Extraction options on a very challenging site

[rovers90]

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Would something like this not work out, would have thought tracked vehicle would be safer than quad bike/wheeled vehicle on the terrain described.

[Peat]

depending on the size timber and terrain if its small thinnings and your using it for firewood I can recommend a petrol winch a proper forestry one with fast haul in, I am using a mercian and it has a 500kg pull and 40meters of cable on the drum and its ideal for small stuff, you ratchet strap it to a tree and then it functions as a normal forestry winch pull the rope and it throtles up and pulls in. This combined with an Iron horse is cracking for small timber on very steep and boggy terrain.

 

Did a quick search and couldn't find anything like this online. Found the Mercian website but the don't have any info about specific winches. How much did yours set you back? 500kg doesn't seem a lot. Whats the max size of log it can handle?

Cheers

pete

[muldonach]

Did a quick search and couldn't find anything like this online. Found the Mercian website but the don't have any info about specific winches. How much did yours set you back? 500kg doesn't seem a lot. Whats the max size of log it can handle?

Cheers

pete

 

500Kg is not a lot - but it will be plenty for small timber - having read through the thread you seem to have your work cut out on this site.

 

Others may disagree but it is difficult to make skidding or winching uphill efficient and almost impossible if you are a one man band.

 

A 500kg line pull will shift 1-1.5t of timber without much hassle - until the butt catches on something.

 

If you want to work on a small scale then get an engine driven capstan - not a winch - you can get them for landrovers but they are rare - I have only ever seen one at auction. Use low stretch fibre rope not wire since it is a lot lighter and easier on the hands - the advantage of a capstan is that the line pull stays the same regardless of length and you do not have to spool the line back out.

 

As others have said a high lead pulley is a good idea - lifting one end of the log off the ground is half the battle won.

 

Forget any ideas about pulling logs up or across steep slopes behind small machines - it can be done but it is both slow and dangerous

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

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[woodworm]

Blimey TCD, thats a good refresher for a 3 year old post. Wonder if he's got it out yet?

[devon TWiG]

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