This Winch was taken off about 10 yrs ago......I would suppose all the Bearings and Clutches should be replaced. I know the Brake drums are out of round, and should be machined to promote smoother operation....It'll work now OK but the operator will be bounced up and down as the drum turns.........It had a Skidder FairLead Mounted to it..... The FrameWork is still on it and has the mounts for the # 36 Air Brake Cans with Spring's for Parking and Safety, as used on a Heavy Truck.....I used Air to Control when I had it.....I never had the Manual Controls.....I think I still have the Air Manifold and the Control Valves around here somewhere...... Manual Controls could be fabricated fairly easily......
With the Extra Framework this measures Approx 6'6" wide, 4' deep, 4'high, and about 2' of DriveShaft sticking out the rear... I cant even guess how much it weighs..... as much as 6-8000#'s?
You can see one of the Air Cans Hooked to the Main Clutch... the Clutches
used smaller than the 36 cans I mentioned earlier.....36's on the
Brakes.... This one looks like a #20 Can on the Clutche.....
The Mounting holes at the bottom of the pix... the top set are approx
42 1/4"
the second set are 42"..... there are more at the Bottom buried in
the ground.....
I think there 2 side by side in each bottom corner.....
I think of this as a Collectors Item .......I wouldnt
reccomend this for high production Logging...... the Brakes get Hot fairly
fast if Ya have to ride them much to keep tension.....I dont really remember
how fast the Line Speeds, or Line Pull
Seems the Mains are fairly slow and HaulBack fast..... as is
usually the case..... with the Haulback Brake set Loose.... a couple
of men could pull line of by hand..... The Mains.... No way........Most
of the Winch sets I saw in pictures had a smaller Haywire Drum
to pull the Main and Haulbacks for the setups..... This one didnt have
it when I got it..... I last used this winch to Log With in about
1985
It whole Machine was used mostly as a TailHoldCat for a RunningSkyline
on a Swing Yarder
I liked the idea of 2 Guy Lines on the Tail Cat... and the Fairlead
was fairly high... Didnt want to tip it over on sidehauls fairly close
to the tailhold.....