davedj1
Veteran Member
I picked up a Braden style winch last year and finally got around to putting it to use.
It's worm gear drive, was driven by a hydraulic motor but that was seized up so I scrapped it and decided to run it directly from the PTO
The winch and the pump both had 15 tooth sprockets, I used a 25 tooth sprocket on the PTO shaft to gear it up a bit which overall I'm happy with it.
First a word of caution! If you go this route know that (at least with this style winch) you cannot kick it out of gear under load so I have to use my clutch on the tractor to disengage the load where I want it. It's very powerful, I have only run the tractor at an idle thus far.
I used a PTO shaft extension that was supposed to be 1 3/8" diameter, I had to grind it down a bit to fit into the 1 3/8" bearings that I bought. I bought a weld on hub for the sprocket . The steel bits are stuff I had laying around. It still needs some finishing touches but so far I like it. I want to weld on another hook to the frame and get three sliders for the cable and I have to get some new chokers.
I'm very pleased with the milk crate to carry gas, oil, chains, water and chainsaw. I still want to build a saw-haul type carrier.
Let me know if you want any specific info.
It's worm gear drive, was driven by a hydraulic motor but that was seized up so I scrapped it and decided to run it directly from the PTO
The winch and the pump both had 15 tooth sprockets, I used a 25 tooth sprocket on the PTO shaft to gear it up a bit which overall I'm happy with it.
First a word of caution! If you go this route know that (at least with this style winch) you cannot kick it out of gear under load so I have to use my clutch on the tractor to disengage the load where I want it. It's very powerful, I have only run the tractor at an idle thus far.
I used a PTO shaft extension that was supposed to be 1 3/8" diameter, I had to grind it down a bit to fit into the 1 3/8" bearings that I bought. I bought a weld on hub for the sprocket . The steel bits are stuff I had laying around. It still needs some finishing touches but so far I like it. I want to weld on another hook to the frame and get three sliders for the cable and I have to get some new chokers.
I'm very pleased with the milk crate to carry gas, oil, chains, water and chainsaw. I still want to build a saw-haul type carrier.
Let me know if you want any specific info.