Emmett's 1957 420C - ain't she a beaut?
Emmett's 1957 420C - ain't she a beaut?
420C with a blade and jerry-rigged (but awesome) old army 6x6 winch.
Back on it's feet thanks to Lavoy's parts to rebuild left-side final drive.
She's got about 2000 hours on her and loves to play in the woods and play in the dirt and snow of central Vermont.
Emmett
420C Crawler 1957 w/ blade & army 6x6 winch
6x6 Winch
The winch works very well.
The PTO drives a motorcycle chain link to the winch drive.
This has worked perfectly (I can't take credit... previous owner set it up).
Cable is about 100' of 5/8 cable. I actually think the cable could be 3/8 thick and still do all I need.
It only drives in the wind-up direction.
If the load won't move, it will drag the crawler back to the load with engine just idling... brakes locked and all. Very strong. I straightened out a cast-iron end-hook with it once.
The drive clutch is a castellated coupling. The weakness here is I can't disengage the drive clutch if the winch is under serious load, the friction of the clutch under load is too strong. I've had the cable taut as a piano string before... scary. No amount of grease will slip it! I just have to remember to maintain back-up room behind the crawler so I can put slack in the cable if needed. (I have got into trouble by neglecting this before. Now I use end-hooks with a cottered pin to connect to the cable leader. I can always smack the pin out to release the cable.)
The winch barrel is open, so you gotta be aware and stay safe around it. I don't even want to think about getting my A** pulled in there.
I use the winch to skid logs for firewood and to yank thankless neighbors out of the ditch. My buddy has a plow truck he can't keep on the road... If I had a dollar for every time....
Emmett
The PTO drives a motorcycle chain link to the winch drive.
This has worked perfectly (I can't take credit... previous owner set it up).
Cable is about 100' of 5/8 cable. I actually think the cable could be 3/8 thick and still do all I need.
It only drives in the wind-up direction.
If the load won't move, it will drag the crawler back to the load with engine just idling... brakes locked and all. Very strong. I straightened out a cast-iron end-hook with it once.
The drive clutch is a castellated coupling. The weakness here is I can't disengage the drive clutch if the winch is under serious load, the friction of the clutch under load is too strong. I've had the cable taut as a piano string before... scary. No amount of grease will slip it! I just have to remember to maintain back-up room behind the crawler so I can put slack in the cable if needed. (I have got into trouble by neglecting this before. Now I use end-hooks with a cottered pin to connect to the cable leader. I can always smack the pin out to release the cable.)
The winch barrel is open, so you gotta be aware and stay safe around it. I don't even want to think about getting my A** pulled in there.
I use the winch to skid logs for firewood and to yank thankless neighbors out of the ditch. My buddy has a plow truck he can't keep on the road... If I had a dollar for every time....
Emmett
420C Crawler 1957 w/ blade & army 6x6 winch
i thought about retro fitting one on to mine, what you discribed is what i was afraid of. if it was anyone but me operating it, it would be to dangerous.
i have an 9000# electric winch on a reciever mount that i use on my mud truck and have threated to make recever for the crawler but pto would be cooler to have.
nick
i have an 9000# electric winch on a reciever mount that i use on my mud truck and have threated to make recever for the crawler but pto would be cooler to have.
nick
Photo of Winch on 420C
Below is a photo of the winch set-up.
Emmett
Emmett
420C Crawler 1957 w/ blade & army 6x6 winch
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