Cookes 10 ton winch

[aspenarb]

So was the ebay ook your one Bob?

 

Will according to an email received there is a 99.99999999999% chance it was. It was pulled from the auction with immediate effect when I made contact with regard to looking at it.

 

Bob

[wicklamulla]

Will according to an email received there is a 99.99999999999% chance it was. It was pulled from the auction with immediate effect when I made contact with regard to looking at it.

 

Bob

 

just as i thought:thumbdown: Pity ya didn't get a mate to try and view it for ya.

[IRE David H]

did you get it back,

[wills-mill]

Mudderpuckers

[LR90]

When I needed new cable for mine went to a crane company they have loads of old cable that has to come off the cranes Perfectly fine for pulling with 22mm came off 200ton crane. ended with an eye and 5 u clamps.

 

exposed chain now has guard over it.

 

 

[codlasher]

Remembered the other Co; Home Page

I had mine rigged up for skidding as well.

I'd agree with you openspaceman. My dad had a Boughton fitted to a IH 614 tractor. I sold it for the County & Cooks as both tracor & winch were better in every way. I loved the mechanics of the Cooks. I changed the foot clutch into a hand clutch to make skidding easier and rebuilt the whole thing which was really only a few big bearings and some chain with a new cone clutch being made by a specialist.

codlasher

Edited March 6, 2017 by codlasher
Addendum.

[openspaceman]

Remembered the other Co;

I had mine rigged up for skidding as well.

I'd agree with you openspaceman. My dad had a Boughton fitted to a IH 614 tractor. I sold it for the County & Cooks as both tracor & winch were better in every way. I loved the mechanics of the Cooks. I changed the foot clutch into a hand clutch to make skidding easier and rebuilt the whole thing which was really only a few big bearings and some chain with a new cone clutch being made by a specialist.

codlasher

 

I didn't use anything bigger than an 8tonne linkage winch and twin 4 tonne Iglands on my Counties and could generally shift 120Hft once they got to the butt plate.

 

Dave from Wallingford wanted more so he had a high fairlead for his boughton on an 1164 but it was always 2WD, so he found a front loader which he put a powerfork on.

 

Whilst it kept the front wheels on the floor it soon strained the bell housing so much it broke the machine in half.

 

By 1984 it was very difficult to sell ground skidded softwood because the dirt affected sawmill production so we moved to shortwood for softwood and hardwood pulp.

[chopper brown]

Some nice looking tractor and winch setups.

 

I'll have to upload some pics once I get sorted. My next question was going to.be do you all use a large hardwood chain for attachment or wire slings and a big shackle to link?

 

Jim

[codlasher]

Hello chopper brown.

Look carefully at my pictures as the machine was in full working & tested condition. On the close-up of the winch you'll see a wire strop coiled & hanging from the fork. This was my strop, soft eyed and connected with a shackle to the main 100' line. If I needed more I'd add in my other 100' wire but not often as I was too far from the tree to see properly. I have tried a chain which can be seen hanging on the wire mesh but had too many breakages using chain and they were difficult to get round the tree. The cchain was mainly used as a skidding choker which was perfect. I still have s couple of keyhole plates but as I'm retired from this work they are now just a memory thing!

The picture of the beech tree in the background was roughly 100' from my tractor. I usually had five or six turns on the winch drum which meant I only had five or more to rotate before the tree fell where I needed it to be. No overriding jams ever, and I was using the winch at its most powerful position. Never rushing.

I kind of miss the tractor but life moves on.....

codlasher

Edited March 7, 2017 by codlasher

[chopper brown]

Cheers for the info codlasher it's been really helpful. I thought the strop would be what you used but was keen to find out the best way to go.

 

I've got some new cable ordered so once up and running again I'll get some pics up.

 

Jim