Recent content by ejt

The link to the pictures is a little confusing the way I posted it -- sorry. I'll put it at the very end of the post. You'll have to copy and paste into your browser URL. Again, pictures Bob8 and Bob9 are of the winch, the others are just some historic pix of the restoration job. Thanks...

The winch attachment is almost done. I got a Titan attachment plate and a friend of mine who is an expert welder fabbed it with a nice, super heavy duty protective screen out of expanded metal. Another friend made up hoses for me which I haven't installed yet, so it remains untested. I do think...

So I did buy the winch. It's a little dirty and greasy but it should clean up nicely. The clutch seemed to work OK, and the cable is a little beat up, but I might wind up replacing it with something longer anyway. It came from a rolloff truck so I imagine it had a lot of short intense usage...

I do like the idea of having the winch mounted right on a pallet fork attachment. I've been looking to buy a set of forks anyway. If I put it on the forks, it would pull the log right onto them as you've suggested, and also would save me a little barn space by having two attachments in one. If I...

I might put a relief valve on it anyway. Northern Tool has a ½" Prince for $60 that goes to 2500 psi. I work with some guys who are much better than I with hydraulics so I'll get a little guidance from them. Mark, interesting about your neighbor's decision to mount his winch on his roof. Don't...

I need to pull felled timber out of low areas where it's not possible to drive the Bobcat. I can pull some of them out with a rope but using a winch will make the job a lot easier in many cases. A winch also comes in handy for a lot things. Absolutely, I worry about the cable breaking; I would...

I have a chance to buy a Ramsey RPH hydraulic winch, 8000 lb. rating, which was on a truck that is being retired from service. I'm wondering if anyone here has ever put together a winch attachment for a skid steer. I've got a Bobcat 763 with aux hydraulics, rated at 15 gpm and 3000 psi system...