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Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: July 23, 2016, 1:42 pm
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Well I got my tree winch together and took it to the mountains
to try it out. It is just a inexpensive harbor freight winch
that I welded a mount for so that it can be strapped to a tree
for pulling over leaners in the wrong direction and for skidding
out after limbing.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: Cut4fun Date: July 23, 2016, 1:58 pm
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Neat idea.
Guy I used to cut with used the big chain type hand com-along
type deal. For the same uses as you are it seems.
Used to be able to pull dang trees whatever direction you
wanted. IMO it would have pulled them down till they broke
without cutting.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: July 23, 2016, 3:02 pm
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Because I am cutting in National Forest you cannot be driving
back in there without a road. A lot of the dead trees are no
longer next to a road so you need a way to get them out by the
road to load in to my truck. So if you can pull them over
toward the road and then skid them out it is a big plus when it
comes to wear and tear on your back.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: July 23, 2016, 3:06 pm
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[quote author=Cut4fun link=topic=6030.msg72804#msg72804
date=1469300290]
Neat idea.
Guy I used to cut with used the big chain type hand com-along
type deal. For the same uses as you are it seems.
Used to be able to pull dang trees whatever direction you
wanted. IMO it would have pulled them down till they broke
without cutting.
[/quote]
Not a new idea that is for sure but it was not very expensive to
get a winch from HF. With a coupon it was 170.00 dollars and
the battery I already had for a winch on my trailer. The
mount I used some scrap metal from past projects. The mount
is actually pretty simple and did not take much metal. I did
not want to make any more heavier then necessary. The wagon
really came in handy.
#Post#: 72815--------------------------------------------------
Re: Tree Winch
By: Chainsawrepair Date: July 23, 2016, 5:56 pm
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Just thinking of other ways too.
Allow dirt bikes or atv's?
When I lived in MT and camped in the national forest. I used to
use my dirt bike to drag smaller trees back into camp.
Imagine with todays atv's you could pull biggins.
Remember having to have shovel on dirt bike. Thinking something
to do with exhaust intact too.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: July 23, 2016, 6:46 pm
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[quote author=Cut4fun . link=topic=6030.msg72815#msg72815
date=1469314560]
Just thinking of other ways too.
Allow dirt bikes or atv's?
When I lived in MT and camped in the national forest. I used to
use my dirt bike to drag smaller trees back into camp.
Imagine with todays atv's you could pull biggins.
Remember having to have shovel on dirt bike. Thinking something
to do with exhaust intact too.
[/quote]
They do not allow ATV's or motor cycles off of marked dirt
roads. If you want to go in you have to do it by foot.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: trail twister Date: August 15, 2016, 4:27 pm
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We used to skid logs with mules, Mostly a single hitch but some
times we would double them up for big stuff.
;D Al
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Re: Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: August 15, 2016, 10:26 pm
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[quote author=trail twister link=topic=6030.msg73098#msg73098
date=1471296466]
We used to skid logs with mules, Mostly a single hitch but some
times we would double them up for big stuff.
;D Al
[/quote]
That would be something to see. I did not grow up around big
animals like that so I do not know a lot about them.
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Re: Tree Winch
By: NathanielVansickle Date: August 16, 2016, 3:43 pm
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way more money but i think a capstan winch would be ideal for
this.....pretty easy to get 200'+ of rope and its light.
HTML http://www.capstanropewinch.com/
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Re: Tree Winch
By: 3000 FPS Date: August 16, 2016, 6:39 pm
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[quote author=Nathaniel Vansickle
link=topic=6030.msg73111#msg73111 date=1471380228]
way more money but i think a capstan winch would be ideal for
this.....pretty easy to get 200'+ of rope and its light.
HTML http://www.capstanropewinch.com/
[/quote]
Yep that looks like a nice way to go. For 1000 dollars.
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