woodworkingboy
TreeHouser
Pine forests in Japan are being ravaged by Pine Wilt Disease, which attacks certain species of Pine, particularly our Akai Matsu, or Red Pine. The Disease is rapidly spreading throughout the country, and has moved into my area.
The prefectural government has cut loose funds to begin a removal program of the dead trees. A fellow I sometimes work with, bid on and won a contract, and wants to hire me for a two month removal project, a small crew with good mobility to go from area to area where the disease has occurred.....and has offered good wages.
The program requires the trees being cut down, and all the limbs and brush, and cut up trunks being placed under a specific sized tarp, where someone will later come along and fumigate beneath the covering, or we'll do the fumigation...not sure.
The areas are diverse, the number of trees varies from place to place. More often than not, vehicle entry to where the trees are located will be limited. His plan is to purchase a winch that can be set up to skid the logs to the area where they can get cut up and covered, save the labor of hauling by hand. I guess that he's thinking similar with the brush. I think we are looking at about six foot sections of trunk after being cut. The winch would need to be transportable by one or two people, and hopefully be in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. Pulling power, I'm thinking that two tons or so would cover it. Pulling rope seems like it might make life easier, rather than cable, if such is available and practical.
He's asked me to look into purchasing a winch from the states. Generally speaking, considerably cheaper prices can be found abroad, compared to domestic sales for such equipment. Neither of us has much experience with winches.
Can anyone in the house kindly offer any advice or thoughts on a type or make of winch that might suit our needs for this application?
Thanks very much!
Jay
The prefectural government has cut loose funds to begin a removal program of the dead trees. A fellow I sometimes work with, bid on and won a contract, and wants to hire me for a two month removal project, a small crew with good mobility to go from area to area where the disease has occurred.....and has offered good wages.
The program requires the trees being cut down, and all the limbs and brush, and cut up trunks being placed under a specific sized tarp, where someone will later come along and fumigate beneath the covering, or we'll do the fumigation...not sure.
The areas are diverse, the number of trees varies from place to place. More often than not, vehicle entry to where the trees are located will be limited. His plan is to purchase a winch that can be set up to skid the logs to the area where they can get cut up and covered, save the labor of hauling by hand. I guess that he's thinking similar with the brush. I think we are looking at about six foot sections of trunk after being cut. The winch would need to be transportable by one or two people, and hopefully be in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. Pulling power, I'm thinking that two tons or so would cover it. Pulling rope seems like it might make life easier, rather than cable, if such is available and practical.
He's asked me to look into purchasing a winch from the states. Generally speaking, considerably cheaper prices can be found abroad, compared to domestic sales for such equipment. Neither of us has much experience with winches.
Can anyone in the house kindly offer any advice or thoughts on a type or make of winch that might suit our needs for this application?
Thanks very much!
Jay
