Winch feeders

[Twztid]

School me on brands and price
All season 300lb 699$ what others are out there you guys are useing?

[bowhunter911]

This is what I would use for a winch up! Holds over 450lbs for $699 http://premierfeeders.com/ProdDetails.cfm?RecNo=469
Way better than All Seasons for sure

[cosmiccowboy]

I ran homebuilt winch feeders for many years. They are really nice to fill but you have to treat them like a loaded gun. NEVER get under them when they are loaded in case you have a wiinch or cable failure.

[8pointer]

I ran homebuilt winch feeders for many years. They are really nice to fill but you have to treat them like a loaded gun. NEVER get under them when they are loaded in case you have a wiinch or cable failure.

Very good advice there!!!!

[Muddy Bud]

I saw some at Ace Hardware in San Diego, Tx the other day for $399.00. Not sure of the brand but looked very well built. Gong to pick one up on the next trip to the lease.

[apc10]

We have made several that are about 15' up to get out of the way of red deer bulls, but we don't even use the winch anymore. When it's full, it gets pretty tough to crank up all the way. Ours have 2 pulleys. We use a front end loader to fill them most of the time. On the normal feeders, I would rather use a ladder. But that's just my $.02. And I do agree with the above about never getting under them. I've had one come crashing down, but luckily it was only partially full and no one was under it.

[El Coyote]

Someone poking your eyes I think Mummies had that all-season for 499. Venado also makes a good one.

[Javelin]

you can build one for at most $150 using a 55 gallon barrel, 1 1/2 inch square tubing and some tubing that barely fits in the 1.5 inch tubing. you also need som flat plate in a circle (size of a large paper plate, a pully and a winch oh and a chain. weld a 3ft or so piece of tubing inside the barrel (cut holes in each side and stick it through. then weld up holes. then put a eye bolt on each end of the tubing and attach chain. put another eyebolt through the middle of round plate to put pulley. Then at angles weld 3 pieces (8 inches or so) of the smaller angle to the round plate. then cut legs as long as you want, attach winch to one of them and you are done

[Fishndude]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=385070&highlight=winch

[hammer63]

http://discussions.texasbowhunter.co...ighlight=winch

^^^^this^^^^^

Fill as much as you like. Save trips and reduce traffic at the feeder.

[Breezy]

Lamco are sweet !

[Breezy]

I saw some at Ace Hardware in San Diego, Tx the other day for $399.00. Not sure of the brand but looked very well built. Gong to pick one up on the next trip to the lease.

Bro that's way too cheap to be any good. U dont want a cheap winch up. Can be real dangerous.

[Txbownut]

I have several home made ones. A buddy of mine built them. The biggest advantage I see is that the pigs wont turn them over and tear them up like they do a conventional feeder. Because the barrel has some wiggle room by hanging on the cable, when pigs rub up against the legs, corn doesn't fall out. In a conventional feeder, they figure out real quick that the more they rub or dig around the legs, the more corn falls out. Eventually it runs out of corn so they keep rooting and rubbing until they flip it over and tear it up. When they rub on the legs of a winch feeder, the corn doesn't fall out so they give up and go find a conventional "corn tree". Saves me money every year by not having to fix my crap. Good advise on being careful, they can be dangerous, but I know a guy who fell off a ladder and impaled himself on a T-post filling a conventional feeder too.

[Bisch]

All of mine are home made. I would say it is probably closer to $250 in materials to do one up right.

Bisch

[Jerry H]

All of mine are home made. I would say it is probably closer to $250 in materials to do one up right.

Bisch

I made mine too and you are close on the cost