanks guys.

I've been using it a bit, but without the skidding cone. I was reluctant to spend the extra £180, might might just bite the bullet!

 

I've got those 70kn pulleys. They're great. I'm using 11mm line coz that's what I had a 200m reel of, sat around, but thinking of getting a length of thicker stuff, as I find the 11mm gets snagged up a bit on the capstan.

 

IMO £180 is way overpriced for the skidding cone, looking at some of the videos on Youtube half time it's getting dragged along beside the log due to the hole for the choker being central and the choker is running off center which pulls the cone out of position.

 

What's the maximum diameter of the logs you working with?

[aspenarb]

My home grown capstan has had its first outing today, its on an island dragging/ripping out willow complete with stumps . Cant get any machines out there so its proving invaluable.

 

 

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[Stoke Wood Project]

My mistake, it's only £130 odd.

[wicklamulla]

RMac can ya post up a pic of yer home brewed skidding cone please?

[R Mac]

Aye sure, give me a minute or two

 

Ok here you go. The big one is 120l and measures 19" across, the small one is 60l and measures 15" across, works better with the hole for the choker off-set like the small one.

 

 

 

Edited December 15, 2016 by R Mac