NORWOOD HYDRAULIC TIMBER WINCH, micro forestry- HOME EDITION

This handy attachment has been in the back of my tractor for a few years. You always see it, but it’s time to show what it can do. Thanks for watching.
Jeff

[@retiredforlife63]

I haven’t seen a winch like that before. Very cool!

[@Bigcheif360]

Hey Jeff. Love watching your micro forestry. I live on an old farm with 40 acres of land and try to tiddle in the woods with a small chainsaw and 4wheeler at least once a week. Keep a guy moving abit with disabilities

[@thelogfather5002]

Keep moving, better to wear out than rust out!

[@gatorsworld]

That’s a great set up and makes life a lot easier in the bush.....CHEERS

[@OpenAirAdventure]

It's definitely a versatile machine. The drum and rope worked very well pulling the log.

[@coreyhannan4263]

Thanks for showing the winch. I've considered getting one of these. I like the gas-powered ones, too.

[@leonardryan8723]

Great little video Jeff Tks for you time . 😊

[@forestliving261]

Love watching backyard content.. Thanks Jeff.. Lots of interesting ideas .. The winch looks great!!

[@jbbrown7907]

When picking up tittley winks, you always puck up the top one first. Same with logs.

[@gregorymackinnon7537]

Jeff, got your contact info from Russell B. Wow, we are some what on the same page. We live on our family land Nova Scotian wood lot, we are inside of HRM. Raise honey bees. I have a Logosol mill and looking to upgrade to a band saw mill. I have a JD5045d and looking to go to a new JD1025R. I dont have a building for the 5045 and feel bad about that. Sun is the problem. I did build my own 20000lbs hydraulic log winch c/w 220' cable but looked at and really like your capstan winch. I will in the future keep an eye on your channel. Thanks again for posting.

[@thelogfather5002]

Welcome aboard!

[@jbbrown7907]

Why don't you cut the chunks off after you get the log home?

[@justinrussell760]

I have an HD36V2 Norwood sawmill and it does an excellent job milling lumber for me. It has a few quirks that I wish the designers would have done differently, but overall a great machine for the price. Were's the beef!!

[@thelogfather5002]

Where’s the beef! 😂 I love beef- but it doesn’t love me! I have a friend with a Norwood- I’ve done a few modifications with him on it, we’ve added back stops that all 3 can be raised and lowered from the operators side. I buy one of their log turner kits if they’d sell it it to me and I make it work on my mill.

[@roneberle8954]

Hey Jeff I wonder if that horizontal fairlead had two verticals on either side then that might increase the safe radius for incoming line? Eliminating the potential "birdsnest" conglomeration? Cheers capt'n Ron

[@thelogfather5002]

I wondered that- I bet it’d work

[@MtTopLiving]

Hi Jeff. How well does the winch work pulling up a steep hill?

[@thelogfather5002]

Up hill is no problem, down hill can be sketchy.

[@IndigoIndigo-hi5fz]

Running the same setup. How do you turn off the winch from spinning when not in use? Thanks great video.

[@thelogfather5002]

It turns as long as my tractor is running. I don’t see a need to stop it from spinning. The power- beyond flows all the time. If you have rear hydraulic remotes on a valve, that’d be the answer. Thanks for watching! Jeff

[@lnk3503]

no one should bother with grain fed beef. grass fed only.

[@thelogfather5002]

I prefer venison to any beef.

[@NorthernMichiganSaweyer]

Thanks for the comment on Facebook I like your content

[@thelogfather5002]

You’re very welcome!

[@forestliving261]

Did Jeff get a new camera 🎥 ?

[@thelogfather5002]

Nope, same old camera.

[@dereksstuff8395]

Great setup. I leave my farmi winch on the tractor year round. It's a life saver. Drag logs, fell trees, get machine unstuck, pull cars out of ditches, the list goes on....

[@MatthiasLee]

It's a great little winch, I picked up the same one recently. I do wish it had a valve on it. What's the grapple you use?

[@thelogfather5002]

The power beyond it runs off of needs the constant hydraulic flow- I’m not sure what kind of valve I’d need. I’m using a modified frontier grapple. It’s fairly weak as it comes.

[@MatthiasLee]

@@thelogfather5002 modified grapple? Did you upgrade the cylinder?

[@thelogfather5002]

@MatthiasLee yes, new cylinder and I replaced the weak metal on the top of the grapple. There’s a video about it a while ago.

[@petep7227]

Have you pulled any bigger hardwoods? Upwards of 20” diameter? I’m considering this winch but I have a lot of hardwoods and steep hills and concerned I’ll max out the pulling power.

[@thelogfather5002]

If you max out the power- just add a snatch block to double its strength. The biggest log I’ve yarded was a 30” pine about 24 feet long. It was all it could handle- and I had to help it over a few obstacles with a peavy.

[@JohnMcNerney]

Per Norwood, the maximum pulling power of this winch is 1500 pounds for a single line pull. If you rig a snatch block, you can double that pulling force, but it moves at half the speed.

[@petep7227]

@@thelogfather5002thanks, I’d rather not have to double the line too regularly. I’m going back and forth between this and a pto forestry winch. Leaning toward pto with more pulling power. Would rather have more than I need than have to double the line all the time.

[@thelogfather5002]

@@petep7227 how big is your tractor?

[@petep7227]

@@thelogfather500225hp

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video. Neat tool for the back of the tractor. Would upright rollers help with keeping the rope in line when pulling off to the side a bit. Thanks and have a great day 👍🏻👍🏻👋👋🪵🪓🔥

[@thelogfather5002]

I wondered the same thing. I just might come up with something like that some day.

[@welderteach]

That looks like exactly what I need.

[@aldredske6197]

Hi Jeff!!😀😀 What a bummer not being able to enjoy a nice beef steak. Are you able to eat pork? Take care my friend!!😀😀💚💚 Logger Al

[@thelogfather5002]

I still enjoy beef! But I need to be home in order to pay the price. 😂 Pork is no problem.

[@rogerbelanger295]

Nice video. I got the same winch in part based on your videos. It's a great tool. I use mine often with a skidding yellow cone (especially in the forest with stumps and branches). I did a little modification to the frame so it goes on the iMatch.

[@thelogfather5002]

I skidding cone would be a great idea.

[@stephenlake885]

I didn't know this existed and would save me time dragging out fallen down and dead spruce logs that I either using my Norwood logging arch with wheeler or 3 pt hitch triangle attachment on tractor and chain but need to make more of a path now. Always another useful tool but never enough money.

[@thelogfather5002]

The price is pretty reasonable, I’m not sure what the current price is- when I bought this one a few years ago, it was around $1600 Canadian.

[@jeffmosher433]

Great setup! Sharing some personal information just makes your channel more human! Cheers!

[@thelogfather5002]

I bet the AI content creator isn’t allergic to anything… 😂

[@danmcdermott5080]

Always great content Jeff. I learn a little something through uo with every video.

[@thelogfather5002]

I appreciate that!

[@ChrisLascari]

Just eat more bacon!

[@thelogfather5002]

All bacon, all the time. 😂