ToadHill
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- Joined
- Oct 18, 2005
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- Location
- Catt county New York
- Tractor
- Kioti DK35, Ford 8N, Oliver Cletrac
I prefer a wire cable.
One of our main problems is where we are working is wide open farmland or pasture. Very few trees or anything to anchor a winch to. I know they make the anchors you can bury, etc but it really is not that practical. Also winches are expensive and dangerous in their own way. The cables on them can be a pain to deal with if you do not know what you are doing. I like winches for my personal vehicles and they definitely have a place but they don't seem to be the best solution for our problem.
I find that curious...
In my opinion, if you are breaking chains, you are doing something wrong or at the least, abusing the equipment.
When we used to do a bit of off roading with our Land Cruiser and friends, we always had a winch, some chains, some straps and some connection hardware. We could almost always pull out larger vehicles with smaller vehicles with a winch. The larger vehicle had to "assist" some times with its drivetrain, but no big deal. The nice thing about a winch is it stores the cable for you.
If I were you, I would get receivers on the front and back of both of your work trucks and a winch with alligator clip electric leads mounted on a 2" bar. Then you could transfer it to the front or back of either of your vehicles as needed.
The thing about is that we are working, not offroading for fun.
The thing about is that we are working, not offroading for fun. We are having to drive down fresh cut right of ways that often cross creeks, etc. There are often times there are places that you look at and you know you will get stuck but you have to go through to get the job done. I have seen our trucks buried in mud so deep the doors would not open. A simple pull is not going to get that out unless it is from a big tractor or dozer. Thus we have to yank on them to get free and sometimes things break.
I will think about the winch idea but I would be looking at probably $1000-$1500 a truck to set it up as your describe and I have 5 trucks. That much $$ could buy a lot of chains or ropes.