Farms & Ranches. All sizes of operations need pick-ups, tractors and winches. Portable winches help build and maintain fence lines and bridges, help operators recover from flood and other storm damage, load equipment and supplies on trucks and trailers, free equipment stuck in mud, snow & ice, maintain wind rows and move pump wagons. Hunting Includes those hunting for food and sport. Hunters of bear, deer, elk and moose are all common users of portable winches. Even duck hunters use the winches to pull flat-bottom boats over earthen dikes. Logging Originally designed for the logger, the portable winch is used in all sizes of logging operations. The tool is used to skid logs to a loading area, to a larger skidder, to pull the skidder cables back for the next load, to assist directional falling, to set rigging poles for large scale cable logging efforts, and for cleaning up after logging operations. Industry observers conclued that every logger or logging team needs a portable winch. Related uses include : maintaining forest and woodlots, cleaning- up and restoring creeks, moving logs in and around portable sawmills, assisting the falling & clean-up efforts of arborist or tree services, gathering firewood and building log homes. Maintainance Crews . Public & private water, sewer & communication maintainance crews use portable winches to build, maintain & repair their lines. Railroad maintainance crews use portable winches as well. Marinas Large and small operations use portable winches for moving docks at the beginning and end of their seasons, for securing large water craft & tugboats (80+) before major storms, and for moving boats around the waterfront and up & down boat ramps. Boat owners also use them to free their boats from rocks and sandbars and to pull their boats onto the beach. Police, Fire & Emergency Services All sizes of organizations in both urban and rural settings need portable winches. Portable winches assist with forced entries, moving debris around an accident site ( explosion, railroad derailment, truck & trailer mishap) Moving debris around a disaster site ( earthquake, tornado, flood) stabelizing vehicles on embankments, raising & lowering equipment and personel on high-angle rescues, ice rescues and swift-water rescues. Every volunteer fire department needs a portable winch. Perhaps the most useful and versatile outdoor power product available . Sports 4-wheelers, ATV & snowmobile riders all need or find uses for potable winches. Winches pull equipment out of mud, snow & ice and out of the middle of a creek. ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY . Portable winches offer less forest impact then even horse-logging and often create little more than a " footpad " in disturbance. GO PORTABLE ! NO BATTERIES REQUIRED |
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