Forestry Winch question

[ericm979]

Is that a synthetic cable? Might attach the end of the cable to a tree, and pull the tractor to the tree. Probably the same problem.

It's steel, and there's no safe place to pull the tractor to a tree. I'm on the side of a mountain, with forest. Not a lot of places to manuver.

Another Wallenstein winch here... I've also never had a problem just having someone pulling on the cable as I reel it in.

As far as I'm concerned, it's a non issue!

BTW, I'm still on my original wire rope too!

SR

That sounds good. Thanks for speaking up, I know you use yours a lot.

Problems with cable arise when the spool tension is too light, causing it to whiplash like a fishing reel. Several of us here have Uniforest 35 winches and they work pretty well. The manual is the weak point but the winch is a solid implement.

So it's more important to have the drag on the reel high enough (to use a fishing term)? I can see how having the drum freewheel even a little as you're pulling cable out could make a mess inside the winch.

I bought it based on posts from you and other folks who know their stuff. And also feeling like I might need more than 165' of cable due to limited places to pull from. Yea I already got the self releasing snatch block.

Like I said, operator error; I did not take up the slack after dropping a log from the winch.
That caused extra cable to unspool and the loose line slipped under that. Hard to explain harder to unkink

Ok I got it now, thanks. I'll try to not do that.

 

[sea2summit]

@sea2summit I think that it'd be even less than 1350lbs. According to this calculator https://cordem.com/load-calculator/
the utv would be about 360 lbs of pull (assuming 10% drag). The truck @ 5% drag would be about 1200 lbs.
If the winch manufacturer recommends using the tractor on a gentle slope than surely a truck that weighs just as much on a steeper slope ought to be enough.

Sorry I guess? You asked the question I gave my best guess.

 

[Grandad4]

I had a Uniforest 35 for several years. It was well-made and very reliable. Found the generous cable length very handy, particularly when combined with a self-releasing snatchblock. If you will be extracting logs from closely spaced trees, one of those skidding cones would minimize snags.

 

[WranglerX]

Got another vehicle you can partially set brake on and use it as "drag" to respool winch line?....

 

[CobyRupert]

14 posts on how to wind a cable onto a reel?!
Ok…I’ll add another.
Why are you trying to make it so tight? Find the smallest log or thing you think you’ll ever winch. Hook that on to the end and then reel the cable in. That will be tight enough. It will have to be. Because that’s what you do with a winch.
You don’t have to hook a pickup truck onto it every time you want to winch in the cable with a small log or even a few branches.

 

[Gordon Gould]

14 posts on how to wind a cable onto a reel?!
Ok…I’ll add another.
Why are you trying to make it so tight? Find the smallest log or thing you think you’ll ever winch. Hook that on to the end and then reel the cable in. That will be tight enough. It will have to be. Because that’s what you do with a winch.
You don’t have to hook a pickup truck onto it every time you want to winch in the cable with a small log or even a few branches.

Well said Coby

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