Building a Chainsaw Powered Winch

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Building a Chainsaw Powered Winch

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11 ай бұрын

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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@chrismayberry4315 10 ай бұрын

The amputator 9000 ! Killer build dude

@louiskrueger2169 10 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 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man. 🤘

@SmedlyButler-cq5iq 5 ай бұрын

Grinding those bearings properly the way you did was brilliant

@danfisher7856 10 ай бұрын

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

@codeybukkos6367 10 ай бұрын

Another gem! Love the videos

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@ryanmalin 10 ай бұрын

Badass dude. You got yourself a new subscriber

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Nice, appreciate it man. 🤘

@adampeterson4908 10 ай бұрын

Same here my kind of guy!!

@FrankPerkins 10 ай бұрын

Love adding Greta’s voice of disapproval!

@thepoorfarmer23 8 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 8 ай бұрын

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

@RobertsGarage 10 ай бұрын

Nice work thats pretty sweet

@or-what 10 ай бұрын

Ooh new upload!

@themustache926 10 ай бұрын

I guarantee Peg approve this message❤ cheers fella

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

👌

@davidparker667 10 ай бұрын

That worked great. A remote throttle would be nice

@ChrisZBr0wn 10 ай бұрын

Just found you, love this content! Solid idea

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Cool, appreciate it man.

@dennishunter5034 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

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

@theradioweyr 7 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+).

@cool_space_zebra 10 ай бұрын

superb idea!

@mattmcguire8633 10 ай бұрын

Damn Genius Vinny

@darrenlub 10 ай бұрын

Awesome job. I enjoyed this video.

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Glad to hear. 👍

@Land_Cruiser_40 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Haha

@kenthartness1168 10 ай бұрын

Just love the channel

@kevinfoster1213 10 ай бұрын

About damn time Toocheap

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

I hear ya, haha

@johncrook4469 10 ай бұрын

How come no one thought about this before!!

@justinerickson7237 10 ай бұрын

shake hands with danger!

@CompleteToiletGarage 10 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 10 ай бұрын

Haha, for sure!

@oldsledpurgatory3595 10 ай бұрын

Nice work!

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad it worked, haha

@bradwinter156 10 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 10 ай бұрын

💪🍺

@Wheelgauge-bt7ox 7 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 7 ай бұрын

Amazing how much stuff they got in there.

@gregpiller2331 10 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 10 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.

@persson882 10 ай бұрын

very good! always good stuff!

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate it man. 👍

@krustysurfer Ай бұрын

Yes! 🔥🔥🔥

@davedemo8229 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Lol!!

@1776cootsflybynight 10 ай бұрын

😂 they all have a special job

@s0nnyburnett 10 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 10 ай бұрын

Lol!!

@benschlack5814 6 ай бұрын

Yup good content 💯

@adambatchelder4121 10 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 10 ай бұрын

That was a good deal!

@yamguy33 9 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 9 ай бұрын

I like that idea, haha

@kellyblack4897 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Haha, there's always next time!

@stevebright5118 10 ай бұрын

Nice coozie dude..

@orionsmith7668 10 ай бұрын

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

@ChrisZBr0wn 10 ай бұрын

Zip tie the throttle 😂

@jtothefx 10 ай бұрын

Oh yah. Awesome.

@Jethrosgarage 10 ай бұрын

Well done! Four and fifteen sixteenth stars!

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Lol, always searching for that last sixteenth!!

@artpatronforever 10 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.

@JoshKilen 10 ай бұрын

nice job.

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@nathanmoser1993 7 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 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like a standard day in the shop.

@artpatronforever 10 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 10 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 10 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.

@stefanofestino1114 8 ай бұрын

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

@tattmanndann 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

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

@gilberthathaway1655 10 ай бұрын

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

@toocheaptosmoke 10 ай бұрын

Lol, gotta watch them trikes!

@peterbarlow8912 9 ай бұрын

How long is the clutch going to last?

@toocheaptosmoke 9 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.

@B_Van_Glorious 10 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 10 ай бұрын

Nice, good to know!

@Turles811 10 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 10 ай бұрын

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

@Turles811 10 ай бұрын

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

@villagelightsmith4375 2 ай бұрын

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

@AlexsHaiducov-le7bn 4 ай бұрын

Шкиф на лебетке поменьше поставь!

@AndyL940 10 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 10 ай бұрын

#leanleftforsafety

@AndyL940 10 ай бұрын

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