Built a log winch-crane-dragger thingy.

[711mhw]

Been building this on & off since late March. First time today to play with it with some wood. I can't use the winch yet, still waiting on the slides & hook hardware for the cable. I was pleased that it will carry a few long stems completely off the ground, saving my roads and sharpening time on the chain. That won't be as important in the winter snow .

 

[Michael Golden]

You built that? Only thing I can say is mad skills!

 

[Michael Golden]

And nice tractor!

 

[TreePointer]

Interesting design. The boom is anchored a little farther out from the rear axle than dedicated log skidders I've seen, but it looks like you have a lot of weight up front for those logs. Very nice fab skills!

 

[Bigg_Redd]

Very nice fab skills!

Indeed. Painting skills too. . .

 

[Hoozie]

Very nice!

One thing I noticed though.. does the lower orange plate have lips on each side to keep the trunks from swinging and sliding off? Does that make any sense?

 

[D8Chumley]

Awesome! Just need to PTM that one green cylinder

 

[711mhw]

Indeed. Painting skills too. . .

That's the worst part of the job

 

[D8Chumley]

I don't know anybody that admits to liking to paint, looks great though. And most importantly it works as you wanted it to when you were done building it. Do you use that small excavator in the backround? Like, pick up the logs and cut while you have the log off the ground? That would be handy, what is it? Curious, as I'm a heavy equipment operator

 

[711mhw]

Very nice!

One thing I noticed though.. does the lower orange plate have lips on each side to keep the trunks from swinging and sliding off? Does that make any sense?

This is that lower butt plate, and the whole design is a work "in progress" I've been thinking of welding 5 "bucket teeth" spaced across the bottom. I just need to work this thing a little as it is. Unwelding is a bi*ch!

 

[D8Chumley]

This is that lower butt plate, and the whole design is a work "in progress" I've been thinking of welding 5 "bucket teeth" spaced across the bottom. I just need to work this thing a little as it is. Unwelding is a bi*ch!

Maybe just one at each end facing down so the logs can't "escape" out the side?

 

[711mhw]

I was thinking about that , but the purpose of that plate is (at least on the store bought 3 point hitch log winches) is to lower it into the ground to anchor the tractor while winching,and stacking - bumping logs around. While working well to help anchoring, I'm concerned that while pushing, stacking, aligning logs, the tooth might engage a large rock, (of which I have plenty) and put forces on the "blade" that it is not designed for. Gotta get some "seat time" with this in the woods.

 

[D8Chumley]

Something welded to the side of the plate with some sort of slide possibly spring-loaded so when you lower the plate to the ground the teeth slide up, and they slide back down when the plate is raised to act as a stopper so the logs can't slide beyond the side? Just thinking out loud

 

[711mhw]

Do you use that small excavator in the backround? Like, pick up the logs and cut while you have the log off the ground?

Saw buck deluxe!

 

[D8Chumley]

Nice, what is it? Koehring? Link Belt? Samsungs had rounder cabs... That would be a handy thing to have around

 

[Charles1981]

definitely a few more rungs up the manliness ladder then myself. holy wow.

 

[711mhw]

Nice, what is it? Koehring? Link Belt? Samsungs had rounder cabs... That would be a handy thing to have around

It's a little Hitachi EX 60

 

[711mhw]

definitely a few more rungs up the manliness ladder then myself. holy wow.

Manliness or lazyness?

 

[Roundgunner]

I really like it. If my Bota as heavier I would want one too.

 

[BrotherBart]

Like my neighbor says: "If ya got 'chinery, use 'chinery.".

 

[Charles1981]

Laziness in all its pursuits is manliness especially when it it involves power tools and engineering because this really is a pursuit in human energy efficiency

 

[Wormyone]

Teach me all knowing one .the fab work on that looks amazing