Tirfor Winch

[woodland]

Hi All

 

Anyone got any suggestions on what size tirfor I should go for, want something that will be up to large fells but not tooooo!! heavy to handle. And also where I could get one.

 

Cheers

 

D

[Johny Walker]

Hi All

 

Anyone got any suggestions on what size tirfor I should go for, want something that will be up to large fells but not tooooo!! heavy to handle. And also where I could get one.

 

Cheers

 

D

 

thers 1. the classified adds £300 i think from memory

[bob]

Tirfor T516 Winch with 20m Cable

that would be my recomendation

The 508 is just a bit likely to get abused at 800Kg well mine is anyhow

[Brushcutter]

Get at least 1.6 tonne of pull. It's will get most things down without being overkill. Good balance between amount of pull and pounds in the bank. I had a 3 tonne one which was fantastic but i doubt i ever got to needing all 3 tonne of pull. It was kindly stolen from the back of the truck one day. I shall replace it witha 1.6t one. It was a jethoist winch rather than a proper turfor though.

[nepia]

Why not live with the weight and get a 5-ton machine that will not break and with which you'll be able to pull out the odd stump too? Got mine off the bay for £50 and that included 100' of rope but I doubt you'd find such a bargain now. True Tirfor or Griphoist brands seem to be the most highly rated; I've seen some negative opinions here of the contemporary stuff compared to them.

[Matthew Burton]

I'd suggest a TU-16. We've never struggled pulling a tree down and have gotten some pretty phenominal stumps out.

 

Matt

[treequip]

I have a “big” tirfor that barely leaves the yard but this Jockey winch gets an outing now an again.

 

OK it’s not going to pull a stump out but if you put a small pulley in there you get 1000kg of line pull and that’s plenty for pulling a tree over.

 

It’s smaller than my wife’s handbag and weighs a lot less……..

 

[White Noise]

We use the TU32 ? dont know what it stands for but its bloody heavy and hardly comes out to play . But when he does its awesome . Day to day use is his smaller brother 800kg or the 1600kg

[mixedangased]

i recently bought a new ace winch off ebay rated at 2500 pull for £155 delivered,used to pull a big lime over

[Andy Collins]

I'd get the biggest you can afford sensibly, it will be handy for self-recovery as well as tree work.Eg A laden Transit full of chip will need a lot of pull if its in mud, a little winch will struggle.