alterntive to Tirfor winch?

[flatyre]

Been asked by a customer to remove 15ft high trunk which is leaning against an old piggery. The neighbour is looking an excuse to get the customer to pay for a new roof as the old one is asbestos so it can't be damaged. I can't find any Tirfor winches in the local hire stores and can't justify buying one as it'll probably never be used again, any ideas how to get some strain on a 15ftx3ft Monteray Pine monolith?

[felixthelogchopper]

Whereabouts is the job?

[Will C]

These guys do good value winches from small and cheap to BIG. We've got the 3.2ton tirfor copy, not let us down at all in all weathers. We said same as you about never needing one but it has done a lot of work since I got it for "that" job!

Hoisting and Material Handling at The Ratchet Shop

[Stoatally]

What about ebay and then relist it once the job is done?

[dumper]

Speedy hire will deliver and collect tirfor anywhere in mainland uk

[flatyre]

unfortunately i'm in Northern Ireland, that 3,000 kg block from the ratchet shop looks good!

[Daythe trees]

I just bought a winch which looks identical to a Tirfor and is CE marked its an ACE winch 3.2t lift 5t drag, got it off amazon and it arrived the next day. Comes with a 20m 16mm dia stainless bond. Great bit of kit bought for hauling over a row of back-leaning firs.

 

Depending how much the monolith weights can you not install a rope in the tree and a pulley at your intended anchor point then use a klemhiest or prussic as a lock as you advance the system? Could then tension it to prevent any backwards movement and use hi lifts or a bottle jack to lift it over? Best achieved with two men or one very fast runner!

Edited June 28, 2016 by Daythe trees
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[flatyre]

There will be two of us, the other guy has a lot more experience than me, I explained the job and he said get a Tirfor winch, but i'll pass on your advice and see what he thinks. much appreciated.

[drinksloe]

Tirfor's were/posibly still are the best, but they no longer have the exclusive copyright so a lot of the copies are almot as good and use the same system. For occasional use a copy will do the job probably not a lot dearer to buy than hire,always a handy thing

 

I bought a 1.6T copy its pulled over some decent big an dodgy stuff. Esp if u have a snatch block in the system. The 1.6T is a better size for carying by hand

It once pulled 2 landy's out at same time, the cherry picker 1 was well bogged and attached the 2nd one as rope to short but it could not pull the landy out, so it was just in nuetral and that was with the 1.6T version

The trick with trees is getting ur anchor point as high up tree as possible.

 

The only problem with hand winches compared to tractor powered, is if ur felling alongside a hazard and which is line with felling direction once the tree starts to fall u can't keep up with the tension so just have to be careful if tree can break of hinge and turn/roll.

I usually put a 2nd winch at 90 that can take pressure/wieght as tree falls

[Stihllymok]

https://www.firstfour.co.uk/item/811836/gp1600-hand-winch-with-wire-rope

 

Bought one of these last year.

Great little winch I'd be surprised if you didn't use it once its part of the "armoury":thumbup1: