Cheaper winch line.

[brendonv]

Any alternative to amsteel for winch line?

 

[flushcut]

Stable braid, tennex, or all gear has a dyneema cored poly jacketed line for sale at Treestuff a buck somethin a foot.

 

[brendonv]

What should I look for number wise for strength?

 

[sotc]

I run 3/8" , black widow I think it's called. 7000 ish pounds

 

[flushcut]

What should I look for number wise for strength?

At least go as heavy as your winch is rated for.

 

[brendonv]

Gotchya.

I did some searching, amsteel seems like the most popular for your dollar. I ordered the winch today, (ouch), so ill worry about the rope after its mounted.

 

[cory]

I run 3/8" , black widow I think it's called. 7000 ish pounds

How do you like the BW, Willie?

 

[stig]

I buy my dyneema lines from a company that supplies the fishing industry.
Bout ½ price of the stuff made for winches and the timber industry.

There is a reason they can leave so much of it floating around the oceans, strangling whales and whatnot.

 

[sotc]

Just peachy, no complaints

 

[802climber]

Gotchya.

I did some searching, amsteel seems like the most popular for your dollar. I ordered the winch today, (ouch), so ill worry about the rope after its mounted.

What kind of winch? Electric?

 

[brendonv]

No, the factory hydraulic winch from bandit.

 

[squisher]

B what did it cost ya? Maybe pm me if you don't want it out and about if you don't mind. I was quoted a huge price back when I got my 250xp. Always dreamed of adding one still.

 

[Husabud]

Bandit told me $3500 to my door and good luck to you. My next machine will probably have one, unless I go with a clam instead. It still free to dump here, so a chipper it is.

 

[brendonv]

$4123.84 plus tax and shipping.

Kinda just gotta have it on a 15" chipper. Still only have $25k into the chipper with now 275 hours, so i think its still a smoking deal overall.

I feel with that i can limit the equipment that goes out (mini), and it will open up other options.

 

[squisher]

Oh yah winch is skookum I can only imagine. That's about the price I was quoted when I bought my 250 new. It was 39g here in canuckistan and another 4g for the winch was to much at the time.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

a cheaper line than amsteel ?
steel rope !

 

[sotc]

I bought an aftermarket winch for $1500 and installed it on my bandit 250 then onto my morbark 13.

 

[1BUS]

Aftermarket hydraulic? What brand and where did you find it?

 

[brendonv]

There was a good thread on it in one of the old forums.

I started building one for my woodsman. It can prob be plumbed and would work. I wanted the factory one. Willies was custom too from what i remember.

 

[brendonv]

Heres pauls, and willies.

 

[brendonv]

Id sell mine with all the parts i have if anyone interested to adapt it.

 

[bonner1040]

Brendon you are gonna love having a winch! If you are interested there a couple vids on my channel that show us doing some nonconventional winch work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9B5_J_5l4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knZLIu1sjSw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM8cW25wfLQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c73pJ0DLIug

 

[brendonv]

Thanks nick, nice vids!

I used them at two places where i worked on bb250's. Also subbing with harlan id watch two amigos tear apart his tangled web of tree limb with one. Def. a great thing to have. I told my help today and he was pumped.

Excited to get it on there. I have three trees that fell into the neighbors foreclosed prop I've been meaning to clean up. Just tangled in vines and the winch should make quick work.

 

[Husabud]

Don't forget the parking brake Bren! Winches are he'll on your tranny.

 

[rumination]

Chock the tires if at all in doubt.