Badlands Winch Wireless Remote

[Bob R1]

I have been doing some research, and I did not find out nearly as much as I wanted to know about the Badlands Wireless Winch Controller.
Some say it will barely work to 50 feet. Others say it works quite a bit further than 50 feet.
A couple posts suggest swapping the Batteries for HOT Quality Batteries will make it work better.
I found way more posts on using the Badlands Wireless Controller on other brands of winches, than I did on using it on a Badlands Winch.
Is anyone on here using the Badlands Wireless Winch Controller, and how well is it working for you???

My plan for the Wireless Remote Controller is for pulling trees the direction I want them to fall, as I cut them down. I have some dead trees close to a fence, and a couple live ones that I need to remove to make a trail wider, and more use-able. I have looked over the trees, and I will need to use a Snatch Block to change the direction of the pull. I will also probably need to anchor the Roxor to a tree so that I do not end up dragging it, instead of pulling the tree in the direction that I want it to fall. I will get to use Snatch Blocks, Bow Shackles, Tree Saver Straps, 2" Flat Pull Straps, Soft Shackles, and probably a Chain for adjust ability anchoring the Roxor in place. I will get to use some of the You Tube Recovery Education I have been watching on the computer. I am sure that the Badlands ZXR12,000 LB Winch will be up to the task.

Bob R

 

[lost1wing]

I have one on my truck. It will work at full extension of the rope. 60' rope, so 50' spooled out. It will drag my crew cab Duramax.

 

[Bob R1]

I worked on Tree Number One after work today. I first had to do some tree cutting and trimming to position the Roxor where it needed to be for the pull.

Using the Little Giant Ladder I attached a 2" X 6' Strap around the tree, probably 17 feet up. I used a Soft Shackle to attach a 2" X 20' Strap to the Tree Strap. I then got down and removed the ladder.
I next attached a second 2" X 20' Strap to the first one. This got me within range of the Winch Line.

Next I positioned the Roxor and attached a Third 2" X 20' Strap to a Tree behind the Roxor on one end, and to one of the Roxor's Rear Bow Shackles on the other end using a Soft Shackle to attach the Strap to the Bow Shackle. I them moved the Roxor forward getting the slack out of the Anchor Strap.

Next I un-spooled the Winch Line, and ran it through a Snatch Block anchored to a tree with a Tree Saver and a Soft Shackle. I then attached the Winch Line to the 2" Strap going to the Tree I was going to cut down. This let me do an indirect pull, keeping the Roxor safe and out of the way.

I removed all slack from the Winch Line, and applied moderate tension to the tree.

At this point I notched the tree, and started the cut on the back side of the tree. I next circled back to the Roxor and spooled in more line to start pulling the tree over. I then went back to cutting the tree down once again. When I was sure that I had cut enough, I again circled back to the Roxor and pulled the tree over further with the Winch.

Well at this point the best made plans went South. The tree I was cutting hung in the branch's of an Oak. I initially thought it would just fall through the limb's. That did not happen.

With light quickly fading, I unhooked the Winch, and loaded everything except the straps attached to the tree that I was cutting downand, and went back to the house. Tomorrow after the Rifle Match at the Sportsman's Club, I will circle around to the back side of the tree, and pull the butt of the tree backwards out of the Oak, again using the Winch.

I got by on this pull using only the Cable Winch Control, while working by myself. It would have been handier with either some help running the winch control, or with the Wireless Remote Winch Control.

The tree next to the one that I cut down is approximately Nine Inches in Diameter. It has a nice Deer Rub on it. This is the third NICE Tree Rub that I have located that was made after the end of the 2024 Rifle Deer Season. I pulled the Trail Cameras a little early it looks like. I would like to see the buck rubbing a Nine Inch Pine Tree. I have only seen one other Rub on a tree of this diameter here in South Central Missouri.

More to come.

Bob R

 

[right_wright]

Bob this is more about tree work then a wireless remote. I would suggest that you look into a Maasdam Rope Puller. It is an unlimited rope winch with 1500lb strength. The limit is the length of your rope. They usually come with 150 feet of rope.
We have dropped a lot of trees. In WV we had a Beatles infestation that killed hundreds of our Ash trees. Some of these trees are 100ft or more in height. To be safe in felling the Maasdam has proven to be well life saving.
We bought a Roxor to get around our mountain property in fact day one of its arrival we used it to pull down a 110ft tree that broke in half. The broken part was still attached with the top touching the ground.
My wife called it a true Widow Maker. As the tree had 6 other trees in the downhill direction we used the Roxors 8000lb winch as the main directional force and a Maasdam as the break forced. We literally dropped 7 trees together. The scary part was making sure all face cuts were aligned and the back cuts were enough that the Maasdam could start the fall. In hindsight I wish we had recorded it. All said a done it took 2 days to plan and execute the trickiest tree work we ever did.
2 beer celebration!
My wife controlled the Roxor winch (150 feet away) and I did the Maasdam pull.
We find that the Maasdam (about $150 from Amazon) is easier then using the winch on the UTV or the tractor or where we can not push it over with the excavator.
Anyway I hope this helps. BtW the wife controlling the winch (radio communications) is petty good wireless control.
Good luck!

 

[Bob R1]

You are correct the Wife makes a very handy Remote Winch Controller. Unfortunately mine has had both knees replaced, and is not back to 100% just yet. After today's work, I am down to a single tree to remove at the lower end of the trail I opened up. It is a blow over lodged in another tree. At the moment I can drive under it.
I have been making a plan for it's removal. I will probably attach a strap to make sure it is limited on directions it can kick back when it cut it off.

After the trail work is completed I have Four Dead Trees in the East Fence Row that I need to drop. Two are not bad, and two are leaning the wrong way. The Winch should bring them back away from the fence. What I will need to work out is how to anchor the Roxor during the pull.

I will check out the Maasdam.

Bob R

 

[right_wright]

My favorite tree felling YouTube Channel is "Guilty of Treeson" check it out. I would suggest that you watch the use of wedges. It is amazing the power of a $10 wedge and the impact that is provided in directing the fall. Sometimes brut force is more dangerous considering a tree could weigh thousands of pounds plus the inertia effect.
I thinking in the last 7 years we have safely drop hundreds of trees many in the category of extremely dangerous. As we age safety is first of mind.
Anyway good luck on your tree work and we hope your wife's recovery goes well.
Best of luck!

 

[Bob R1]

right_wright I have Wedges, both steel and plastic I should consider using them more. Good suggestion.

Bob R