smokinjay said:I would cut it into smaller pieces where the wench can handle it and get it to flatter ground.
6000lb thats good you should be a able to snatch 8-10 foot and be well under 6000lbs. I snatch a 17ft ash tree about 18in. with a boat hand wench.zapny said:smokinjay said:I would cut it into smaller pieces where the wench can handle it and get it to flatter ground.
3000 pound winch on the rhino and I think by hooking up a tree saver with a snatch block and change your pulling direction I can double the pulling weight. Would six foot sections be light enough.
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PINEBURNER said:I use a 4,000 pound warn works winch to drag 60 foot, 15-18 inch diam pines to the road for bucking when needed. most times uphill. a cord of pine weighs about 4,500 pounds green, so one tree plus resistance dont faze the winch.
WOODBUTCHER said:I vote for zap for wood scrounge hall of fame.
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WOODBUTCHER said:I vote for zap for wood scrounge hall of fame.
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Skier76 said:WOODBUTCHER said:I vote for zap for wood scrounge hall of fame.
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x2. Zap does an awesome job. No wood goes to waste on his watch.
IPLUMB said:you might have 6000lbs of winch but you have a 1300lbs Rhino. I also had a 3000lbs winch on my Rhino when I sold it. Fun stuff.
Backwoods Savage said:Start cutting from the top. That should pose no problem of rolling down a hill. Then use one or two of the short small stuff that you've cut to put against the log to stop it from rolling. Start bucking, again, from the top down (you may have to block the whole thing now so it doesn't roll and you can just use some that you've cut from the top to do that). Stand on the downhill side and place your left leg and foot against the log you are cutting. When you've cut through, stand that on end so it won't roll. Just work your way to the butt like this and it will be faster than winching. Another method is to cut into 4' sections and use a cant hook to roll them to where they won't roll downhill or simply turn them so they won't roll after you cut into firewood length.
That might sound worse than it is but in the long run it will take a lot less time and is not any harder work.
Tony H said:If you use the winch secure the rhino or pulley the load around a large tree to handle the weight.
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