MossRoad
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- Joined
- Aug 31, 2001
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- Location
- South Bend, Indiana (near)
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT425 2001 Model Year
I need a winch on my car hauler trailer to parbuckle firewood logs onto the trailer, similar to what these folks are doing in this video (but I won't be running through the danger zones or standing in the cable path 
)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1m53UckEk
The logs will be cut into 16' lengths. They are generally ALWAYS under 14" diameter. I'll be using the car ramps. I just need to fabricate some mounts to get the logs over the fenders.
As for the winch... I have an electric winch, which would probably work well for this purpose. However, I want it dual purpose; the trailer AND the Power Trac and I don't want an electric winch on the PT425. I'd like to be able to skid some logs off of some slopes that I don't feel comfortable having behind the PT on the way down. This would be ideal, I think.
Looking at the Power Trac winch on their website, it looks like all it is is a large cubic inch displacement motor with a shaft directly powering a spool with no gearing, powered by the AUX PTO. Is that what everyone else sees? Pull the knee lever for one direction. Push for the other direction. I think its locked when in the middle position. However, is there a free spool? It doesn't look like it. I don't think I could pull the cable out while trying to operate a lever, too. I suppose I could put in an H with a valve between the lines and open it to free spool it, though. Not too hard. Or a detent valve in the OUT direction would work too, wouldn't it?
If that is the case, I think I could power a hydraulic winch with our logsplitter and a two-way valve. Or, I have an unused 8hp gas engine that I could power a hydraulic pump with on the trailer. Could also power a log splitter on the trailer, too. That would be handy as well.
Any thoughts? Its winter, so I am bored!!! :laughing:
)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD1m53UckEk
The logs will be cut into 16' lengths. They are generally ALWAYS under 14" diameter. I'll be using the car ramps. I just need to fabricate some mounts to get the logs over the fenders.
As for the winch... I have an electric winch, which would probably work well for this purpose. However, I want it dual purpose; the trailer AND the Power Trac and I don't want an electric winch on the PT425. I'd like to be able to skid some logs off of some slopes that I don't feel comfortable having behind the PT on the way down. This would be ideal, I think.
Looking at the Power Trac winch on their website, it looks like all it is is a large cubic inch displacement motor with a shaft directly powering a spool with no gearing, powered by the AUX PTO. Is that what everyone else sees? Pull the knee lever for one direction. Push for the other direction. I think its locked when in the middle position. However, is there a free spool? It doesn't look like it. I don't think I could pull the cable out while trying to operate a lever, too. I suppose I could put in an H with a valve between the lines and open it to free spool it, though. Not too hard. Or a detent valve in the OUT direction would work too, wouldn't it?
If that is the case, I think I could power a hydraulic winch with our logsplitter and a two-way valve. Or, I have an unused 8hp gas engine that I could power a hydraulic pump with on the trailer. Could also power a log splitter on the trailer, too. That would be handy as well.
Any thoughts? Its winter, so I am bored!!! :laughing:
