Welcome back to extreme forestry. in this tutorial we will show how to use winches in terrain that is not easy to handle or access especially deep inside forests.
Please note: Winches are a new feature of the Platinum Expansion for Farming Simulator 22. You must purchase either the Platinum Edition of the game (including the base game + expansion) or the Platinum Expansion if you already own the base game!
Types of Winches & Areas of Application
Forestry winches are contraptions designed to pull heavy logs with the use of wire ropes. They help you move long logs of chopped-down trees through the forest to a collection point, from where you transport them to selling points or production sites.
Winches exist in two forms in the game: as attachments for your regular tractors or so-called multipurpose tractors like the Pfanzelt Pm Trac – a specialized form of tractor.
You attach the rope of a winch to logs and pull them with your vehicle to a more spacious collection point.
Up to ten logs can be dragged across the forest with some winches, as two logs can be inserted into the implement directly. But beware, that only works with long and heavy logs, and driving too fast may result in losing them on your way.
How To Use Winches
Step 1: Attach the winch
Attach the winch of your choice to your tractor (and make sure it meets the power requirements) or use a multipurpose tractor like the Pfanzelt Pm Trac that comes with a handy gripping arm (in case you lose logs on your way). Drive the vehicle to the place in the forest where you harvest trees.
Step 2: Grab and attach a rope
After harvesting one or multiple trees, grab a rope from the back of the implement. With the rope “in hand”, you move to the log, look at it and press the assigned button to attach the rope.
Tip: If you’re using the Pfanzelt Pm Trac or a similar machine with a gripper arm, you can pick up a log and insert into the implement directly (see image above). Two logs, one left and one right, can be dragged across the ground like this. But beware, driving too fast or mounting logs that are not long and heavy enough may result in loosing them on your way.
Step 3: Move the logs
When attached, you can carefully drag the logs to the collection point or wherever you want to transport them to. This is especially helpful on steep terrain to get the logs out of the deep forest.
Tip: If the terrain is still too challenging, you might want to get the logs out of there by using yarders to overcome impassable terrain.
Learn more about moving logs via yarders
Step 4: Further transport
If you need to transport large quantities of logs from the collection to a selling point or production site, use trailers or containers.
Learn more about transporting & selling logs outside the forest
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What are the buttons to use the winch
I am having an issue with the winch not working for the Pfanzelt PM TRAC III. I can the yarder cable to work with no issues. Can someone please help. I am using PS4 console. I do enjoy the game.