Looking for a winch truck/line horse

[skyking1]

I was thinking the ready-built one that somebody mentioned, but yes you could roll-your-own. It could also serve as a tail hole

 

[DMiller]

Blade makes the 8 worth more for site work in between, and use is necessary for Ballast.

 

[Hallback]

The truck is a requirement so it could drive around the woods and get down these nasty old overgrown spur roads across the canyons. I will just throw it on the lowboy if I have to run it down any major highways that are out of my area but out here on the harbor we sneak stuff down the highways that would make people other than farmers on the East Side cringe.
The D8 is good for a tailhold because we bury that blade down into the ground and that thing is not moving.

 

[Hallback]

That outfit has some real nice setups. I should do that with my twinsteer truck.

 

[Truck Shop]

Then it may as well be a brand new D10, nobodies looking right? Those are cheap.

 

[crane operator]

That outfit has some real nice setups. I should do that with my twinsteer truck.

I saw they were in spokane and thought that was close enough for you to go look at. Scott-macon is closer to me and they build a lot of custom high line work equipment also, they show single line trailer mounted pullers on their website.

You could remount the trailer set up truckshop posted on your twinsteer.

 

[crane operator]

That powerline place also showed pics of a d8 with military surplus winches mounted to a ripper bar. That wouldn't be too hard to make.

 

[JPV]

Have you ever given the drone a thought and using spectra? Mark has a pretty good setup, using that rope cuts way down on the size of truck and drum needed. It doesn't replace the truck I guess but pretty cool all the same.

https://www.pacificuavtech.com/

 

[Hallback]

I have. You can't fly in bad weather, you still have to have a line truck in addition to the pickup mounted rope spooler or fly two legs & use the yarder drum to change and he is double the cost of the drones other guys use up here & have less lifting power than them.
Its a cool idea but I don't think its for us yet.

 

[bccat]

. Power line work, 1980, either a D7g or f,can,t remember.

 

[Sberry]

If I wanted truck and wanted used and it came on a ready made truck unless there was an absolute reason wouldnt want to remount it to something else just cause I had it.

 

[Hallback]

Well, we bought this one. Wired funds today.

This is the one I am trying to find or something similar. View attachment 231873 View attachment 231874 View attachment 231875

 

[DMiller]

Old iron nose Paystar
Will serve well as a limited duty beast

 

[Hallback]

I like the fact it has a drive axle in front, can be used to change roads, has enough weight & traction to snub trucks or the yarder and best of all.....
Was cheap.

 

[Sberry]

Would be sharp with some paint. Doesn't look all beat and busted.

 

[Hallback]

It will get washed down with full strength big Z, rolled in the shop and sprayed black with a red hoist.

 

[Sberry]

Yup, way to paint it. Its worth it as people take care of it better, attracts less scrutiny in some sense when it's not so ratty. Just looks safer.
We got this ax men show comes on. I don't really watch it. The equipment is cool but got to wonder about the insurance carriers watching these guys in action.
The best show of this type was swamp loggers. Goodson is a really good pusher. He is right at home running a production gang with lots of moving pieces.

 

[Hallback]

 

[crane operator]

https://www.rbauction.com/1997-120b...vId=12511450&id=ci&auction=chicago-il-2021164

Saw this up for sale and thought of this thread.

 

[old-iron-habit]

https://www.rbauction.com/1997-120b...vId=12511450&id=ci&auction=chicago-il-2021164

Saw this up for sale and thought of this thread.

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We used similar ones with anchors spread 4 ways to move the pile driving barges when I first started out in the early 70s working for G.F. Atchison out of Long Beach. Only we had Detroit's on them all.