Gordon Gould
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- Joined
- Apr 1, 2007
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- Location
- NorthEastern, VT
- Tractor
- Kubota L3010DT, Kubota M5640SUD, Dresser TD7G Dozer
gg: do you skid the hitch back to the landing hanging directly from from cable or do you hook it to fixed points on the winch?
I should have added that I also have a smaller JP290 winch on my 30 hp tractor. It does not have a lower pulley. On that one I do transfer the chokers off the cable and onto the slotted bar. The manual on this one says to do that as it is a safety issue skidding from the top pulley.
That is how I learned that if you chain the log up without enough slack trying to get it higher off the ground you might not be able to unhook it at the landing if things shift during the skid or the terrain changes or you might canterlever the log somewhere along the skid and bend the slotted bar or the bottom edge of the dozer blade. In my case both are bent.
gg
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