Pto Winch Built For Farmall “C” Tractor
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Retired equipment operator Don Cook built a heavy-duty winch for the back of his 70-year-old Farmall C tractor. Cook says the winch can pull logs up to 3 ft. in diameter that weigh four times as much as the tractor. “On some of those big ones, I have to hook my ‘M’ in front of the ‘C’ and the winch is still strong enough to slide both of the tractors,” Cook exclaims.
Cook built the winch using scrap steel and old farm equipment parts. The 16-in. dia. driven gear is from an old hay baler. It’s hooked to a 7-tooth sprocket on the tractor’s belt pulley drive shaft using #60 roller chain. Cook removed the belt wheel and welded the sprocket to the removable spline. He can remove the bolt from the end of the spline and slide the sprocket off if he ever wants to re-install the pulley.
“The tractor pto provides amazing power to the winch, even when the tractor is idling,” Cook says. The spool has 65 ft. of cable wrapped on a 2-in. solid axle that’s set in sleeves on both sides of the frame. The spool assembly rests on a large piece of 1/2-in. plate steel that bolts to the tractor drawbar. The 3/8-in. heavy-duty cable spools in and out through a 6 by 6-in. opening made of 3/4-in. steel, with 1 1/2-in. idlers on each side.
The winch frame is reinforced with 45-degree angled braces on both sides that are bolted to the equipment clamps on the tractor axles. He has 10 ft. of chain on the end of the cable that lets him easily hook up logs and brush to tow away with the winch.
“The cable is tough to unspool by hand, so I hook the chain to something stable and drive the tractor forward, then back it up and hook up the log or whatever I’m pulling,” Cook says. “The winch was easy to build and has the power to pull way more than what the tractor would move by itself.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald Cook, Rt. 1, P.O. Box 330, Marble Hill, Mo. 63764 (ph 573 238-7253).
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Pto Winch Built For Farmall “C” Tractor POWER TAKE OFFS PTO S Retired equipment operator Don Cook built a heavy-duty winch for the back of his 70-year-old Farmall C tractor Cook says the winch can pull logs up to 3 ft in diameter that weigh four times as much as the tractor “On some of those big ones I have to hook my ‘M’ in front of the ‘C’ and the winch is still strong enough to slide both of the tractors ” Cook exclaims Cook built the winch using scrap steel and old farm equipment parts The 16-in dia driven gear is from an old hay baler It’s hooked to a 7-tooth sprocket on the tractor’s belt pulley drive shaft using #60 roller chain Cook removed the belt wheel and welded the sprocket to the removable spline He can remove the bolt from the end of the spline and slide the sprocket off if he ever wants to re-install the pulley “The tractor pto provides amazing power to the winch even when the tractor is idling ” Cook says The spool has 65 ft of cable wrapped on a 2-in solid axle that’s set in sleeves on both sides of the frame The spool assembly rests on a large piece of 1/2-in plate steel that bolts to the tractor drawbar The 3/8-in heavy-duty cable spools in and out through a 6 by 6-in opening made of 3/4-in steel with 1 1/2-in idlers on each side The winch frame is reinforced with 45-degree angled braces on both sides that are bolted to the equipment clamps on the tractor axles He has 10 ft of chain on the end of the cable that lets him easily hook up logs and brush to tow away with the winch “The cable is tough to unspool by hand so I hook the chain to something stable and drive the tractor forward then back it up and hook up the log or whatever I’m pulling ” Cook says “The winch was easy to build and has the power to pull way more than what the tractor would move by itself ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Donald Cook Rt 1 P O Box 330 Marble Hill Mo 63764 ph 573 238-7253
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