in your opinion, whats more useful, a logging winch or wicked grapple?

[ovrszd]

And how many lids a grapple needs.

Two.......

 

[yukonhunter]

I have a jd 4066r. ..i love the fact that i can pull out multiple logs down the trail at the same time with the winch, but yes, i think a grapple qould be better for a lot more options. Moving wood, clearing food plots etc

 

[Oldpath05]

Here's my two cents worth, in my world the choice of one would be a logging winch, and at times it would be nice to have both. But with the limited $$$$$ I had/have, and the type of cutting I do, and the land I do it on, dictates the type of implement that work's for me.
I do a lot of select cutting in places where my L3400 wont fit and near tree's that I don't want to cut, yet. Lot of my land is hilly and there are some swampy area's, and if that's not bad enough, my land is just plain hard going everywhere, and my tractor at times is just not big enough so winching is required.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_OaT40_K-A
I like topics like this to BEAT to Death, then bury it, and then do the Lazarus on it!

 

[4570Man]

Here is my take on it. With a long cable and a few block and tackles I can do anything a logging winch can do. Can a logging winch do this?

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Here is my take on it. With a long cable and a few block and tackles I can do anything a logging winch can do.

THAT just isn't true!

I've winched out plenty of logs and other things, that you never would have been able to pull out with cables and blocks! A winch will pull MUCH more than a tractor will pull, like getting a heavy truck unstuck, or getting logs out of a ravine that has limited access. Once out, then the tractor can pull them...

I think to answer this question "properly", we need much more info from the OP.

SR

 

[4570Man]

THAT just isn't true! I've winched out plenty of logs and other things, that you never would have been able to pull out with cables and blocks! A winch will pull MUCH more than a tractor will pull, like getting a heavy truck unstuck, or getting logs out of a ravine that has limited access. Once out, then the tractor can pull them... I think to answer this question "properly", we need much more info from the OP. SR

With a pulley reduction I can. It is easier to just use my rollback with a 15k winch. If I REALLY need to pull hard I can use the army truck which is equipped with a 45K winch, a 20k winch, and a 15 k winch on the boom. Of course the logging winch would be easier. The op asked which is more useful. The logging winch is only good for one thing. The use of a grapple is almost limitless.

 

[Citydude]

I have both a grapple and winch. I have the same conditions as SR. The winch can get logs where the tractor wouldn't go. The grapple is great after the logs and material is winched to where I can grab them. For my property, both are equally important however I did get the grapple first then realized a winch would be a real work saver.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

With a pulley reduction I can. It is easier to just use my rollback with a 15k winch. If I REALLY need to pull hard I can use the army truck which is equipped with a 45K winch, a 20 winch, and a 15 k winch on the boom. Of course the logging winch would be easier. The op asked which is more useful. The logging winch is only good for one thing. The use of a grapple is almost limitless.

You only "can" if you have the room to do it, and "that's" not something you always have. Another thing, the winch anchors it self on the spot, for even more pull and that's something else you won't be doing.

I winched a LOADED van out of a swamp, that a bigger tractor couldn't get out, and you had to anchor on the spot, all the blocks ect. wouldn't have helped. An "anchored" roll back/big truck could have done it, but you would have had to winch the roll back into where the van was...

Didn't you just prove my point that some things, you just need a winch for!

I'd love to have witnessed you getting ANY truck to where that van was! lol

SR

 

[4570Man]

You only "can" if you have the room to do it, and "that's" not something you always have. Another thing, the winch anchors it self on the spot, for even more pull and that's something else you won't be doing. I winched a LOADED van out of a swamp, that a bigger tractor couldn't get out, and you had to anchor on the spot, all the blocks ect. wouldn't have helped. An "anchored" roll back/big truck could have done it, but you would have had to winch the roll back into where the van was... Didn't you just prove my point that some things, you just need a winch for! I'd love to have witnessed you getting ANY truck to where that van was! lol SR

I'm not denying that sometimes you need a winch. I certainly wouldn't give up my grapple for one. If I can't get a 10x10 army truck somewhere with the assistance of the 20k front winch, then I probably don't need to go there. I can roll the rollback bed into the ground giving me the same anchoring effect as the logging winch. I'd rather have to pay a couple of tow bills than give up my grapple.

 

[ovrszd]

Hey, maybe that's another way to look at this.

Would you give up your winch for a Grapple??

Would you give up your Grapple for a Winch??