Quad front mount lift/crane ideas

[Jvoelcker]

I've been toying with some sort of crane/hoist on my quad for a while, particularly to help with the bigger fallow.

Most ideas have been based on a rear mounted affair to help with lifting carcasses into the basket on the back.

I've now been given a front mount winch so am toying with the idea of making a front mounted crane utilising the winch and was wondering if anyone has already come up with something themselves.

I have a fully equipped workshop so can make up most things.

Any suggestions?

 

[deerstalker.308]

Have you seen the offerings available specifically for this at Donington? They do a front mounted tilting gralloch stand which then rotated down to carry the carcass on the front rack.

 

[Tim.243]

I've been toying with some sort of crane/hoist on my quad for a while, particularly to help with the bigger fallow.

Most ideas have been based on a rear mounted affair to help with lifting carcasses into the basket on the back.

I've now been given a front mount winch so am toying with the idea of making a front mounted crane utilising the winch and was wondering if anyone has already come up with something themselves.

I have a fully equipped workshop so can make up most things.

Any suggestions?

What are you going to do when they are off the ground as slewing around with 80+kg will see you launched into outer space. Also they are long as I am sure you know so the hoist poles/frame will need stowing.

A different angle could be a front mounted winch and ball hitch so drag them up onto the trailer, it is how we move big caravans around with a ball hitch on the front of the land rover.
Andy has big lumps double that and winches them in the truck.

 

[deerstalker.308]

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[Tim.243]

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A lot of kit for one deer... also 400 quid...!!

 

[Jvoelcker]

Have you seen the offerings available specifically for this at Donington? They do a front mounted tilting gralloch stand which then rotated down to carry the carcass on the front rack.

Yes, seen those, but already have a box on the front and cages on the back for carrying carcases. I may rethink it, but would result in major redesign.

 

[75]

Depends what you’re winching but I’d not fancy faffing around with 100kg+ of red on a hoist or cradle attached to my quad!

 

[deerstalker.308]

A lot of kit for one deer... also 400 quid...!!

Bad back and not being able to shoot them would cost more. Couldn’t make one myself for less, persoanlly don’t think that’s a bad price

 

[75]

cages on the back for carrying carcases.

you’re not hauling big reds around then so ignore me

 

[deerstalker.308]

Depends what you’re winching but I’d not fancy faffing around with 100kg+ of red on a hoist or cradle attached to my quad!

To be fair he’s saying fallow so I’d say the idea would be fine, I wouldn’t try getting a lowland red on that mind

 

[Jvoelcker]

What are you going to do when they are off the ground as slewing around with 80+kg will see you launched into outer space. Also they are long as I am sure you know so the hoist poles/frame will need stowing.

A different angle could be a front mounted winch and ball hitch so drag them up onto the trailer, it is how we move big caravans around with a ball hitch on the front of the land rover.
Andy has big lumps double that and winches them in the truck.

The main thing is to get them up in the air to gralloch and then easier to take the weight over my shoulder to lower in to the basket in the back.

It is prone to wheelie a bit if too much weight at the back.

I was thinking something along the lines if this....

But using quad winch and can be integrated in to existing framework.

 

[75]

add an extra pulley at knee height (level with quad winch to feed the winch cable in/out? And single pulley at the top like the Donnington one - that looks a bit contrived (up, across, down etc).

 

[Tim.243]

The main thing is to get them up in the air to gralloch and then easier to take the weight over my shoulder to lower in to the basket in the back.

It is prone to wheelie a bit if too much weight at the back.

I was thinking something along the lines if this....
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But using quad winch and can be integrated in to existing framework.

could you make it so you drove the quad on to the lower legs (a bit like a spec lift ) that way the jib is facing the front of the quad.

 

[Jvoelcker]

add an extra pulley at knee height (level with quad winch to feed the winch cable in/out? And single pulley at the top like the Donnington one - that looks a bit contrived (up, across, down etc).

Yes. The winch has plasma and I'm expecting to be able to just thread it over a couple of pulleys to get it where I need it.

I could probably get away with just the one on the end of the jib

 

[Jvoelcker]

could you make it so you drove the quad on to the lower legs (a bit like a spec lift ) that way the jib is facing the front of the quad.

Current thinking is to move light bar to the top of the box, remove the number plate and mount a 40-50mm tube up the centre of the front of the box braced to the frame below the box for sideways support.

Then have the upright with a braced jib arm to slot in to the box tube and possibly a strap back to shooting rail to brace the rail from tipping forward.

The upright with jib and strap can be stored in the box and slotted in to place and strapped in seconds and then with a single pulley on the end of the jib the winch line can be pulled out, looped over and utilised.

Setup and break down should only be a minute or so either way.

 

[gelert]

Ive seen a front mounted lift that held the deer, almost like s big bale type attachment.

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[Jvoelcker]

Ive seen a front mounted lift that held the deer, almost like s big bale type attachment.

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A friend want something similar for wild boar, hydraulics definitely the way to go

 

[gelert]

Also clever but not exactly what I saw.

 

[gelert]

Found it.

 

[Tim.243]

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Current thinking is to move light bar to the top of the box, remove the number plate and mount a 40-50mm tube up the centre of the front of the box braced to the frame below the box for sideways support.

Then have the upright with a braced jib arm to slot in to the box tube and possibly a strap back to shooting rail to brace the rail from tipping forward.

The upright with jib and strap can be stored in the box and slotted in to place and strapped in seconds and then with a single pulley on the end of the jib the winch line can be pulled out, looped over and utilised.

Setup and break down should only be a minute or so either way.

What ever fits your bill, hard to build for someone else, but the spec frame idea could be one piece and the rest slot in to height with a tye bar from the post to your crash bar to stop it pitching fwd.

Built a few project's on my own for people for scratch...