Looking for a winch truck/line horse

[Hallback]

Far easier to pull one leg of haywire than two.

 

[mitch504]

I am glad to see you said "tail hold". The 2 outfits here that highline in the swamp hook it to their "tail hole", and I have to remember not to snicker.

 

[Truck Shop]

These drums are full it looks like with 1/2" all three and are as big as the ones on the truck above.

 

[crane operator]

Thanks for clearing up my confusion. Always trying to learn something.

 

[Truck Shop]

Area was locked so pics through the fence. Been there awhile maybe not even something your interested in. But here it is. Engine mounted on neck.

 

[Hallback]

Thanks TS!
I will definitely be giving them a call. It looks like something that could be modified for use.

 

[Bluox]

One of the powerline outfits I worked for had a couple of D-8s fitted with 3 hydraulic winches for sagging work .
The drums weren't as big as the ones on that trailer but they held a bunch of line.
Something like that maybe more along the lines of what you could use?
Bob

 

[petepilot]

a smaller hyd unit I wiil have for sale soon

 

[skyking1]

I am glad to see you said "tail hold". The 2 outfits here that highline in the swamp hook it to their "tail hole", and I have to remember not to snicker.

Yeah that would be difficult not to laugh at.

 

[Hallback]

I would love to have one of those D8's

 

[skyking1]

Haven't seen one with big drums on it but I know when there is one sitting in Tacoma. It's just in a neighborhood you're driving along there's hedges cars d8 you know whatever. It's a completely random d8 in somebody's front yard.

 

[Hallback]

I would love to have one of those D8's

 

[skyking1]

When I was working the water, the cable scrapper would come around with a truck with a huge spool on it and spool up all the junk cable. Nobody wants it mixed in with a bin of other metal. He carved out a niche just winding up wherever he can get it.

 

[petepilot]

 

[old-iron-habit]

Just thinking out loud. I wonder if one could mount a large drum above the winch on a log skidder. It could perhaps be powered off the empty skidder winch drum via larger roller chain. Many of the skidders from the 80s had huge power on the winches.

 

[crane operator]

http://www.maslonkapowerline.com/rentals/pullers/

 

[skyking1]

those last two look like proper beasts!

 

[Truck Shop]

A bunch cheaper to have it on a trailer instead of the maintenance, license, insurance tied up in a vehicle that is only used for one certain task. If a trailer can work.

 

[skyking1]

Yes, or that dozer.

 

[Truck Shop]

There's D-8's everywhere for sale hell you don't even need a blade on it, cut that worthless piece of crap off it and hang a drum on the back