Pre-Operation Checks - Farmi Forest Corporation 351P Operation, Maintenance And Spare Parts Manual

• The falling danger of the tractor can be reduced by
winching through the lower diverting pulley.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 6. Do not winch sideways at angles exceeding
30 degrees. The tractor can tilt.
Fig. 7. Use a diverting pulley to avoid winching sideways.
FARMI 351P

PRE-OPERATION CHECKS

MOUNTING AND USE OF THE LOWER DIVERTING
PULLEY
• 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.
• 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 skid-
ded out. For skidding out the load the cable is
transferred to the lower diverting pulley.
• 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 underne-
ath the tree. See fig. 8.
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CAUTION!
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CAUTION!
Fig. 8. Use a keyhole sliders to winch several logs at one
time.
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When using the lower diverting
pulley make sure that it follows
the direction of the cable. Other-
wise the cable will be damaged,
when it is pressed between the
diverting pulley and the lower
diverting pulley frame.
When wInching an unloaded
cable, make sure that the finger
guard doesn't rise up with cable
and doesn't cause cable to cross-
cut.