Winches Hydraulic Winch

[jwbrown]

I finally finished the hydraulic winch that I built for my 4740 GST. Overall, it works very well. I can winch a full lenght tree with no problems. The winch was built with an old Holmes wrecker winch, a ROP from a ditchwitch, a push blade from a wheel horse lawn tractor, some high dollar steel, and a little bit of amateur engineering. You will see in the photos that I bent one side of the blade a little. I have since straighted it back and added gussets on each side. Overall, I have around $1400.00. A new one will cost well over $4000.00. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

 

[dodge man]

Very nice, and all powered by a Sthil chainsaw, very clever.

 

[nedly05]

Cool, I like the storage bin, very nice job!!

 

[rtdiggr]

That is a nice looking piece of equipment, looks good enough to sell in production.


Shane

 

[nh DRAGON]

Looks great! And by the position of the winch it looks like you could have even had it PTO driven as well. Great job!

 

[mcnitt]

Nice Work!....But why do you have a blade on it?

 

[johnk]

Nice Work!....But why do you have a blade on it?

When the blade is lowered it will give added braking while winching...

 

[simonmeridew]

Nice job John:
Does the winch have any provision for a slip clutch, say you hooked a log behind a tree while you were winching it in? My farmi will slip so nothing breaks.
simonmeridew

 

[Farmerford]

Very professional job.

It would look even better if your chainsaw was the same color.

 

[rbargeron]

Very nice job. Just a thought - some of the taller winches mount a snatch block and notched rail at mid-height so the top link doesn't have to take so much force drawing a full hitch.