Tractor-mounted logging winch
OwnerWesley B. K. Carleyinventor
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Abstract
A bulldozer is provided with a relatively rugged or strong canopy which overlies the operator position, and a power-driven, cable-winding winch is mounted on the top of the canopy to winch or yard logs or similar materials toward the front end of the bulldozer. A fairlead and line-guiding structure are supported from the main frame of the bulldozer forward of the operator and engine.
Claims5
A vehicle for use in road building in a logging area having an operator's station, a load-supporting frame surrounding said operator's station and extending to the forward end of the vehicle, and means for moving the vehicle along the ground, the improvement comprising a cable winding winch means mounted on said frame over the operator's station, a cable wound on and extending from said winch, and guide means mounted at the forward end of the frame for guiding the cable from forward of the vehicle to the winch, said guide means including a guide tube and a fairlead forward of the guide tube, said guide tube having a rearwardly and outwardly flared rearward end, said winch and guide means providing a structure whereby logs forward of the vehicle can be secured to the cable for removal of the logs from the path of the vehicle.
A bulldozer vehicle having an operator's station, a frame structure including a canopy mounted on and extending above the vehicle and a vertically movable earthmoving blade mounted on said vehicle at the forward end thereof, the improvement comprising:
- a powered cable drum mounted on said vehicle;
- a fairlead secured to said vehicle forward of said drum and blade at a height sufficiently above the operating position of said blade to lift large objects;
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- a cable wrapped on said drum and extending therefrom and passing through said fairlead to a point forward of said vehicle whereby said cable is adapted to be secured to and remove objects in front of said vehicle with said blade in operation.
A bulldozer vehicle having an operator's station surrounded by a canopy, the improvement comprising:
- a powered cable drum secured to said canopy;
- a fairlead secured to said vehicle forward of said drum and operator's station;
- a cable wrapped on said drum and extending directly to said fairlead, said cable further passing through said fairlead to a point forward of said vehicle;
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- a guide tube surrounding a portion of said cable intermediate said drum and fairlead, said tube having a flared rearward end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.