PTO powered Capstan

[Captain Rob]

I would like to have a PTO powered Capstan on my B7100 to help tug logs out of the forest on my property. Has anyone seen on of these available or home built?

 

[coachgeo]

Did a search in here for you and no topics have discussed a Capstan by name. There are a few threads that hit the terms Log Winch

Below are the best I saw

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11798

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3728

 

[LRP]

do a google search for log arch. can be made from scrap and made for atv,s
as well.

 

[RonBoyBX25D]

I picked up a hitch and log boom from Omni, they are great to work with & the product is very well built.

Hitch platform:
http://omni-mfg.com/TRANSFORMER-Platform-with-Integrated-Weight-Rack-P2403664.aspx

Log Boom, I went with welded hooks
http://omni-mfg.com/OMNI-Logging-Boom-P3162257.aspx

Good luck, I have had great success with a chain and the above attachments with my little BX25.

 

[Diydave]

Farmi, is the way to go for this. I have a real old one, no blade, just 2 stabilizer like feet. On a tractor as small as yours, even the smallest one can roll your tractor, if pulling from a side draft. I had my L2202 on 2 wheels, a couple times...

https://youtu.be/NpJJnLIf5Ps

 

[Deaner70]

Find a Utility company that has some old capstains laying around and make yourself one. That would be a great way to move about anything with a little bit of rope and the tractor

 

[cerlawson]

I made one that worked great for a different purpose. You need an emergency cut off right there because cat heads are dangerous and a rope can become "grabbed" especially if there is no load on it. Mine was geared down using chain drive. I made the cat head from junk rollers from a crawler repair shop junk box, requiring welding and turning it on a lathe to smooth up the welds. I powered it via the typical drive extension to a separate support.

As to danger, where I worked we used cat heads for pulling ropes in "jerks". Had a guy try to take up the slack of a 500 foot long rope. A sudden grab of the cat head and his grip on the rope pulled him onto it and he was killed instantly.

You can get a pull direction changed from 90 degrees of the tractor via a pulley.

Have you ever tried just using long ropes but using a cleat attached to the tractor rear trailer fitting? In either case it would pay to have a helper to steer logs away from snags, or you will have to do a lot of walking back and forth. I've snagged out a lot of logs from terrain so rough that no tractor could go there. The neat thing about pulling with the tractor is when things hang up, you can go there and pry it loose and the stretch of the rope will pull it free. No way to do that with a cat-head by yourself.

 

[skeets]

How about some pictures of these critters ,,it sounds interesting

 

[LRP]

I would like to have a PTO powered Capstan on my B7100 to help tug logs out of the forest on my property. Has anyone seen on of these available or home built?

get a log cone or make one.

http://www.novajack.com/en/0101_04.htm