Building a Chainsaw Powered Winch

Автокөліктер мен көлік құралдары

Where there's a will, there's a way! Sometimes you just have build it... A chainsaw powered winch has been on my list of "cool tools" that would be nice to have, but never came across a used one for sale. A new one was just too much dinero to justify for occasional use, so the next best thing is to just make it yourself.
Converting things over to gasoline power is always a good time, of course it never seems to go as smoothly as planned. This build wasn't too bad, I've had others that were just complete disasters, but it still ended up needed a lot more tweaking that anticipated.

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  • @FrankPerkins
    @FrankPerkins8 ай бұрын

    Love adding Greta’s voice of disapproval!

  • @SmedlyButler-cq5iq
    @SmedlyButler-cq5iq2 ай бұрын

    Grinding those bearings properly the way you did was brilliant

  • @chrismayberry4315
    @chrismayberry43158 ай бұрын

    The amputator 9000 ! Killer build dude

  • @danfisher7856
    @danfisher78568 ай бұрын

    Just what I needed sitting here bored out of my brains at work.

  • @louiskrueger2169
    @louiskrueger21698 ай бұрын

    Just too good. a repurpose of things i wouldnt have thought of, and its actually come in handy! Just loved being along for this build.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks man. 🤘

  • @ryanmalin
    @ryanmalin8 ай бұрын

    Badass dude. You got yourself a new subscriber

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Nice, appreciate it man. 🤘

  • @adampeterson4908

    @adampeterson4908

    8 ай бұрын

    Same here my kind of guy!!

  • @codeybukkos6367
    @codeybukkos63678 ай бұрын

    Another gem! Love the videos

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks man

  • @RobertsGarage
    @RobertsGarage8 ай бұрын

    Nice work thats pretty sweet

  • @or-what
    @or-what8 ай бұрын

    Ooh new upload!

  • @theradioweyr
    @theradioweyr5 ай бұрын

    I had never considered this, now looking at old half dead chain saws and winches with a certain glint in me eye.... I saw comments about remote throttles, yes, possibly, but with proper construction, welds and cable health should be okay. If you don't have the spidy sense to stop when something is too far sketchy you deserve a Darwin award anyway. I have two Incomplete one's myself, hope to get smarter and never compete for an award again. Both involved helicopter rides, although one was just a church bus that rear ended me, but hey, the last one was my fault (and undiagnosed high blood sugar at 400+).

  • @mattmcguire8633
    @mattmcguire86338 ай бұрын

    Damn Genius Vinny

  • @thepoorfarmer23
    @thepoorfarmer236 ай бұрын

    Genius idea, I've been wanting a chainsaw winch for year's I'll have to steal this idea. 👍 👌 I've even got a couple junk winches.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    5 ай бұрын

    Nice, it has come in handy a couple of times already.

  • @themustache926
    @themustache9268 ай бұрын

    I guarantee Peg approve this message❤ cheers fella

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    👌

  • @darrenlub
    @darrenlub8 ай бұрын

    Awesome job. I enjoyed this video.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear. 👍

  • @cool_space_zebra
    @cool_space_zebra8 ай бұрын

    superb idea!

  • @kenthartness1168
    @kenthartness11688 ай бұрын

    Just love the channel

  • @dennishunter5034
    @dennishunter50348 ай бұрын

    Great video!!! You should post more often if possible.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, we're trying. Not enough time in the day, haha.

  • @ChrisZBr0wn
    @ChrisZBr0wn8 ай бұрын

    Just found you, love this content! Solid idea

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Cool, appreciate it man.

  • @davidparker667
    @davidparker6678 ай бұрын

    That worked great. A remote throttle would be nice

  • @kevinfoster1213
    @kevinfoster12138 ай бұрын

    About damn time Toocheap

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    I hear ya, haha

  • @Land_Cruiser_40
    @Land_Cruiser_408 ай бұрын

    An instagram and everything. What a time to be alive. Cheers

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Haha

  • @justinerickson7237
    @justinerickson72378 ай бұрын

    shake hands with danger!

  • @benschlack5814
    @benschlack58144 ай бұрын

    Yup good content 💯

  • @Wheelgauge-bt7ox
    @Wheelgauge-bt7ox5 ай бұрын

    A old McMaster Carr catalog is like a machine heads bible!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    5 ай бұрын

    Amazing how much stuff they got in there.

