Skidding winch

[4570Man]

A logging winch is an investment, if you decide to sell it, you get most of your money back!

I could have spent the time building something halfazzed too, but it's a no brainer to buy something that actually WORKS "efficiently" and has some RESALE when I'm done with it!

Once you have one and use it, you will wonder why you didn't buy it waaaaay sooner!

SR

I don’t disagree, heck it’s the same logic I’ve preached when the idea to build equipment comes up, but that’s a lot of money to skid some logs. I’m seeing prices of like $7k for the medium size model. That’s seems ridiculous for what they are.

 

[WranglerX]

Would definitely be low production work for some guys but it would spee things up for me. Right now Its either dragging trees out with the quad to an area where I can block them up or just simply blocking them up where they lay and hauling them out in the quad trailer.

Are you saying instead of mechanically or physically engaging the idler pulley to create the winching, have tension on the belts all the time and have something to mechanically disengage the winching. If so the problem I could see in that would be if the disengaging mechanism failed there would be no way of stopping the winch in an emergency except to disengage the tractor pto.
Unless I am misunderstanding you

Almost... Have manual control of belt (lever) and a override that will counter manual lever if hook/chain are about to go into guide pulley and bind up system and cause damage or destruction of winch and power train... Mostly for people whose brain tend to wander off during boring operations...

Dale

 

[Industrial Toys]

Wander Off? I can't even get my brain to show up!

 

[WranglerX]

Itç—´ way too delicate and too small to hold enough cable for a skidding winch.

HUH... My 10,000 pound electric winch will skid my 4500 pound Jeep across the ground with all four wheels locked....

Same mechanics just PTO drive instead of electric motor...

And you don't need 3/8 cable as on my winch so one could use a smaller diameter, as it is I have about 90 feet of 3/8 working cable probably could go smaller cable on winch drum for more capacity if I were just pulling out logs instead of rescuing flat landers that are in trouble once they get their $60,000 status symbol FWD rigs off pavement...

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

Wander Off? I can't even get my brain to show up!

At times I have has same issues...

Dale

 

[Stomper]

I don稚 disagree, heck it痴 the same logic I致e preached when the idea to build equipment comes up, but that痴 a lot of money to skid some logs. I知 seeing prices of like $7k for the medium size model. That痴 seems ridiculous for what they are.

Exactly my thoughts, hence this topic........but today I thought I would call the Wallenstien reps in my area to see what their skidding winches are actually worth. For my kubota L2501 he suggested the FX40 and I was surprised to hear the price of $2100. I was expecting double that.
Also checked on the WP 840 firewood processor. It's the design I am going to model mine around. At $8500 I WILL be building that'

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[John_Mc]

I don't disagree, heck it's the same logic I've preached when the idea to build equipment comes up, but that's a lot of money to skid some logs. I'm seeing prices of like $7k for the medium size model. That seems ridiculous for what they are.

The Uniforest 35M (rated at 7700# pull. I own its predecessor, the 35E) is currently selling for $2,995. The 55M (12,000# pull - slightly larger than a Farmi 501) sells for $4,795. Certainly not cheap, but that 35E has been worth it for me.

Looking at Farmi Prices advertised by a dealer a few hours from me in NY, he's advertising the Farmi 351 at $4500, and the 501 at $5500. I used to have a local dealer just a few miles down the road, but they seem to have dropped Farmi. They had no complaints about the quality: they loved them. The local dealer (who sold a LOT of Farmi winches) stopped carrying them because Farmi really screwed up big time in their supply chain and they were just about impossible to get for an extended period (a year or more, if I recall). After missing several sales due to no inventory, he picked up a competing brand.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

$3,000.00 and it will hold it's value over the years... Then when you want to sell it, you will get most of your money back!

Meanwhile, you will have one that works NOW, and won't be working halfazzed over it's life span...

Did I mention the resale value of a FACTORY winch???

SR

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have never been a fan of re-inventing the wheel. Manufacturers have built countless versions and much product. They have figured out, what works and what doesn't. It's why I don't even like copies and clones. They don't know what type of steel was best determined, only over time, for certain parts. Like the Chinese and Mennonites copying other peoples stuff. Sure, you can cut out similar looking parts on a laser and weld them together. And then, the shiny paint. There is more to quality than that.

 

[4570Man]

$3,000.00 and it will hold it's value over the years... Then when you want to sell it, you will get most of your money back!

Meanwhile, you will have one that works NOW, and won't be working halfazzed over it's life span...

Did I mention the resale value of a FACTORY winch???

SR

I hope they’re better at building winches than a website because it sucks. I had to use eBay to look for prices and it was like $7000 for a medium sized one. 3 grand isn’t awful. I can understand the value and I’d put buy one if I was trying to selectively cut timber. I’ve always had an abundance of firewood just taking the easy to get stuff. And I’ve never cut a healthy tree that didn’t need to come down for another reason for firewood.