Greenland South
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Wallenstein makes one that will fit your tractor. Canadian made, pretty much right in your backyard. Ditch the idea of synthetic cable. It's an expensive upgrade you'll be replacing a lot sooner than good old steel.
Skidding winches
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Baby Grand
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- Windsor, CT.
- Tractor
- Kubotas: L3240GST B2320HST B5100D & G5200H
Just got a Fransgard V3507, back in late January.
I had been using a boom pole for the last 8 or 9 years, but doing that safely takes a lot of time & prep.
Even then, I was always working with a quickened pulse, knowing that if anything went wrong, it might not end well.
Having to get the tractor to the log also complicated things.
Pulling the log, with chains or rope, from the drawbar always seemed to challenge available traction.
After a lot of use, I'm very, very happy with the new winch and how it performs.
Great value & well matched to my L3240 Kubota (in the 4000 lb neighborhood).
I think it's already paid for itself by allowing me to remove 5 large hemlocks, firs & a maple, by myself & on my terms.
The trees were to the North of & way too close to our house.
They towered over the roof ridge, causing chimney draught problems the wood stove whenever the wind picked up.
I'll echo the usefulness of having a snatch block or 2.
As already mentioned, it lets you position the tractor in a safe location.
Also, it allows you to get farther out of the line of fire of a snapped cable.
I broke one of my two $20, "10,000 pound" TSC snatch blocks, yesterday.
Guess it's time to pay for some better quality snatch blocks ...
-Jim
I had been using a boom pole for the last 8 or 9 years, but doing that safely takes a lot of time & prep.
Even then, I was always working with a quickened pulse, knowing that if anything went wrong, it might not end well.
Having to get the tractor to the log also complicated things.
Pulling the log, with chains or rope, from the drawbar always seemed to challenge available traction.
After a lot of use, I'm very, very happy with the new winch and how it performs.
Great value & well matched to my L3240 Kubota (in the 4000 lb neighborhood).
I think it's already paid for itself by allowing me to remove 5 large hemlocks, firs & a maple, by myself & on my terms.
The trees were to the North of & way too close to our house.
They towered over the roof ridge, causing chimney draught problems the wood stove whenever the wind picked up.
I'll echo the usefulness of having a snatch block or 2.
As already mentioned, it lets you position the tractor in a safe location.
Also, it allows you to get farther out of the line of fire of a snapped cable.
I broke one of my two $20, "10,000 pound" TSC snatch blocks, yesterday.
Guess it's time to pay for some better quality snatch blocks ...
-Jim
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