  • @Jethrosgarage
    @Jethrosgarage8 ай бұрын

    Well done! Four and fifteen sixteenth stars!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol, always searching for that last sixteenth!!

  • @johncrook4469
    @johncrook44698 ай бұрын

    How come no one thought about this before!!

  • @oldsledpurgatory3595
    @oldsledpurgatory35958 ай бұрын

    Nice work!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad it worked, haha

  • @davedemo8229
    @davedemo82298 ай бұрын

    freaking awesome idea!! did you have an extra chainsaw for this project? I heard you have a few.....few to many

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol!!

  • @1776mylifeoutdoorsmaybe

    @1776mylifeoutdoorsmaybe

    8 ай бұрын

    😂 they all have a special job

  • @persson882
    @persson8828 ай бұрын

    very good! always good stuff!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Appreciate it man. 👍

  • @stevebright5118
    @stevebright51188 ай бұрын

    Nice coozie dude..

  • @bradwinter156
    @bradwinter1568 ай бұрын

    Great idea! I've been trying to think of a good project for a small 2 stroke about the size of a grapefruit. I must need to do more 12oz curls.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    💪🍺

  • @vtwinaddicted5852
    @vtwinaddicted58528 ай бұрын

    You need to Patton this, I would buy one

  • @gregpiller2331
    @gregpiller23318 ай бұрын

    Just remembered to get back on here and thank you again. I broke out one of my sleds to get ready for grass drags, because they're finally happening in Maine again! That trick you showed us a while ago, injecting bar and chain oil into the idler wheel bearings. Never ceases to amaze me just how well that works. I just replaced those bearings 2 years ago and they were all about seized up. Got any tricks for making grease fittings take grease again? I know I could buy new fittings but we both know they're just going to snap off when I try to unscrew them.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Nice, glad to hear! Don't have a trick for the grease zerks, but I know they make a rejuvenator that you fill with oil and hammer to force them open.

  • @JoshKilen
    @JoshKilen8 ай бұрын

    nice job.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks man!

  • @orionsmith7668
    @orionsmith76688 ай бұрын

    and why wouldn't you want to operate the wench right in the danger zone. Love it.

  • @ChrisZBr0wn

    @ChrisZBr0wn

    8 ай бұрын

    Zip tie the throttle 😂

  • @CompleteToiletGarage
    @CompleteToiletGarage8 ай бұрын

    Well done! If your project ain't got some kind of small block Chevy parts, are you even doing it right? hahah

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Haha, for sure!

  • @artpatronforever
    @artpatronforever8 ай бұрын

    Those armor plate shields like used on anti-aircraft guns on ships might be a good accessory. Or maybe a wireless remote chainsaw throttle.

  • @jtothefx
    @jtothefx8 ай бұрын

    Oh yah. Awesome.

  • @s0nnyburnett
    @s0nnyburnett8 ай бұрын

    Can't believe you actually Mcmaster'd stuff like my lazy engineer bosses who can't be bothered to even ask me to dig through through the junk piles at work to find what we need. Next thing I know you'll be signing PO's to have a vendor make your stuff.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol!!

  • @kellyblack4897
    @kellyblack48978 ай бұрын

    I was excitedly waiting the self clearance but it was not dramatic. Break things harder I always say!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Haha, there's always next time!

  • @adambatchelder4121
    @adambatchelder41218 ай бұрын

    Pretty cool. I bought a Lewis winch with a 100cc power head for 400 bucks used so they can be had for not to much.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    That was a good deal!

  • @stefanofestino1114
    @stefanofestino11145 ай бұрын

    Good morning mister, what dimensions are the two pulleys in millimeters? Thank you P.S. Congratulations on the work👏👍

  • @yamguy33
    @yamguy337 ай бұрын

    Im sure their could be a way to run the engine backward to relieve the tension on the load to un hook? .... 2 strokes can run backwards!

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    7 ай бұрын

    I like that idea, haha

  • @villagelightsmith4375
    @villagelightsmith437523 күн бұрын

    A doctor, lawyer, a Senator or a PhD in neuropsychology could never accomplish this in a million years.

