Capstan drum on drum chipper

[FanOFatherNash]

Just a thought

a capstan drum mounted on drum assembly shaft

I ve seen where logrite did it with their log splitters

 

[treeoperations]

could you make it hydraulic and mount it above the feed table maybe.
use it like a normal winch but just use your bull line to tow pieces in.

 

[bootboy]

My concern would be that you have slack accumulating on the ground instead of on a drum which could create a safety hazard way to close to a running chipper.

 

[treeoperations]

whats the difference between a capstan winch on chipper vrs lowering stuff straight into the chipper

 

[flushcut]

whats the difference between a capstan winch on chipper vrs lowering stuff straight into the chipper

There usually isn't a pile of slack rope sitting around the chipper when you lower one limb on the feed table, but there would be if there were a capstan on the chipper.

 

[imagineero]

The chippers I've operated with winches had an interlock, so that the feed wheels could not be operated while the winch was being used.

I've hired petrol driven capstan winches a few times for specialised jobs. They come in handy if you've got a bunch of trees down the bottom of a steep hill and no access for equipment. Dragging them up is impossible. A normal winch just doesn't have the finesse of a capstan, and is too slow to return the rope. Capstan winch works great for that kind of job, because it has a lot more feel than the normal style of winch.

For chipper work, I see no advantage that a capstan would have over a normal winch, actually I'd say the normal winch is better.

Shaun

 

[treebilly]

The one vermeer i have has the interlock but the green override button will let you do both. It is rather annoying though.

 

[arborjames]

The chippers I've operated with winches had an interlock, so that the feed wheels could not be operated while the winch was being used.

I've hired petrol driven capstan winches a few times for specialised jobs. They come in handy if you've got a bunch of trees down the bottom of a steep hill and no access for equipment. Dragging them up is impossible. A normal winch just doesn't have the finesse of a capstan, and is too slow to return the rope. Capstan winch works great for that kind of job, because it has a lot more feel than the normal style of winch.

For chipper work, I see no advantage that a capstan would have over a normal winch, actually I'd say the normal winch is better.

Shaun

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[FanOFatherNash]

I am just trying to get out of dragging brush

 

[FanOFatherNash]

The chippers I've operated with winches had an interlock, so that the feed wheels could not be operated while the winch was being used.

I've hired petrol driven capstan winches a few times for specialised jobs. They come in handy if you've got a bunch of trees down the bottom of a steep hill and no access for equipment. Dragging them up is impossible. A normal winch just doesn't have the finesse of a capstan, and is too slow to return the rope. Capstan winch works great for that kind of job, because it has a lot more feel than the normal style of winch.

For chipper work, I see no advantage that a capstan would have over a normal winch, actually I'd say the normal winch is better.

Shaun

i am talking a drum style chipper , no hydraulics

 

[flushcut]

I am just trying to get out of dragging brush

In that case get a mini and your days of humping brush will be over.