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Winches - Electric V Hydraulic
euro_weasel:
So how do you run your winch from a pto on a 90" ? i have a 90 and am in the same situation, unsure of how/what winch to put on it.
any adivce would be great,
thanks very much
Foden34ke12:
Well its depends. I have a warn xp9000i which i bought off ebay ages ago. It works fine with enigine on or off. Loads of power and speed.
Easy to set up. The problem with these winches I find is when people put them on the front of their trucks. Now you may say 'what else do you do with them?'
If you put them on the front of your truck when you drive home from work in the rain... Or you are splashing through the mud the winch is getting wet. This is what breaks them. The bearings and drive gears are not sealed units so they fill with water, rust and clog up.
Plus if you have buried your front end in a mud pool you have buried your winch as well...
I have aqquired a plate which you can mount a winch on and fits into a dixon bate hitch. This means that during the off road session its lives safe and sound in the back of the truck in a water proof box, because you only use a winch probably 1-3 times a day when off roading severely.
When 'you've done it again' you can simple get the winch out of the back. Pin it into place, connect up the power and remote and winch away to your hearts content. Then put it away safe and dry again afterwards. Plus this means that you only need on winch for front and back and even if your mate has a dixon bate on the back use yours. Just make a coil of connection leads in the back of the truck.
Just an idea, more pics to follow
Dave
muddyweb:
--- Quote from: "Foden34ke12" ---because you only use a winch probably 1-3 times a day when off roading severely.
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When 'you've done it again' you can simple get the winch out of the back. Pin it into place, connect up the power and remote and winch away to your hearts content. Then put it away safe and dry again afterwards.
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My experience with demountable systems is that at least 50% of the time, you can't get the winch on the receiver once you have got stuck.... because it is filled with mud / wedged against a rock / under the bog / any other situation... best bet IMHO is to stick it on the vehicle before you tackle an obstacle and save yourself a lot of hassle. Yes, this means you dunk it, but maintenance is the key.. My winch is something like 10 years old and still going strong... mounted on the front, regularly plunged into all manner of stuff.
Foden34ke12:
Yeah thats true enough. But it still does mean that at least you can put it in the back on the way home. I guess you gotta try different things. Beside surely if your front is wedged against a rock you wanna go backwards lol?
Its the only option for me lol. I broke the bank buying one winch lol...
Dave
johnniep:
im quite interested in a demoutntable winch system as thats the next buy for ur rangie , but its a bob'd pickuo and so the winch could be kept in a waterproof bow in the back, so its still acessable even if it is in a hole, but we have looked towards forlift type plugs front and back for power and then may b 3/4 big bolts on a reinforced pece of box in the bumper, there already 2x4 box so they should be strong enough, have you got any pics of your removable system,
one of the things i agree with robbie, is unlike a lot of the prats out there on challenge event who just wack the winch on and pull there selves up to the punch, i would only want it for recovery, after youve got yourself stuck, i dont see the point in not jus useing a winch when a section could be driven!
any info welcome pleas
cheers
johnnie p
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