pto winch wanted

[cooks]

great idea but are they not as rare as rocking horse .... ?

[tractorboy1]

great idea but are they not as rare as rocking horse .... ?

 

Think they are still about, a lot of countys are fitted with them.

[LR90]

got a cooks on my major but would never sell it old school winch but still does its job when needed

 

 

[cooks]

that look heavy duty:thumbup: can you pick up the butt once winched in. bit like the boughton winch

[Brushcutter]

Thanks for thoughts as far as make is concerned any to avoid and the best to have also having not used a pto winch does 5 tonnes mean rolling or skidding just not to keen to splash the cash and not have enough grunt to get the logs up the slope thought about a boughton but keen on getting the butt up off the deck once winched in.

 

Uniforest winches are very good.

Fransguard are good but i have a love/hate relationship with it.

Igland are the Rolls Royce of winches but thats reflected in the price.

 

 

5 tonne winch would have 5 tonne of pull on the winch line, obviously using a snach block you can make that higher.

 

Thats a 6.5 tonne fransgard winch. Once the logs are up to the plate you hook the skidding chains up on the plate and it picks them up off the deck. Bigger logs its best to leave on the cable or they tend to break the chain holders a bit. As far as i'm aware the butt plate will lift what the link arms will lift and what the chains will lift.

 

Biggest thing that i've skidded on there is a 18' 30" oak log. Coped well. Done several short ones in big withs wich the winch can pick totally off the deck.

 

Thing about winch upslope is the butt end can dig in meaning you need more pulling force. You can use a high block in a tree but then you may be lifting rather than pulling. Don't dig in that way.

[cooks]

thanks brushcutter great post cant run to a new winch looking to spend about 1k looks like you have some great kit your tractors the dream:001_smile: one day.....!

[Brushcutter]

thanks brushcutter great post cant run to a new winch looking to spend about 1k looks like you have some great kit your tractors the dream:001_smile: one day.....!

Riko UK ::  Mechanical controlled forestry winches

 

See what price a new one will be. It will be a good guide for a s/h one. See if they have any as well. A grand might get you a 6.5 t winch. The EA sold off some of their fransguard a little while ago. They were a little overpriced.

[LR90]

yes u can pick logs off the ground by running the wire over the top roller like how i am holding up the spades but when u go foward the spades would drag over the ground (would stop u getting pulled back wards)

 

or u could lift the spades fully up out the way but the tractor would need a lot of front weight to stop it pulling a wheely with all the weight on the back.

 

realy this type of winch is only for draging big timber out in to open areas if u intend to skid timber u realy need a winch with a skiding plate to buffer the logs against and to lift them up.

 

or another option is to pull the timber together with a winch like the cooks then to build or buy a skiding frame to drag the wood out.

 

just my thoughts hope it helps

[treedave]

This what your after?

 

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[garth mc garth]

where in kent are you?