Farmi Forest W35R, Operation, Maintenance And Spare Parts Manual

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W35R
Fig. 7.
Use a diverting pulley to avoid winching
sideways.
MOUNTING AND USE OF THE LOWER DIVERTING PULLEY
1. Usually the logs are winched in through the upper pulley of the winch. This lifts the logs and they dig less into the
ground. The weight of the load also pushes the blade into the ground thus anchoring the winch and the tractor to
the ground.
2. The winch has a lower diverting pulley. The main use of the lower diverting pulley is to lower the pulling point.
This enables larger loads to be skidded out . For skidding out the load the cable is transferred to the lower diverting
pulley.
3. Several logs can be hooked up and winched in at one time by means of keyhole sliders on the cable. The skidding
chain should have a pin on the end, which makes it easier to pass the chain underneath the tree. See fig. 8.
When using the lower diverting pulley make sure that it follows the direction of the
cable. Otherwise, the cable will be damaged, when it is pressed between the
diverting pulley and the lower diverting pulley frame.
CAUTION!
When wInching an unloaded cable, make sure that the finger guard doesn’t rise up
with cable and doesn’t cause cable to crosscut.
CAUTION!
Fig. 8.
Use a keyhole slider to winch
several logs at one time.