Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
Yep.... of course we could also do that with a stand along donkey, built a little smaller and hauled by hand (4-6 guys) or dragging up under it's own power. But if I mount it in the mini, then we could just drag the min up with the donkey in the back and then pull the others up. And of course no offloading at the top or reloading to head over to the downhill side and winch everyone down.
And it lets me use a larger motor/winch system since it does not have to be moved around by hand.
The mini can't be "over the top of the hill" for the specific run that has me thinking about this. Once you are on top of the ridge it is at least a couple of miles to the down hill side. But we can anchor the mini on the flat-ish area up top. But in some situations it could be. And it is simple to carry a framework to suspend a pulley so it does not drag on the crest of a hill, or to get an upward pull on a mire rig in different circumstances.
If I do pursue this, it allows me to use a larger winch drum than I can run o the front of a rig (or under/on the back). Right now I have a 10000 pound rated Braden that I can probably fit 700 feet of 5/16 on. Looking at it I think I can do/have a bit of fab work done and as much as double that.
Round up a motorcycle/atv engine to power it.... Buy hydro pump and motor and see where it goes.
Mount it all in a slide in cradle in the back of the ruck so it can be removed to use the truck for other purposes still. With a 350, 488s, lockers and 36 inch Swampers it is too much fun to only use as a winch rig.
I can also see this coming in handy as a recovery rig... even if it is a bit small and light.
Lots of pondering to do... and even more work if I am gonna try to have to done by July. I kinda expect we will be depending on the PTO winches that we have on a couple of the rigs to get us up and over this time.
Mark...
And it lets me use a larger motor/winch system since it does not have to be moved around by hand.
The mini can't be "over the top of the hill" for the specific run that has me thinking about this. Once you are on top of the ridge it is at least a couple of miles to the down hill side. But we can anchor the mini on the flat-ish area up top. But in some situations it could be. And it is simple to carry a framework to suspend a pulley so it does not drag on the crest of a hill, or to get an upward pull on a mire rig in different circumstances.
If I do pursue this, it allows me to use a larger winch drum than I can run o the front of a rig (or under/on the back). Right now I have a 10000 pound rated Braden that I can probably fit 700 feet of 5/16 on. Looking at it I think I can do/have a bit of fab work done and as much as double that.
Round up a motorcycle/atv engine to power it.... Buy hydro pump and motor and see where it goes.

Mount it all in a slide in cradle in the back of the ruck so it can be removed to use the truck for other purposes still. With a 350, 488s, lockers and 36 inch Swampers it is too much fun to only use as a winch rig.

I can also see this coming in handy as a recovery rig... even if it is a bit small and light.
Lots of pondering to do... and even more work if I am gonna try to have to done by July. I kinda expect we will be depending on the PTO winches that we have on a couple of the rigs to get us up and over this time.
Mark...