Electric winch

[nyone]

Considering the white rope broke in 2hrs I think we are going to find abuse of the cable. Also if your wire rope broke do not use synthetic. They arnt nearly as abrasion resistant as wire.

 

[chim]

How was it rigged? Was the cable wrapped around something with the hook on the cable? And what's up with the lynch pin?

 

[sandman2234]

Be right back. Going for some popcorn

Hey chim, pass the popcorn!
David from jax

 

[sandman2234]

I was wondering about the winch being mounted on top of the FENDERS! Hopefully the other end of the block and tackle is hooked to the drawbar to give it less chance of flipping the tractor!
Overall, a winch is a great thing to have on a tractor, either full time or set up to quick connect when you need it!
David from jax

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I mount my winches on receiver plates, and have 2-inch receivers mounted on the FEL bucket, the fork lift carrier, and a couple of the 3-pt attachments. Ran 4-gauge cable with Anderson connectors to both ends of the tractor.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Hey chim, pass the popcorn!
David from jax

I'm sorry so long replying, several bushel baskets of popcorn later!
The lynch pin is just a rig job, the original pin fell out somewhere. Winch is mounted on tractor front weight bracket. I'm thinking where the cable snapped was I winched a heavy log then lifted a bit with FEL so I could drag it.

 

[ning]

I've been thinking about doing something similar. I often get stuck while plowing and the idea of using a hydraulic winch has possibilities. I plan to mount it on the FEL subframe and power it with the 3rd function valve.

@ptsg did something similar (not on the FEL subframe, but it's a hydraulic winch... which he made ): Hydraulic winch

 

[Tinhack]

I mount my winches on receiver plates, and have 2-inch receivers mounted on the FEL bucket, the fork lift carrier, and a couple of the 3-pt attachments. Ran 4-gauge cable with Anderson connectors to both ends of the tractor.

I hope you used real copper cable and not the cheap CCA.