Thinking of customizing my 3ph winch
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Oldpath - I like your uparmor job. Impressive.
Is the tool store still there?
I used to love to go there & sift thru the inventory on a rainy day.
Is the tool store still there?
I used to love to go there & sift thru the inventory on a rainy day.
If your talking about the tool store in down town Liberty that sells used tools, I was up there last summer and bought some of this that and the other thing, but probably in the winter time it's open with limited hrs.
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Yes, that's the one. Looks to be an old 3 story general store, but packed basement to attic with used tools. Glad to hear it's still there.
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Oldpath I agree completely about the trailer method. I have 1/2 mile betw woodlot and woodshed and don't drag anything that far. Winch it to the woods road, then grapple onto the trailer.
Guys on TBN don't seem to feel the same, but I like the system a lot. I get about 3/4 of a cord per load.
Jim
Guys on TBN don't seem to feel the same, but I like the system a lot. I get about 3/4 of a cord per load.
Jim
Next time you get some firewood out with trailer, you'll have to get some pictures, I'll have some this spring when I get some more logs out, my son is gonna need a bunch to finish his house this summer.
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This is what I use. It's an old mobile home frame. I welded some pockets onto it for 4x4 stakes, and two more near the tongue for some 4x4 struts. I tow it behind the winch. When I get near the trees I'll cut, I lift the front of the trailer, slide down the struts and pin them, then let the trailer down on the side of the woods road.
6x8 bunks on the trailer deck have a chunk of 4x4x3/16" square tubing attached at each end to keep them in place. That raises the logs above the bed and makes it easier to unload.
Cut the trees into 10' lengths (stove takes 20"), winch to trailer site, then grapple onto the trailer. When it's loaded, pick up the front again, raise the struts, and drive to the barnyard. Trailer holds about a cord, all I want for weight on my steep woods roads. I unload with the grapple.
This is a good system for me, since it's 15-20 minutes from woodlot to barnyard at tractor speeds. Wood is clean mostly, and roads aren't rutted up by skidding.
I also like your up-armored protection, and plan on some of that myself. Here's pix of front of trailer, and with some pine logs a neighbor gave me.
Jim
6x8 bunks on the trailer deck have a chunk of 4x4x3/16" square tubing attached at each end to keep them in place. That raises the logs above the bed and makes it easier to unload.
Cut the trees into 10' lengths (stove takes 20"), winch to trailer site, then grapple onto the trailer. When it's loaded, pick up the front again, raise the struts, and drive to the barnyard. Trailer holds about a cord, all I want for weight on my steep woods roads. I unload with the grapple.
This is a good system for me, since it's 15-20 minutes from woodlot to barnyard at tractor speeds. Wood is clean mostly, and roads aren't rutted up by skidding.
I also like your up-armored protection, and plan on some of that myself. Here's pix of front of trailer, and with some pine logs a neighbor gave me.
Jim
Nice trailer Jim, what tractor you pulling that with, and if you put on 16' logs, can you still raise those struts up? The only thing similar to my trailer is the bunks with short removable stakes, and planked over. The biggest differences is a stronger mobile home frame, A (A) frame hitch with a ring, and the best part of your trailer, is the tandem wheels which I bet helps it pull easier over stumps and bumps.
My trailer is from an 1/2 ton pickup frame with the rear axle welded to it. My hitch a 2x4, 6' long qu. stock with 1/4" wall, welded to center of trailer. It has one 2x2 sq. tube for a strut/stand, that sets in another 2-1/2 qu. tube 6" long with a removable pin like you have and same length as yours, but the 6" long piece is welded to pipe that fits over a smaller pipe, like in front of your strut, and another pin to hold the stand vertical or horizontal when hooked on tractor.
That way I can haul 16' logs and still swing my stand up horizontal.
Also if I haven't given you many numbers at once, I have a 2" qu. receiver welded in the bottom of my winch, so I can take the trailer hitch out when not in use, and I better get some pics. of that, or I'll be typing another 100 words, not the standed trailer hitch with ball.
My trailer is from an 1/2 ton pickup frame with the rear axle welded to it. My hitch a 2x4, 6' long qu. stock with 1/4" wall, welded to center of trailer. It has one 2x2 sq. tube for a strut/stand, that sets in another 2-1/2 qu. tube 6" long with a removable pin like you have and same length as yours, but the 6" long piece is welded to pipe that fits over a smaller pipe, like in front of your strut, and another pin to hold the stand vertical or horizontal when hooked on tractor.
That way I can haul 16' logs and still swing my stand up horizontal.
Also if I haven't given you many numbers at once, I have a 2" qu. receiver welded in the bottom of my winch, so I can take the trailer hitch out when not in use, and I better get some pics. of that, or I'll be typing another 100 words, not the standed trailer hitch with ball.