AndyMA
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- Joined
- Oct 11, 2000
- Messages
- 3,652
- Location
- Windham County, Conn
- Tractor
- Ford 2120 , Kubota MX5200 , Deere X748SE. 1956 Economy Tractor
Re: Logging Winches and How to Use \'Em
I run a Farmi 501 on both my Ford 2120 (same size as TC48/55) and my TN75. It works great. You certainly don't have to "back up" to release a snag. As far as finesse goes, I can't imagine the hydraulic versions ones having any more finesse than the Farmi rope clutch. Farmi also has remote controls for the winch. When you get the Farmi, don't forget the self releasing snatch block that they offer. It lets you pull trees around corners. Also Farmi recommends pulling trees by the small end and I definitely concur with that. They pull much easier and don't dig into the ground. You won't get into trouble flipping if you pull close to straight off the rear of the tractor. That's another place where the snatch block comes into play so that you con't have to move the tractor very much. Just set up the block on a stump or tree straight off the rear of the tractor and pull all those trees off axis hrough it.
Andy
I run a Farmi 501 on both my Ford 2120 (same size as TC48/55) and my TN75. It works great. You certainly don't have to "back up" to release a snag. As far as finesse goes, I can't imagine the hydraulic versions ones having any more finesse than the Farmi rope clutch. Farmi also has remote controls for the winch. When you get the Farmi, don't forget the self releasing snatch block that they offer. It lets you pull trees around corners. Also Farmi recommends pulling trees by the small end and I definitely concur with that. They pull much easier and don't dig into the ground. You won't get into trouble flipping if you pull close to straight off the rear of the tractor. That's another place where the snatch block comes into play so that you con't have to move the tractor very much. Just set up the block on a stump or tree straight off the rear of the tractor and pull all those trees off axis hrough it.
Andy
