Alternative winch mount suggestion for debate?

[lacroupade]

Heres something for discussion (or demolition by the naysayers!).....

Given the lack of a suitable winch bumper (at least at the right price!) for the T2/Mav, I wonder what the pros and cons are of having a winch mounted inside the rear of the vehicle?). It would assume:

1. Your truck is mainly for offroad use so you don't mind rearranging rear storage. Mind you, I'm sure you could make it demountable if you really tried hard enough?! Either way its not so visible/accessible to tea leaves....

2. The winch is properly mounted through the floor to the chassis somehow.

OK so you'd only be able to recover backwards or tow people out when they were behind you (or you turn around - ooh memories are flooding back of Llandovery Forest two weeks ago!!), but is that the end of the world as we know it, in return for security and a clean winch?!.

And to people who say the rear door is too heavy and gets in the way; anyone thought about fabrication of a lightweight ally alternative - wouldn't be that difficult....

Just a thought....I'll get me coat now... :augie

 

[Darwin]

Just slap me if I am an idiot but how about x bracing the rear door and fabricate something so it bolts up using the spare wheel carrier ?

Or buy a decent winch bumper , take measurements and have something similar fabricated en masse

 

[zippy656]

ive seen the fitted via TWO of the front tow type sockets, so are only fitted via two pins and a plug for the power..
ill try to find a pic when i get home..... im sur scot could come up with some thing, maybe a bit tougher than the tow fittings, but same idea...

 

[lacroupade]

Oi Zippy - re the sig -= thats plagiarism that is! I'll be sending me invoice LOL! :lol

 

[lacroupade]

Or even demountable to the rear tow bracket (sans ball of course)....

 

[zippy656]

Oi Zippy - re the sig -= thats plagiarism that is! I'll be sending me invoice LOL! :lol

you can get pill for that!

 

[zippy656]

Or even demountable to the rear tow bracket (sans ball of course)....

ive seen them with fitting onto tha ball. but i cant remember where..

again will look later

 

[lacroupade]

winch porn...

http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/4x4_winches.html

http://www.autow.co.uk/winches/towball_mounting_kits_prices_317.html

 

[zippy656]

winch porn...

http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/4x4_winches.html

http://www.autow.co.uk/winches/towball_mounting_kits_prices_317.html

Thats where i saw it...

was in there shop last year!


Mrs Zippy said No though..

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

Oi Zippy - re the sig -= thats plagiarism that is! I'll be sending me invoice LOL! :lol

and ref you sig. My mum says my dad only has 2 faults, everything he does and everything
he says.

 

[zippy656]

and ref you sig. My mum says my dad only has 2 faults, everything he does and everything
he says.

oh thats good then. same faults as me then!

just ask Mrs Zippy

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

a receiver system seems way to go for a portable winch, dont think i'd want one fixed
at either end though atleast with rear you admit retreat is best advance sometimes.
also a pulley mounted could allow forward winching. Landy 101s had a central mount
that worked both ways.

wants pair of receivers welded onto top of front chassis, access holes cut in bumper.
another pair under rear chassis at same spacing assume chassis is parallel full length.
then just needs plug in power control which would also double for jump starting. is a
name for plugs, TRS has mentioned 'em bit like breakdown vans use.

 

[zippy656]

usieng same winch front and back would save £££

im sure scots fittings could be adapted to take one for the front so the pull wouldn't be on one side only.

the back use the tow bar if fitted..

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

with a ball mount winch limited to capacity, seen small un s upto 4-6000 lbs but
if had balanced unit semi fixed to both chassis rails could go much stronger as
TRS already said wants 10-12000lb unit.

 

[lacroupade]

I wouldn't mount to the ball, its just a casting when alls said and done - much prefer to remove the ball before an outing and have something bolted directly to the standard T2 towbar bracket (4-holes) - if that pulled off frankly its time to give up and go home I'd say!!

When you say 'receiver' T I take it you mean a winch you use remotely, e.g. tied to a tree? If so, any recommendations that won't break the bank?

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

receiver a 2" square tube, see front towball design, into which a another smaller
diameter tube slots in retained by a bolt and nut. a pair of these would have a
cross bar welded to them then winch bolts on that.

 

[makeitfit]

Hello girls, late reading this but here's my thought!
I've been in touch with a fabricator who already makes Disco winch bumpers. he can custom make a version to replace the front t2 mav plastic one for about £180,powder coated. A bit more for galv.
If a few you ladies fancy one too then the price might move down a bit:thumbs
I'm also working on a removable rear winch for those offroad outings.
Wouldn't bother with tow bar versions as if you going to need a winch then you'll probably also want plenty of rear approach angle(or what ever it's called).
So the tow bar will be off:thumbs

 

[zippy656]

when hes made one be good to see a few pics.


look here, some pics of one i found earlyer

 

[tezzer]

winch porn...

http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/4x4_winches.html

http://www.autow.co.uk/winches/towball_mounting_kits_prices_317.html

what stops the winch turning sideways when fitted to ball??

this item SWA256013 Superwinch Towball Winch Mount:from winch warehouse seems a better idea, :nenau



tezzer

 

[lacroupade]

I wouldn't have thought it matters Tez; in fact if the winch can rotate to face the exact direction of pull its got less stress on it I'd have thought....the limitation with all these ball-mounted winches (phew!) sems to be that they max out at 4-5000 lbs against the typical 9-12000 for a bumper mounted version....