Skidding Winches

[Citydude]

My tractor can barely make it down my trails as it is. I'm talking about hauling 4 chains to the logs so the winch can pull them out to the tractor. Four 3/8" choker cables weigh about as much as one 5/16" chain. My choker chains come out when I'm using my loader.

I know. I was just jerking your chain.....

 

[Sawyer Rob]

They make hooks specifically for chokers ya know.

3/8" Choker Hook For 3/8" Chain Choker System | Chain Chokers & Hardware | Logging Chokers & Winchlines | www.www.baileysonline.com.com

Jim, I use that style too, I don't have any problem with them at all.

IF you want them to work right, you just have to be smarter than what your working with! lol

SR

 

[milkie62]

I wonder what the Farmi would cost without the overseas shipping cost ?

 

[Oldpath05]

Choker chains can get the tree off the ground higher and fit different size trees better the choker cables, chains are more rock resistant, and can make a better jing-a-ling sound going down the woods road. I used both in years past.

 

[Oldpath05]

This guy has my stile of logging, pull to the max, then a little more. He has a nice tractor and winch for getting trees off a mountain, I see where the hand held remote come's in handy here, better then doing the rope-a-dope. My tractor could probably pull one of those trees.

TREUIL TAJFUN 1 TONNES RADIOCOMMANDE FALARD - YouTube

 

[newbury]

This guy has my stile of logging, pull to the max, then a little more. He has a nice tractor and winch for getting trees off a mountain, I see where the hand held remote come's in handy here, better then doing the rope-a-dope. My tractor could probably pull one of those trees.

TREUIL TAJFUN 1 TONNES RADIOCOMMANDE FALARD - YouTube

Looking at those logs he was dragging makes me wonder the value of keeping them that long. The last 20' or 3 meters seem small.

 

[Jim Timber]

Looking at those logs he was dragging makes me wonder the value of keeping them that long. The last 20' or 3 meters seem small.
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They burn them. That whole yard is firewood.

 

[Oldpath05]

Yes those trees did look really long, must be that mountain affect, I'd have to cut them in half so I could pull one. I usually go down to 2 or 3 inches and leave the limbs on, cut off out at the would pile, or sometimes I cut them off in the woods and load em in the bucket, another good use for a loader, which why I just understand why a lot of overseas logging is done without a loader on a tractor.

 

[carlhwv]

Got my new to me tractor yesterday. Ended up with cousins Kubota M7040. It has three remotes, so I'm good to go on the hydro front. Unless anyone has a good winch they want to trade for a 73" hydro snowblower, I'm going with a Wallenstein 110. Looks like the best deal I've found is $4400, including shipping. Sound about right?

 

[Glrret]

I just got a Igland 4501 with 165ft of cable, 3 chokers and the same pulling power as the Wallenstein and I only paid $2995.00.



I got it from this guy in VT. kevin@reedsupplycompany.com