  • @gilberthathaway1655
    @gilberthathaway16558 ай бұрын

    Barreled it down the hill LOL, been there done it and completely rearranged my face.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Lol, gotta watch them trikes!

  • @artpatronforever
    @artpatronforever8 ай бұрын

    The mounting alignment should be straight line from the mooring clevis at the back end straight through the winch line. Offset for the chainsaw drive is fine because the only force involved there shows as belt tension force reduced by the gear ratio in the winch. The direction of the pull force driving the winch internals is isolated from the direction line of force through the winch line. So the location of the belt drive could be clocked anywhere it fits the best. If the winch line is 9 o'clock to 3 o'clock, the tension on the belt drive could even be vertical, like down from 12 o'clock to 6 o'clock, with winch hung below the chainsaw. The center of gravity with the heavier winch below would be better. A slack side belt idler might be needed if the different drive angle is not a good match for the chain tension adjuster. Sprockets and chain could be used instead of a belt drive and may be better setup.

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Thought about some of those different arrangements, but like you said went with the straight forward style to use the existing tensioner. It seemed to straighten itself out in the end, lol.

  • @artpatronforever

    @artpatronforever

    8 ай бұрын

    @@toocheaptosmoke A chain drive and sprockets is definitely the way I would have gone, with the winch located beneath and feeding line vertically onto the winch drum redirected over a roller fair lead to the horizontal pulling direction. On a chain drive there isn't much adjustment needed for slack and a chain won't slip and burn or rot like a belt. The CG lower with the winch slung beneath just makes sense as a counter to line twist forces that appear every time. The throttle is something I would have a cable and a hand grip control like a paramotor throttle so I could stand 15 feet to the side and out of the slingshot kill vector for a snapped line or torn loose mooring that launches a snatch block like a cannon. An accessory part I would have for sure packed in the toolkit for mooring the back end clevis is a tree strap / boulder belt, and a folding grapnel anchor with long tines and big flukes to plow into soft ground where there is no mooring point nearby. I see many videos where even the professionals don't have a folding grapnel anchor that would save their bacon when they have no tree or boulder to use for a mooring for a winch.

  • @peterbarlow8912
    @peterbarlow89127 ай бұрын

    How long is the clutch going to last?

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    7 ай бұрын

    I think it should last pretty well, stock clutches take a lot of abuse when stalling it out in wood. Would think the belt starts to melt before the clutch completely gave out.

  • @tattmanndann
    @tattmanndann8 ай бұрын

    could you throw a wrench on the bolt at the pulley to back of the winch until you can freewheel it?

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Sure can, although the gear reduction is so steep you can just roll the pulley by hand. Just watch them fangers!!

  • @nathanmoser1993
    @nathanmoser19935 ай бұрын

    Wonder what would happen if you put the chainsaw part on full throttle (without the winch) on then proceeded to beat the shit out of it with a hammer while the chainsaw is running lol

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    5 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a standard day in the shop.

  • @B_Van_Glorious
    @B_Van_Glorious8 ай бұрын

    I know for a fact that the v-belt pulley from a TS700 or TS800 (part #4224 760 8500) wil fit on a 066/660/661. Use that knowledge how you will. 😉

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Nice, good to know!

  • @Turles811
    @Turles8118 ай бұрын

    Well sense it's fall I think it's time for a part 2 on the Suzuki fury...or the Arctic cat Z or something completely different mabey a completely different 4 stroke evenrude with a v twin 670 from harbor freight

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    Might actually one of those projects in the shop right now, haha

  • @Turles811

    @Turles811

    8 ай бұрын

    @@toocheaptosmoke there you go get them things into use it be cool to see can't wait to see the video

  • @AlexsHaiducov-le7bn
    @AlexsHaiducov-le7bn2 ай бұрын

    Шкиф на лебетке поменьше поставь!

  • @AndyL940
    @AndyL9408 ай бұрын

    Perfect position to get the cable wrapped around your head and rip your face off it it lets go 😂 Shake hands with danger 🤝 Love it ! Just wear a winching helmet 🪖

  • @toocheaptosmoke

    @toocheaptosmoke

    8 ай бұрын

    #leanleftforsafety

  • @AndyL940

    @AndyL940

    8 ай бұрын

    @@toocheaptosmoke Perhaps in this situation plasma rope maybe be desirable 😉 love your work man 🤙

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