Tree winch

[RedMF40]

Here’s a cheap HF winch I picked up to get me out of tight spots. Put a base plate and hooks on and adapted it for my receiver hitch as well. Pulled my full-size pickup out of the snow yesterday. Best to operate this one for about ten seconds then let it catch its breath. Not heavy-duty by any means. Oh, also good for skidding logs.

 

[Russ from MN]

When I use my hand operated come-a-longs I have to stop and catch my breath too, but I can pull a lot longer than 10 seconds! If my wife is nearby she can take over for me for a few minutes!

 

[RESLLS]

I have the next one bigger. Used it to pull a bunch of logs out of my creek. Also made a plate to go on trailer hitch. Welded a 2 inch square inside tube to my tractor bucket.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Must have been some long wires to reach the truck and connect to winch. HAHA

 

[RedMF40]

Must have been some long wires to reach the truck and connect to winch. HAHA

This time I had my small Power King tractor close by. It’s 12V and the wires reached easily. Sometimes I carry a designated spare battery around.

 

[UncleTom]

Is that wireless remote? I have heard good about the Badlands winch.

 

[RedMF40]

Is that wireless remote? I have heard good about the Badlands winch.

Yes, has wired AND wireless remote. The wireless worked well over 100’ away once when I was getting my tractor unstuck and the little winch needed help. For occasional use it’s ok, wouldn’t count on it every day.

 

[ASE guy]

I mounted a Warn 8,000 pound winch on a 1/4 steel plate that is mounted under the front of my tractor. It has helped me out many times when in a tight spot. I then mounted a shelf to protect it from the elements and mounted a toolbox on that where I store tools, a snatch block and gloves. Works great.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I can see why you might want to let it catch it's breath every little bit. It's a wee lad, only 2500lbs, and you have to remember it's only 2500lbs on the first wrap of the spool.

Don't be afraid to use a snatch block and double up the lines. I watch all these off road recovery operations single-lining everything, and hearing the winch stall and cables pop, and I wonder why they don't double up the lines more often.

 

[RedMF40]

I can see why you might want to let it catch it's breath every little bit. It's a wee lad, only 2500lbs, and you have to remember it's only 2500lbs on the first wrap of the spool.

Don't be afraid to use a snatch block and double up the lines. I watch all these off road recovery operations single-lining everything, and hearing the winch stall and cables pop, and I wonder why they don't double up the lines more often.

I did that a few times, makes a huge difference.

 

[want@1070]

I watch, when I can ,TV show, " highway thru hell" they do duty heavy truck recovery, they always use a snatch block with their
Cables

 

[ss55]

Here’s a cheap HF winch I picked up to get me out of tight spots. Put a base plate and hooks on and adapted it for my receiver hitch as well. Pulled my full-size pickup out of the snow yesterday. Best to operate this one for about ten seconds then let it catch its breath. Not heavy-duty by any means. Oh, also good for skidding logs.View attachment 100555View attachment 100556

That is a great idea. Unfortunately, where I live there are so few trees I would need to bring my own tree to use it.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

When I was cutting my own firewood I always had a snatch block hanging on the tractor winch. used it a lot especially when a tree was leaning the wrong way.

 

[stevieb49829]

I always have two snatch blocks with me. One to get the angle of pull right, and the other one to double up the pull, if I need to. I drag a lot of limby trees out of some nasty places. steve