Homemade Winch for Vermeer 1250?

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Recently i was told by a local vermeer dealer that there was no winch available for my 1997 1250. I came up with an idea on a job one time that works for pulling no more than say 50-60 ft. I had some tulip poplar logs that ended up in a creek,down a steep grade(no way to powerstroke em).I cut some 8" poles bout 20 ft long and fixed a running bowline on the very end of one and ran the other end of the bull line to the logs. Tied on skiddin tongs, had the helper hook the tongs , then i carefully and slowly fed the log thru the chipper, pulling the log as it fed the other! We were amazed at the power of the hydraulics and the speed too. In a matter of minutes had the logs up and out of there. Cheapest winch i ever saw! This is no more dangerous than a reg winch, just back it out before mid feed table, lay it down on the ground and remove the runnin bowline!

 

[juststumps]

Recently i was told by a local vermeer dealer that there was no winch available for my 1997 1250. I came up with an idea on a job one time that works for pulling no more than say 50-60 ft. I had some tulip poplar logs that ended up in a creek,down a steep grade(no way to powerstroke em).I cut some 8" poles bout 20 ft long and fixed a running bowline on the very end of one and ran the other end of the bull line to the logs. Tied on skiddin tongs, had the helper hook the tongs , then i carefully and slowly fed the log thru the chipper, pulling the log as it fed the other! We were amazed at the power of the hydraulics and the speed too. In a matter of minutes had the logs up and out of there. Cheapest winch i ever saw! This is no more dangerous than a reg winch, just back it out before mid feed table, lay it down on the ground and remove the runnin bowline!

i don't get it ??? why would you go thru all that "rigamarol" ???? must save a lot of time,,,going thru all that !!!! VS,, just dragging them out with the truck the chipper was on..... jmho if your close enough to go thru the effort you just described with the chipper,,, your close enough , just to pull them out with your tow vehicle... and you don't have to cut 20 foot poles to do it !!!!

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Thats brilliant, great thinking!

 

[StihlRockin']

That's ingenuity! Great idea for your situation. May have to use that some day. I'll keep it in my bag of tricks! Creative imagination has gotten me far in life. Keep it up!

StihlRockin'

 

[czar800]

Good Idea!!!

 

[CLEARVIEW TREE]

Just stumps,i did that job pullin the logs like that for a reason. In the post i mentioned the logs were down in a creek and the terrain was really mean and nasty! Did not feel like getting the f250 stuck while i tried to talk a vermeer 1250 into nicely stayin perched up on the very steep hillside! Really though i saved a lot of time doin it this way, i already had the small poles layin there from some stuff i had cut! Maybe you should stick with JUST STUMPS if this scenario makes you nervous.Just kiddin, be careful out there man

 

[southsoundtree]

Seems to me that it would be possible to run an atv winch off of the battery on the chipper. Has one tried this?

 

[ASD]

just bring the chipper to the trees :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[tree MDS]

As long as there is room on top of your infeed shute you should be able to rig up a winch from something, even a bandit, it just needs hyd. feed, not that complicated-a block, diverter valve, proper hoses and such, just grind a spot clean where you need to mount say the block, diverter etc. and melt plates to mount them on, the biggest thing would be finding a winch to fit where you have to mount it. I put a winch on my old bandit in this manner, the only difference was all I had to do was`give them model # and go pick it up, it still needed some fab, luckilly I grew up around a car workin type body shop so I knew how to weld and can paint some. But its just hydraulics, not that complicated, and a winch is worth alot if you plan to keep it a while.

 

[treemandan]

I just welded up a mount and put an electric winch up there on my Bandit. It slides into the 2 inch reciever( the mount) and I hook it to the battery with jumper cables. Same winch goes on the Dingo or to a tree or the bed of a truck or a trailer or whatever.
Good idea though.

 

[juststumps]

Just stumps,i did that job pullin the logs like that for a reason. In the post i mentioned the logs were down in a creek and the terrain was really mean and nasty! Did not feel like getting the f250 stuck while i tried to talk a vermeer 1250 into nicely stayin perched up on the very steep hillside! Really though i saved a lot of time doin it this way, i already had the small poles layin there from some stuff i had cut! Maybe you should stick with JUST STUMPS if this scenario makes you nervous.Just kiddin, be careful out there man

i'm not nervous...i make stumps and also take them out...

let me get this right..."say you have 10 logs down a hill in a creek,,50 feet away",,,you put a 20 foot pole into the feed wheels,,,tie a rope to the 20 pole with the other end on a log,,,chip the pole,,, draging the log with it,,, stop before the rope goes into the chipper,,,after taking up the slack in the rope,,,moving your log 10 feet,,, then put another pole in,, and repeat as needed ????? sounds like a real time saver !!! unless i'm missing something... but hey,, if it works for you,, go for it !!

thanks for the "CAREFUL" thing,, we all need to be CAREFUL !!!!!