Skidder cable ferrules.

[BargeMonkey]

It's been talked about on here, I had to change a cable out the other day so I took a couple pictures, I'm a fan of using them and havent had a problem yet. 


 


 
 I was using the grey ones with 3/4 swaged, went to 7/8 cable this time. 


 


 


  Get it hand tight, hang it upside down and slap it with a decent sized hammer. 


  Theres a whole lot of pain right there. 😂 

[teakwood]

I use the pink ones for 1/2-5/8" cable.  i am also a fan of them, they are hands down the best solution for a cable end! and you can loose them with a small hammer in no time.

[ehp]

cable here already comes with the end on it , for my winch the end has to be the proper size to fit the place on the drum to hold itself . double swedge  cable here as well, you got to watch on how you hook your trees up and keep them set up in a straight line which is not to hard , very rare I get 3 trees on machine

[Ed_K]

 I used the pink one but I used it on the drum side. I put the cable on in 08 and haven't had a problem yet.

[logman81]

Place I get mine from puts it on the end free of charge.

[sidehill6]

*DanG, 7/8 cable and 9 sliders that will make a man out of somebody or killem in all that flat land east of Oneonta!!!

[Old Greenhorn]

*DanG, 7/8 cable and 9 sliders that will make a man out of somebody or killem in all that flat land east of Oneonta!!!

I live east of Oneonta and ain't hardly nothin' flat here, but I suppose if you are 'just east' then there is some flatland.

[A-z farmer]

Thank you for the information Bargemonkey
I just got a replacement cable for my wallenstein winch from the dealer for 550 with shipping .It is good to know there are options out there.
Zeke

[BargeMonkey]

Thank you for the information Bargemonkey
I just got a replacement cable for my wallenstein winch from the dealer for 550 with shipping .It is good to know there are options out there.
Zeke

550 dollars US ? for small wire ? Did it come with dinner and a movie first? I want to say that cable was 350 ? 20 bucks for the ball. 

[BargeMonkey]

*DanG, 7/8 cable and 9 sliders that will make a man out of somebody or killem in all that flat land east of Oneonta!!!

Lots of flat ground here. 9 sliders would destroy a weak man if your actually pulling cable 😂 unless it's big handcut stuff I'm getting bunched wood, 4-5 to a pile. 

[sidehill6]

Barge, when I was about your age I used to hand cut and help hook for the skidder operators, mostly 240 jacks and 518 cats. 3/4 swaged with six or seven sliders was more than enough working in the hills between Deposit and Worcester. end of day I wanted to roll over and play dead

[nativewolf]

cable here already comes with the end on it , for my winch the end has to be the proper size to fit the place on the drum to hold itself . double swedge  cable here as well, you got to watch on how you hook your trees up and keep them set up in a straight line which is not to hard , very rare I get 3 trees on machine

I thought you'd get  1/2 a tree  :D

[A-z farmer]

Barge 
No dinner or movie just US dollars for half inch cable 165 feet long with one end already attached.
I am sure there is a lot of fingers in the pot from Canada to get to me on the farm.
Thank you 
Zeke

[thecfarm]

Labonville has ½ inch cable much cheaper, @A-z farmer,  I only run 3/8 on my winch. 165 feet for about $160. I tried the ½ inch on my Norse and it would not stay against the drum. Would make a mess. Went back to the smaller cable and much better.

[A-z farmer]

Thecfarm 
Thank you for the information 
I should have asked questions here first about a replacement cables.I think it was my operator error with the cable getting kinked up on the drum after only one season of use .Everyday is a learning experience and sometimes expensive.

[BurkettvilleBob]

Thanks for posting this. I bought a nice pink one last time I was at Harold's, knowing that if I didn't my cable would break. Needless to say, I haven't needed it yet.

[jdatwood]

I use those as well. I've tied a knot on the end in a pinch but really don't care for it unless absolutely needed to keep pulling wood. Used to keep a Morse Starett cable cutter in the box too but with cordless tools these days a 18volt Milwaukee 4-1/2" cut off saw seems to be the answer. I don't have even a quarter of the problems braking mainlines now with the ferrules on the end, knots really weaken the cable. 

[Twindadx2]

Hey there,

Where are you guys buying the Skidding Ferrules?  I'm in Ontario Canada and just broke the cable on my Wallenstein FX85 skidding winch.  Need a new ferrule end for the 3/8 cable

[g_man]

Hey there,

Where are you guys buying the Skidding Ferrules?  I'm in Ontario Canada and just broke the cable on my Wallenstein FX85 skidding winch.  Need a new ferrule end for the 3/8 cable

I bought a ferrule for  my 1/2" cable at Westech Rigging. 1/2" is the smallest I have seen.  They have something for 3/8" but  it is a little different than a standard a ferrule.


https://www.westechrigging.com/quick-nub-set-b-6.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwmrn5BRB2EiwAZgL9ovscJTGR0g9iEdIX8HYYojINSdltwgbKdjZHHPL8ihK0spvgm7oBAxoC0v0QAvD_BwE




 
gg

[mike_belben]

  Theres a whole lot of pain right there. 😂

Not coincidentally, thats probably about what your spine will look like when that pile of sliders is done with you!

[g_man]

Hey there,

Where are you guys buying the Skidding Ferrules?  I'm in Ontario Canada and just broke the cable on my Wallenstein FX85 skidding winch.  Need a new ferrule end for the 3/8 cable

I should have added that you can get key-hole end from Hud-Son with a ferrule on it for 3/8. I have heard people say they like them. A little pricey though.


https://www.hud-son.com/product/swivel-end-fitter-t3/


gg

[Firewoodjoe]

I can't get this no tighter. Is it right? It's 9/16-5/8 size Ferrell


It's 9/16 swedge cable. I'm thinking a size bigger may fit better. I'll go suck some big trees up a hill and see.

[BargeMonkey]

Those wedges either go in nice with the "lay" of the wire or they dont, your 1 position off if they dont. I try and leave about 1/2" or so of wire / wedge sticking out, not bad what you've got, I would just hold it up and slap it with a 3-5lb hammer a couple times to get it seated before you hooked to something, I've never had one blow off, if there is any excess I just trim them with a grinder, wrap the end in gorilla tape if it's still poking out a bit. 

[Iwawoodwork]

In the photo of the quick nub/Ferrell that Barge showed It looked like the wedges/ inserts were steel , in our experience with these we found that the aluminum inserts/ wedges worked far better than the hard steel. With the aluminum wedges the cable strands sucked down into the Ferrell better and did not strip out as easy under a real hard pull. We used the quick nubs on line sizes from 3/8 to 1". on the 666 Clark  and the D8 logging cats.

[teakwood]

just make sure you have them installed correctly, one cable in the middle and the 6 outside cables perfectly seated in the grooves of the wedges. when you put a heavy load on the will still travel some way in and tighten everything