General Tree pics

[Ian Flatters]

The cone does work well, if you can get all the butts of the brush in to it. I find that after stacking a big enough pile to make it worth winching, that until the winch has pulled the chains tight you cant get the butts in the cone, and on timber it can only go up to the size of the cone. OK if you are doing skinny stuff. It also is prone to being pulled of the side of the log if you are trying to turn it at the same time. Havent tried the larger drum. Hope it dosnt decrease the power too much. Havent tried it in a skyline setup, although I would like too as I think it would work well.

 

Cheers,

 

Yeah its all skinny 6m lengths so i was thinking of using some small slings 5-10 through the cone onto a rigging plate then onto a skyline to keep the dragline out of the marsh and mud. The bigger drum reduces single line pull down to 700kgs.

[Ian Flatters]

So i gave the winch a test in an ideal location (dry woodland) Very impressed. I used it to turn 90 degrees a welley stem 26" at base and cut it at 20ft 18" Moved it with ease. Then we had to fell a dead sycamore, so normally it would of been climbed but we decided to just fell it into 2 large hollies to hold it up then winch it clear, again did with ease saved a good 30 mins of climbing work.

 

Plus Tom up his first Monkey puzzle and a large pile of chip from it, to say i underestimated the amount of chip would be an underestimation....... twice the amount i thought, lucky for me it was a 25min round trip form the yard.

[Stephen Blair]

I have yet to try my winch Ian, I clipped it onto the tow bar the other day and started it up, I have a dead elm with her name on it

[Ian Flatters]

I have yet to try my winch Ian, I clipped it onto the tow bar the other day and started it up, I have a dead elm with her name on it

 

I was apprehensive about buying it as i couldnt get over to see one in use but in reality ive realized how much ill use it as it can drag as far as your rope will go.

 

Also i think it will make a good ski lift in winter.........

[Stephen Blair]

The never ending pull is the secret and tirfor wire is a pain to carry.

I love the tow bar attachment.

[Ian Flatters]

I can see myself buying that too and it weighs less than a tirfor.

[T14EES T14UNK]

What make/model is this winch please. Google hasn't found it for me yet

Cheers

[Stephen Blair]

[Stephen Blair]

I bought it from Proclimber at the Apf

[mistahbenn]

Couple of pics from a 1 1/2 day job, 2 impressive red oaks. The big one was around 100 feet tall, the 65 foot bucket truck reached the first couple of limbs. I climbed the rest. Some BIG wood! The other oak we creamed out in two hours, with the help of 7 guys on the ground, made it a breeze.