12v winch info wanted

[grrclark]

Could get a decent tub of horse glue too, no need for synthetic rubbish.

A hot pot of fragrant horse glue 🤮

[amateur]

Don't the hooves make good fox lures? 

[Old farrier]

The hoof clippings do it’s a black art making the stuff  and to get the best from it you need a cauldron and a magic wand 🙂

On a serious note Mel 

have you considered just hiring a tractor for a day or even asking a nearby farmer to drag them out 

all the best 

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[Walker570]

Could always hitch it to the wagon mel and save the local authority a few bob in diesel.  Yes,  how friendly have you got with locals, they might be able to help or put you in touch with a contractor.  Get it all ready and would be a half day job for a good machine. I do that, we have a day felling, then a day hauling, then a day cutting and splitting.  Hire a couple of blokes to help me out.

Edited November 12, 2018 by Walker570

[mel b3]

thank you very much gents for all of the  ideas / tips/suggestions , theyve all been  very useful , and have given me plenty of new avenues to explore, itll take we a while to work my way through everything , but when i do finally manage to sort things out , ill try to post a few pics.

thank you again gents 

[Fisheruk]

On 12/11/2018 at 14:01, TIGHTCHOKE said:

So what does Mel do with the horse in between his monthly visits?

I’ll take him that long to travel back and forth with the pony trap 😂

[johnphilip]

46 minutes ago, Fisheruk said:

I’ll take him that long to travel back and forth with the pony trap 😂

Oh old gypsies  wood caravan , now your talking .

[Wb123]

Hub winch should be cheapest to make.

It would also avoid electrical voodoo complicating things. 

[Wb123]

 

 

[Wb123]

https://youtu.be/K0_cUMBZtVk

 

weld two rims for your car together and put a tyre on the inner one for use around your wood then lash it down and jack a wheel up when you need a winch.

Should be cheap as hell to get two steel rims and a tyre. 

[mel b3]

7 hours ago, Wb123 said:

https://youtu.be/K0_cUMBZtVk

 

weld two rims for your car together and put a tyre on the inner one for use around your wood then lash it down and jack a wheel up when you need a winch.

Should be cheap as hell to get two steel rims and a tyre. 

That looks like a cracking idea, and might just give me a good enough reason to buy a tractor 😆.

[Walker570]

Works great until you drag your car down the bank or break a drive shaft.  mel a small tractor would be worth it's salt if you could find a local storage spot for it, but I still think you should be able to find a local contractor or young farmer who could give you a hand for a little back pocket money.  Amazing what you could shift in a couple of hours with a serious tractor/handler.

  I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing this wood, so the terrain there may not be suitable for a tractor.  How big did you say these chunks of timber are ?

[mel b3]

15 hours ago, Walker570 said:

Works great until you drag your car down the bank or break a drive shaft.  mel a small tractor would be worth it's salt if you could find a local storage spot for it, but I still think you should be able to find a local contractor or young farmer who could give you a hand for a little back pocket money.  Amazing what you could shift in a couple of hours with a serious tractor/handler.

  I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing this wood, so the terrain there may not be suitable for a tractor.  How big did you say these chunks of timber are ?

That's what I said nev ,it might be a good excuse to buy myself a small tractor to use purely as a winch , I certainly couldn't take a tractor up into the woodland though as it's too steep , and the paths are just old animal trails that we've followed. A few of the logs that I'd like to extract are approximately 10 feet long x 2 feet thick ish , their is also lots of smaller logs that I'd like to use for firewood. 

Feel free to pop up and have a mooch about whenever you fancy it nev , the postcode is the sy20 area.

Thank you very much for the walnuts by the way , I keep having one or two while I'm relaxing at night.

[Walker570]

From your description it seems a Terfor or a big set of block and tackle may be the answer.  Just a tip, if your going to pull that size log along the ground, sharpen the end a bit like a pencil with the chain saw. I know you lose about 6 inches or so but it is only the sap wood.  Stops the edge of the log digging in.   Amazing what you can shift with a block and tackle.

I have a set you can borrow if you want to try. You will probably have to buy a longer length of rope as block and tackle systems eat rope if you use all the pulleys .

[mel b3]

2 hours ago, Walker570 said:

From your description it seems a Terfor or a big set of block and tackle may be the answer.  Just a tip, if your going to pull that size log along the ground, sharpen the end a bit like a pencil with the chain saw. I know you lose about 6 inches or so but it is only the sap wood.  Stops the edge of the log digging in.   Amazing what you can shift with a block and tackle.

I have a set you can borrow if you want to try. You will probably have to buy a longer length of rope as block and tackle systems eat rope if you use all the pulleys .

Ive been thinking about making some kind of heavy duty plastic cone to go over the leading edge of any logs that I do drag along.

Things are on hold at the moment until Christmas is over , it's like a madhouse here at the moment. 

[TIGHTCHOKE]

5 minutes ago, mel b3 said:

Ive been thinking about making some kind of heavy duty plastic cone to go over the leading edge of any logs that I do drag along.

Things are on hold at the moment until Christmas is over , it's like a madhouse here at the moment. 

That might last the whole of the trip for the first log!

[mel b3]

2 hours ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

That might last the whole of the trip for the first log!

I know, I've been Trying to think of something that I can make a nose cone  from.

[Walker570]

Just trim the front edge with the chain saw. As said its only the sap wood and you only need about 2 inches to make a big difference.

[snow white]

Dont you go up the motorway👹

[TIGHTCHOKE]

1 hour ago, mel b3 said:

I know, I've been Trying to think of something that I can make a nose cone  from.

Mel all you need to do is shave 2 or 3 inches around the head of the log and as if by magic it will drag a lot easier through all of the mud and leaves.

[mel b3]

2 hours ago, snow white said:

Dont you go up the motorway👹

You read my mind lol .

[mel b3]

3 hours ago, Walker570 said:

Just trim the front edge with the chain saw. As said its only the sap wood and you only need about 2 inches to make a big difference.

 

1 hour ago, TIGHTCHOKE said:

Mel all you need to do is shave 2 or 3 inches around the head of the log and as if by magic it will drag a lot easier through all of the mud and leaves.

Looks like that's what I'll be doing gents. 👍