Winch attachment for chainsaw.

[Scarlettarbor]

http://www.lewiswinch.com

 

Anybody used this attachment, looks kinda neat to me.

[Hotrod81]

Welcome to Lewis Winch

 

Anybody used this attachment, looks kinda neat to me.

 

Call me stupid but I don't fancy holding my saw while it tries to pull a 1 ton log.

[skyhuck]

Call me stupid but I don't fancy holding my saw while it tries to pull a 1 ton log.

 

You don't hold it, you secure it to something solid

[Little Steven]

Call me stupid but I don't fancy holding my saw while it tries to pull a 1 ton log.

 

We won't:001_smile:

[Stubby]

Impressive . Pulled that 10ft long x 2ft dia log at a rapid rate powered by that little saw . Wonder what you could pull if it was hooked up to a 3120 or 880 ?

[josharb87]

I've used one, the wire rope is crap, get rid of it ASAP, just bird nests into a tangled kinked mess. Bit of a faff to get it setup (everything seems to loosen and need re tightening for the first few hours use) the direct drive attachment if you're not carefull and set it wrong, or the mounts loosen whilst in use, it can destroy clutch bearings on the saw. Lockite is needed everywhere imo

Once you iron out all the first use niggles its quite effective, especially if you set a high pulley in a tree so it lifts the but out the ground

[ArthurBottlesworth]

What did you replace rope with?

[corylus]

I've used one, the wire rope is crap, get rid of it ASAP, just bird nests into a tangled kinked mess. Bit of a faff to get it setup (everything seems to loosen and need re tightening for the first few hours use) the direct drive attachment if you're not carefull and set it wrong, or the mounts loosen whilst in use, it can destroy clutch bearings on the saw. Lockite is needed everywhere imo

Once you iron out all the first use niggles its quite effective, especially if you set a high pulley in a tree so it lifts the but out the ground

 

Why would it affect clutch bearings?

[TTP]

I'm sure if you tie your chainsaw off to a tree or something you will soon have 2 saws lol

[Chris Sheppard]

I'm sure if you tie your chainsaw off to a tree or something you will soon have 2 saws lol

 

The rear attachment point is on the winch, not the saw.

 

I've never used a lewis but had been very close to buying one a couple of times. I stumbled across something similar on ebay one day and ended up buying that instead (a Helper winch made by Rule Indutries and powered by a homelite powerhead).

 

The job I bought it for never happened in the end but we've used it a few times so far, mainly for pulling hangers and it's proved to be a useful thing, and surprisingly powerful.

 

The one thing I noticed with the lewis is that it makes a much more compact unt if it's mounted to a saw with an inboard clutch (like a Husq 372 or similar).