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[ferrari99]

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this is a winch I converted from the type you had to bolt to the rear of the tractor to quick connection category HMV which we use in Norway

What do you use the winch for?

 

[Tor Arne]

What do you use the winch for?

Logging firewood i sell and timber i take to the local sawmill.
I have also used it to pull trucks out of the ditch.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Hi Gordon,

Nicely done!

I notice you made it with a swinging rear gate, how does that work?Thanks,
Thomas

Thanks
I put it on as an experiment to make it act as a box blade. There are a couple stop pins that the tail gate hits against. I can hang it behind the stops so when I back up the tailgate acts as a blade to push stuff and it is heavy enough so that it will also hold light material like sod in the box when grading. Makes sod on road edges and in the road easy to deal with. If I swing the gate up and over so it hangs inside the stops I can collect material in the box and move it just like (almost) a box blade. I find it useful. For just grading a gravel road w/o sod in it it is just there for decoration as it adds little.

 

[ovrszd]

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this is a winch I converted from the type you had to bolt to the rear of the tractor to quick connection category HMV which we use in Norway

Very cool. I'd like to stumble onto a winch like that!!!

 

[Tor Arne]

Very cool. I'd like to stumble onto a winch like that!!!

Sandvik 3000 stil get parts for them

 

[ovrszd]

Sandvik 3000 stil get parts for them

Hmmmmm... That name sounds familiar. I run a Road Grader. We have some rotating toothed blades that we use a couple times a year to reclaim gravel. I'm pretty sure they are made by a Company named Sandvik. Wonder if it's the same Company???

 

[Tor Arne]

Sanvik makes all kind of stuff from hand Tools to rock crushers. They used to produce most of their stuff about 1.5 hours drive from where I live. Now it's just the office that is left of what was a large Norwegian group, moved out of the country because of production costs

 

[ovrszd]

Sanvik makes all kind of stuff from hand Tools to rock crushers. They used to produce most of their stuff about 1.5 hours drive from where I live. Now it's just the office that is left of what was a large Norwegian group, moved out of the country because of production costs

I don't know why, but that really surprises me!!!! We've suffered with that problem for quite a while now, probably close to 20 years. Never would have thought you'd have that problem in Norway... A high majority of our medium sized to small sized production has went out of the country.. It's really hurt our middle income families. A lot of educated people working in fast food places or some sort of retail sales. No production jobs to be had. Pretty sad.

 

[Tor Arne]

I don't know why, but that really surprises me!!!! We've suffered with that problem for quite a while now, probably close to 20 years. Never would have thought you'd have that problem in Norway... A high majority of our medium sized to small sized production has went out of the country.. It's really hurt our middle income families. A lot of educated people working in fast food places or some sort of retail sales. No production jobs to be had. Pretty sad.

I know, I am a graduate electrical mechanik and licensed for construction equipment and I can not even get a job in a grocery store I've searched over 200 jobs in recent months and have not got a job. there are simply too many people applying for jobs. I have sometimes wondered if I should bring a shotgun to the next job interviews and "persuade" them to give me the job

 

[ovrszd]

I know, I am a graduate electrical engineer and licensed for construction equipment and I can not even get a job in a grocery store I've searched over 200 jobs in recent months and have not got a job. there are simply too many people applying for jobs. I have sometimes wondered if I should bring a shotgun to the next job interviews and "persuade" them to give me the job

That sucks. Did you ever think it would be like this??? In our Country our wages grew to the point of driving jobs overseas. It's hard to believe that an attachment of my tractor, such as a Quick Hitch, can be made in China and shipped halfway around the World cheaper than it can be made here.

I saw a picture of a container ship coming into a harbor in California recently. It had 250 containers sitting on top of the deck. Not sure how many more below deck. The article was complaining about traffic congestion and ships importing into USA having to wait days just to get to the dock.