As noted on another thread, I finally got the skidding winch Iāve been driving everyone around me nuts talking about for dang near a year.
Farmi W50R from Northeast Implement. Picked it up from the nearest XPO terminal late yesterday. Put it together today. By the time it was ready to take out on a shake down run a predicted 3 day rain had started. Thankfully it wasnāt raining early in the process. Started with it laying on the already half busted pallet.
Unpacked everything and was left with the main portion of the winch still laying on the pallet. Wasnāt quite sure how I was going to go about standing it up.
Plan A: Just stand it up and lean it against a wall or something. How heavy can it be? Worst case Iāll call a couple of friends to help man handle it when they get off work later. Pick up the top end to see how heavy it isā¦ at least I think I got it off the ground a little. Check bill of lading. Shipping weight 775lb. This is not a job for muscle and bones.
Plan B: Take it outside and stand it up with the forks. Itās sitting on the blade thatās well behind the center of gravity so even standing straight upright itās leaning hard toward the tractor. But I need to take the tractor out of the equation briefly to turn it around and hitch it up the 3 point. This is still a job for equipment, cribbing, etc. and no way me or anyone is getting between the winch and that wall. My skills, or more accurately lack thereof, with the forks totally destroyed what little wasnāt already busted on the hapless pallet.
Enter the little winch. A shackle in one of the lower pulley mount holes and the 3500lb winch on the Mule held it nicely to allow setting down the parking stand and hooking to the 3 point.
Hooked to the 3 point, it was back inside to fit the PTO shaft and finish assembly.
Now I need a little dry weather to put this thing to work and see what it will do.
