CDN Farm Boy
Veteran Member
I'm looking to build a log grapple/winch for the 3pt of my B3300. I've been watching for 2 yrs now for a used skidding winch to show up but nothing small enough and they are crazy expensive if they do (like 80-90% of new for a beat up piece of junk). I've been planning something similar to what Rustyiron did but I doubt mine won't be nearly as elegant.
Does anyone have a drawing/layout of a bypass grapple that they'd like to share? I'm looking to make something similar to the Vably or Wallenstein and figured it was easier to ask rather than trial and error to figure it out. I've got most of the steel here and there is a decent supply at a scrap yard only a few miles up the road, just buying the grapple isn't an option. I'm just going to hang it on a pair of chains, no hyd rotator.
As for the winch, I've got a Warn HS9500i sitting on the shelf. I was going to use it on a firewood processor but this seems like it might be a better use. Is there any reason why I shouldn't or can't use this winch especially since I have it? Any of the hyd winches I've seen are usually both very slow and very expensive. Some of the old iron PTO winches seem ridiculously large and far more capacity than I need for my little machine.
Does anyone have a drawing/layout of a bypass grapple that they'd like to share? I'm looking to make something similar to the Vably or Wallenstein and figured it was easier to ask rather than trial and error to figure it out. I've got most of the steel here and there is a decent supply at a scrap yard only a few miles up the road, just buying the grapple isn't an option. I'm just going to hang it on a pair of chains, no hyd rotator.
As for the winch, I've got a Warn HS9500i sitting on the shelf. I was going to use it on a firewood processor but this seems like it might be a better use. Is there any reason why I shouldn't or can't use this winch especially since I have it? Any of the hyd winches I've seen are usually both very slow and very expensive. Some of the old iron PTO winches seem ridiculously large and far more capacity than I need for my little machine.