winch pics

pineywoods · May 23, 2014, 01:34:52 PM

This big ole ramsey winch got dumped in my parts department. Anybody have any ideas where it might have been used, or could be used for ??

yukon cornelius · May 23, 2014, 01:53:42 PM

has the appearance of the winches mounted on the back of old dozers or crawlers. its probably not good for anything so I could help you out by taking it off your hands! just box it up and send it north to me!! ;D ;D those od ramseys are bulletproof! I would make a log dragging setup for my mountainside to get the inaccessible logs out.

Bill Gaiche · May 23, 2014, 09:34:44 PM

Piney, contact Ramsey in Tulsa and they can tell you what it is for. bg

Bill Gaiche · May 23, 2014, 09:39:01 PM

oops.

Chuck White · May 23, 2014, 10:15:12 PM

Quote from: yukon cornelius on May 23, 2014, 01:53:42 PM
has the appearance of the winches mounted on the back of old dozers or crawlers. its probably not good for anything so I could help you out by taking it off your hands! just box it up and send it north to me!! ;D ;D those od ramseys are bulletproof! I would make a log dragging setup for my mountainside to get the inaccessible logs out.

That's what I was going to suggest.

They can be a real work-horse!

DanG · May 29, 2014, 11:04:42 AM

Piney, the best place to use that winch is about 9 miles southeast of Chattahoochee, Fl. ;)

Larry · May 29, 2014, 11:24:17 AM

I have a similar one. It came off the front end of an IH Scout used for forestry firefighting duties. I don't think my wench had ever been used but the shifter was broke and grease dried out. Cleaned it all up and repainted...looks brand new.

Ramsey has PDF manuals on line. I needed it when I took it all apart.

Looks like you might be missed a part or two.

pineywoods · May 29, 2014, 01:47:05 PM

Yeah Larry, the outboard shaft support is missing. Wouldn't be much of a problem to fab another one. What's not obvious is the size of this thing. The gear case is over 12 inches across and 6 inches thick. The cable wound on the drum is 3/4 inch dia. Way too big and heavy to mount on anything I own. The 3 point hitch on a large farm tractor would probably handle it ok. I suspect this thing came off one of them big side boom dozers used to lay large piplines. I have 2 smaller ones that came from the same source as yours, front bumper of an old IH scout. one is now on the back of a small chinese dozer and the other on a big kubota tractor. Anyway, it's up for grabs, just come and get it...