Why not a winch-up instead of a stand and fill feeder

[jakhunter]

I'm 24 so standing in the truck filling a few feeders is nothing too bad yet. Buddy of mine broke his arm messing with a winch up feeder. He was cranking the feeder down while it still had a bit of corn in it, lost control of the crank and bam! Alcohol MAY or may not have been involved but it could happen to anyone.

[SuperDave]

I prefer winch up. I built my own. I don't like the idea of being out in the middle of nowhere, climbing a ladder with 50lbs on my back, with no phone or way of getting help. I've heard too many stories of people falling. I would rather deal with the winch.

[Geezy Rider]

All of mine are winch up. Homemade and work great. Too old and broken to climb up ladders with a sack of feed on my shoulders.

[Daryl]

That is 1 thing we have for sure is a brake winch on our winch-up feeders

[dadogg]

I have been slowly switching mine to winch ups mainly due to my age and safety concerns of falling off a ladder out there when I make sole trips. I still have a couple that I can fill by standing in the back of the Polaris.

[TxAg]

Winch-ups just seem dangerous

[unclefish]

Seems like a no brainer when comparing stand-and-fills to winch-up. One involves cranking and one doesn't.....stand-and-fill wins.

[mjhaverkamp]

If you are putting a pen around the feeder then the stand and fill are the only way to go, actually even if you are not putting a pen they would seem to be the best way to go.

[courtatlawjudge]

We use winch ups with the friction winches. Good 18volt cordless drill. They hang with weight straight down. Harder to bump feed out of and I ain't as I once was. Filling at ground level is just safer for a guy like me who has back problems, etc.

[WCB]

All of mine are winch up. Homemade and work great. Too old and broken to climb up ladders with a sack of feed on my shoulders.

A stand and fill, at least the ones I've checked out, cost more than I wanted to spend. I can build a winch up fairly cheap.

[Burnadell]

I prefer winch up. One person can fill it easily, much safer, and less likely for coons to get to it.

[WCB]

I prefer winch up. One person can fill it easily, much safer, and less likely for coons to get to it.

Since going to winch up feeders I have zero coon problems and don't need a varmint cage.
And I don't fill my feeders drunk as one may have eluded to...

[Mudslinger]

Winch-ups just seem dangerous

As opposed to climbing up a ladder with 40 to 50#'s of feed on your back? What is dangerous about a winch up. If you do not stand directly underneath it, there should be no problem. I have been using them for years and years and have not had a single unit fall or fail.

[randal]

My feeder holds 30 bags of corn so I get up there and fill it 2x a year

[DJM]

I have yet to see a winch up cheaper than any of the leg feeders I have.Climbing a ladder,or standing in the bed of a pickup is no big deal.To each his own.

DJ