Portable Winch

[treetech]

It's not quite the same but close. I think the mighty mite is geared down a lot more than the yankee yarder but are the very same idea. I found a guy handy home that has one and I am still trying to get a picture.

[Dan_Shade]

Look what I found in the FF gallery:

[jpgreen]

I want one.. 

[treetech]

Hi All
I have put some pics of a yankee yarder in my gallery. I tried to post them but ran out of time. This yarder is not quite the same as the plans I have sent out but it is very close. These are great little winches and are easy to build. The modification I did was my engine didn't have reduction gear installed on it so I put in an extra shaft to slow the cable speed when winching in. This caused a lot more friction when pulling the cable out so I had to come up with a way to freewheel the cable. You can see this in the last two pictures.
Treetech

[Blue Sky]

I have got a Finnish Winch, the radio TIR.  Pulls 16'-24" diameter logs any way you want them.  It is a 13 hp, gear reduction of 13 to 1,  two 5 wind drums that multiply pulling power.  Check out my posting.   Enchanted Forester

[maple flats]

As far as cutting ahead and staging logs to pull in winter I have found it harder to pull them after they have set and frozen down even if only on cribbing and gotten snow piled on and around them. I like pulling in winter, fresh cut logs on a good snow base. I pull most of my heavier ones with a 25HP 4x4 tractor with FEL and 3PH log arch on back. If logs are heavier I load the bucket to hold the front down. I have chains front and rear, roll bar too, and I drive rather slow with one hand on the 3PH control and one foot resting on the tranny just over the clutch. Pulling with such a small tractor requires extreme caution because the front can jump up suddenly and you MUST be ready to react properly and not panic. On my arch I run 2 chains, one to lift and one from the log to the drawbar which helps prevent walking the tractor out from under the load (flipping)

[Firebass]

Not exactly what you had in mind but I had to post anyway.

http://www.ssindustrial.net/donkey.jpg

Steve

[jpgreen]

That's a cool winch.  A guy at a logging show had one running.  Pure cord wood and steam..  8)

I bought one heck of a winch from a friend of mine last week.  It's a 12k with 3/8" cable that came off of a roll deck tow truck.  Beefy starter motor powered angle gear drive.. .