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Offline edz

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Alternate winch set up
« on: October 12, 2015, 11:01:12 AM »
For those that carry a chainsaw this could be a very handy accesory to have instead of a fixed winch   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5lLs6IqpY
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2015, 11:08:16 AM »
Can you adapt a normal chainsaw to use it? Looks like its a permanent fixture to the chainsaw?

(And I wouldn't want to be standing there if that cable snapped)
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2015, 11:16:43 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr05f7H4uqc comes as a kit for saws from what I can see ...
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2015, 11:41:47 AM »
Looks cute, but it does not take 7000lb pulling power to turn over an empty 1.5 tonne van. Two hefty guys and plaited Telecom rope would handle that.
I would have serious doubts on connecting it to a stuck or bogged vehicle without a remote control unit fitted to my chainsaw.
Maybe an adaptor that converts a winch to a wood cutter would be a better option.
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2015, 01:56:04 PM »
Quote from: terravista on October 12, 2015, 11:41:47 AM
Looks cute, but it does not take 7000lb pulling power to turn over an empty 1.5 tonne van. Two hefty guys and plaited Telecom rope would handle that.
I would have serious doubts on connecting it to a stuck or bogged vehicle without a remote control unit fitted to my chainsaw.
Maybe an adaptor that converts a winch to a wood cutter would be a better option.

I like this adapted woodcutter myself   ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwPUVi_bDNs
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2015, 02:33:22 PM »
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2015, 04:58:34 PM »
The company I work for sells a Honda powered petrol Portable winch http://www.portablewinch.com/ it is a capstan winch though so a little different.

these small petrol winches only have a max single line pull of 1ton so not the best for pulling cars out of a bog.
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2015, 05:41:24 PM »
Quote from: wilson79 on October 12, 2015, 04:58:34 PM
it is a capstan winch though so a little different.

these small petrol winches only have a max single line pull of 1ton so not the best for pulling cars out of a bog.

That is still one tonne ( 2240 pounds ) at the drum pulling power,using a single line and 2000 kg ( 4480 pounds ) using a double line .

Electric winches are rated at the drum so if you are three layers deep on your winch pull the pulling power is quite a bit less than the rated winch pulling power

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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2015, 06:10:04 PM »
Quote from: tk421 on October 12, 2015, 11:08:16 AM


(And I wouldn't want to be standing there if that cable snapped)
exactly what I was thinking also whilst watching that
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Re: Alternate winch set up
« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2015, 06:55:18 PM »
This my extra winch that I take when we go extreme. 8hp reduction drive Honda driving a LandRover Capstan for which I have 110m of 19mm Samson Tenex-tec Rope. Lots of pulling power.





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