Winches Poor man's logging winch

[altoonapillarrock]

i have a bx24 and i am thinking this is a novel idea - but the angle of pulling forces is just going to rotate the tractor on the rear tires making the front end go up in air until the front tires is on the same plane as the wire pulling it. like everyone is saying - keep the boom down low, and keep weight in the FEL and possibly tie down the front

Agreed. It may not work.

 

[Deere Dude]

I bought a 10k winch for pulling logs out of a woods in northern WI some years back. Hook to the truck front end and pull, but it was way to slow with the rehooking and making sure the cables doesn't get jammed up on the spool.

I found logging in my case was much easier by just getting a 50' and 100' cable. I can either pull them straight of the woods with the truck or tractor w/o the winch a lot faster. In the case where the angles for pulling don't quite work out I just use a pulley attached to a tree in the general direction I want the tree to go.

The farthest I pulled out of a woods so far has been about 250-300 feet using cables, but the down side is it generally is a two man operation. One driving and one spotting.

 

[altoonapillarrock]

Hi lead logging with a min Yoder is what I call it. I hope it works out well, really novel idea. If your tractor an assembly can take it, it will be great. I would reallysuggest you look at the scribbler scale book for a board feet guide, and you can transpose that into weight with some reasonable guesstimate.

Good idea, I will do that.

 

[newbury]

If it was a "Poor man's logging winch" you'd be using a HF $49 2,500 lb winch

Looks good. Get a strap for your FEL bucket to anchor against the nearest tree.

And there is the logweight calculator at woodweb.

/edit - Nice use of Anderson style connectors.

 

[altoonapillarrock]

I bought a 10k winch for pulling logs out of a woods in northern WI some years back. Hook to the truck front end and pull, but it was way to slow with the rehooking and making sure the cables doesn't get jammed up on the spool.

I found logging in my case was much easier by just getting a 50' and 100' cable. I can either pull them straight of the woods with the truck or tractor w/o the winch a lot faster. In the case where the angles for pulling don't quite work out I just use a pulley attached to a tree in the general direction I want the tree to go.

The farthest I pulled out of a woods so far has been about 250-300 feet using cables, but the down side is it generally is a two man operation. One driving and one spotting.

That's a long pull. Because of the terrain the longest pull I ever make is 50 feet. Anything farther from the house or road is part of my informal nature preserve.

 

[Gordon Gould]

That should be a great tool when used wisely for short pulls up steep banks and smallish wood. Good job. Fill your bucket with rocks. The more weight the better. I like it - nothing ventured nothing gained.

If you got a helper tie a long rope on the end of the cable. Keep one guy below to choke logs and pull line back down with the trailing rope. One guy on top to run winch and unhook

gg

 

[4570Man]

I can see where the winch can create 5X or more the pull force that the tractor tires can create. Keep the winch VERY low to the ground and no side pull. That winch could easily tip over the tractor,,, even with the stabilizers down.

Unless I'm mistaken he's only using a 3500 pound winch so the pull won't be far from equal. Even if it's a 20,000 pound winch it won't pull much more than the tractor since he's using the tractor for an anchor.

 

[petegoud]

Not a really good picture, but this is how I hooked up a 12,000 lb winch on my tractor to recover another tractor which was stuck on a side of a hill in mud hole. I mounted the winch in a receiver tube welded on the top of a boxblade. My thinking was that I could use the boxblade shoved into a bank to anchor my tractor, also I was trying to keep the center of gravity as low as possible. We had to use a snatch block to be able to pull the stuck tractor out directly from behind. Once we set things up, the process took all of 30 seconds to free the stuck tractor. The only reason I used such a big winch was because it was the only one I had at the time.

 

[Sprinklerman]

The battery on the BX is a bit small , It will strain the electrical system I would think

 

[Coyote machine]

I like your very neat setup and use if high grade electrical connectors.
I would use a clamshell snatchblock, possibly a self releasing one to minimize the forces on your tractor and to increase overall pulling strength by double the winches capability alone. Plus you get an advantage of being able to be out of the way of anything that might fly toward you/tractor like broken cable, hooks etc.
Igland makes wicked excellent clamshell snatch blocks, some models are self releasing. I would possibly incorporate your old Tundra as your anchor point for the snatch block, attaching it to the rear receiver as the pivot point and then having the tractor directly behind the truck or at an angle to keep you out of harm's way. Then you could watch the cable as it pulls your log(s) out of the woods.
Link:Igland Snatch block with automatic release - YouTube
Another thing to use to minimize the drag/snagging on the winch cable is a log cone:Portable Winch Skidding Cone for Logs up to a Diameter of 2in | SHERRILLtree

I have an Igland winch and snatch block, though not self releasing, so I know what an advantage using a winch of any kind can be. You can place a blanket or jacket or other similar object on the winch cable while hauling the cable toward the tractor to stop a cable snap from going wild and doing damage. This method takes the tension stored in the taught cable out instantly, saving the bacon: YOU.

Best to roll out your cable entire length and roll it back up without a load before use to help keep it from snagging on the spool. You can do this by attaching it to an object/ truck etc., then drive away slowly. Then wind it up by hand while operating the winch, possibly with someone on the hook end if you can't do both as a single person.

Have fun, be safe, MORE pics!