Skidding Winches

[Gordon Gould]

I believe you, really do, but I don't see that here. I wonder if you are using the right size chain for the choker hook you have. The right type chain too, with very short links that have to be lined up just right to slip free thru the slot ?



I have only used the cheap latched hooks and the latches get mangled or the chain is in the way when you try to open the latch. Seemed to be a two hand job for my block fingers. I should try one like you have to be fair.

gg

 

[Oldpath05]

I believe you, really do, but I don't see that here. I wonder if you are using the right size chain for the choker hook you have. The right type chain too, with very short links that have to be lined up just right to slip free thru the slot ?

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I have only used the cheap latched hooks and the latches get mangled or the chain is in the way when you try to open the latch. Seemed to be a two hand job for my block fingers. I should try one like you have to be fair.

gg

My chains looks like yours, two of them still have the same stile hooks, also they are made in China, maybe all hooks are, not sure.

I have also tried the cheap latch hooks and they are crap, one twitch like you said, get's mangled. Tulsa latch hooks are not cheap, $30.00/pc. to get them at my door, I manage to afford 3, and after 4 years haven't mangled any of those yet. There's no more lining up the links to hook or un-hook and when hooking on a tree, just wrap the chain around it and slam the hook anywhere on the chain. It's a strong latch and can easily be hooked un-hooked with one hand and send a text with the other.

I'd have to say if you don't have a hooking or unhooking problem, then it would be a wastes of money to buy them, what works for me might not work for you. Any how for me it seems like the darndest things happen when I get wood out, like self unhooking chain hooks.

 

[Greenland South]

Found out the hard way, a new use for the skidding winch this past weekend. Went off to the cabin property and got caught in a major rain event about 4km from the pavement. Had to unload the tractor and tow the truck and trailer seperatly another 2km to where I could get them turned around. Then back to the pavement. Took about 7 hours. Things were pretty muddy by the time it was over.

 

[Oldpath05]

That's a muddy mess, least you didn't have to get someone to pull your tractor out. The weather here has been on the dry-ish side for two months with some really nice sunshiny days, unusual for Maine.

 

[CDN Farm Boy]

Found out the hard way, a new use for the skidding winch this past weekend. Went off to the cabin property and got caught in a major rain event about 4km from the pavement. Had to unload the tractor and tow the truck and trailer seperatly another 2km to where I could get them turned around. Then back to the pavement. Took about 7 hours. Things were pretty muddy by the time it was over. View attachment 473025View attachment 473026

That must have been worse in person. Looks to me like any 4wd truck should be able to drive thru that. Or is it a considerable slope being in BC?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I've been cutting/raking/baling hay, and picking and delivering it...

As I don't want to take my skidding winch off, here's how I pull my trailer to pick bales and deliver the hay,

The winch cable holds the tongue up and the chain pulls the load...it works perfectly!

OK, you safety police, tell me how bad that is, bla bla bla...

SR

 

[motownbrowne]

I've been cutting/raking/baling hay, and picking and delivering it...

As I don't want to take my skidding winch off, here's how I pull my trailer to pick bales and deliver the hay,

The winch cable holds the tongue up and the chain pulls the load...it works perfectly!

OK, you safety police, tell me how bad that is, bla bla bla...

SR

I've done that myself with the winch. Works just fine on back roads for short trips, as long as the load doesn't start trying to go faster than you.

 

[carlhwv]

I got a tentative start date of July 18th for our TN project. It is going to be epic, for me anyway, as we are looking at 2000-3000 feet of road going side hill on a 1:1 grade with 80-100 year growth. Have a Kumatsu 120 trackhoe that is doing the cut and I'll be dragging and grading. I'm going to start a thread to capture the journey. I'll post it when I get up and running.

 

[Oldpath05]

I've been cutting/raking/baling hay, and picking and delivering it...

As I don't want to take my skidding winch off, here's how I pull my trailer to pick bales and deliver the hay,

The winch cable holds the tongue up and the chain pulls the load...it works perfectly!

OK, you safety police, tell me how bad that is, bla bla bla...

SR

This is not the bla bla safety police, but how come you dont hook to the trailer hitch?

 

[Jim Timber]

This is not the bla bla safety police, but how come you dont hook to the trailer hitch?

Got no balls?

Sorry Rob, you left that one wide open.