Fordson Major winch

[mendiplogs]

Double drums are used mainly in commercial forestry so that can skid multiple quantities of logs at a time.

 

One and a half Ford 3000s, both non runners, two Igland 4000s with extended drums and high lead towers, one Igland butt plate.... sensible offers

 

 

 

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Hi WASP GET it going mate thanks Jon

[luftwaffe]

Is that a old falstone skidder i can see on right on the photo? Used to have one of those about 25 years ago , good old thing, with the spacer in between the gearbox and bell houseing to make the wheel base longer to give extra traction,

I always found that the four cylinder county was much more manoeuvre able and better balanced on steep ground than the six cylinder models, i have a county 754 with a 90hp engine and it will climb a house and very stable going across banks, love to bits,

[Wood wasp]

The complete one could be fixed Jon, from memory it just needs core plugs.. And some general tlc of course. Yes, it's a falstone

[mendiplogs]

The complete one could be fixed Jon, from memory it just needs core plugs.. And some general tlc of course. Yes, it's a falstone

 

HI WOOD and new filters :thumbup1:thanks get it going mate thanks jon

[openspaceman]

Is that a old falstone skidder i can see on right on the photo? Used to have one of those about 25 years ago , good old thing, with the spacer in between the gearbox and bell houseing to make the wheel base longer to give extra traction,

 

Easier to get in and out of too. It was the crawler gearbox with no gubbins in it.

 

I don't know what the name was by we had one similar with 5 or 8 tonne electric over hydraulic iglands which was ex FC

Edited January 22, 2016 by openspaceman

[openspaceman]

At the risk of sounding like a complete novice... what is the purpose of double drum winches, compared to the seemingly more common single drum variant? Quite a few of you guys seem to use the double drums, and I see a lot of the old County's etc with them on...

 

As a skidder in thinnings it means you can run down a rack and pull the wires out on either side going to the furthermost tree and attaching a choker then working back to the tractor clipping in more chokers which slide on the wire (typically keyhole sliders) then winch in and extract like a herring bone. With a bit of skill and moving the tractor backward and forward whilst winching you could avoid obstacles or damaging standing trees. With chain chokers you are practically limited to about 4 permanently attached chokers on each drum, with rope chokers you could have a quick release pin on the end of the wire so could dump the tush with all the chokers, pick up a new set and head back into the wood, leaving the guys to work in the mud, crosscutting and hand stacking.

 

When highleading one drum pulls the load in whilst the other is braked to maintain tension (sounds easier than the b*ation it really is) and then the second drum pulls the wire back via a pulley on a spar tree.

[luftwaffe]

Easier to get in and out of too. It was the crawler gearbox with no gubbins in it.

 

I don't know what the name was by we had one similar with 5 or 8 tonne electric over hydraulic iglands which was ex FC

 

Would that be the cheviot skidder?

[openspaceman]

Would that be the cheviot skidder?

 

I don't know, I bought it for a friend when Alice Holt stopped direct harvesting and only had it for a few days, it had a heck of a pull, dragged the tractor back. It was a NA 4 cylinder 774 I guess.

 

I only have 6 pots, they do tend to bury the nose up and down steep banks.

[luftwaffe]

I don't know, I bought it for a friend when Alice Holt stopped direct harvesting and only had it for a few days, it had a heck of a pull, dragged the tractor back. It was a NA 4 cylinder 774 I guess.

 

I only have 6 pots, they do tend to bury the nose up and down steep banks.

 

Sounds like the cheviot to me, did it have the white county cab and wide wheels? Both the cheviot and the falstone were named after Northumbrian villages, where they were made,

[openspaceman]

Sounds like the cheviot to me, did it have the white county cab and wide wheels? Both the cheviot and the falstone were named after Northumbrian villages, where they were made,

 

Yes white cab and 18.4x30 tyres IIRC