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Demountable winches

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Range Rover Blues:
I'd say it sticks out maybe 3 or 4 inches behind the winch, literally the towball sits behind the winch tray.  Yes it gets in the way of the tailgate on the RRC but that's another reason it doesn't LIVE there.

I haven't used it in anger TBH, I always wanted a winch and had to nag SWMBO that it was a bargain at Donnington last Feb.  I've never used it, I carry it every time we go out but I rarely NEED my lockers TBH, given how infrequently Tim gets stuck without any toys, I think I got the better of him once in Leicester and that was more down to reading the ground.

Anyway, I digress.  It fits over a clampshell on the towball, so you can have a vice/tool rack/winchg etc etc on a stable platform, it doesn't rotate because the sides of the reciever rest on the shank of a towball and prevent it.  If you ground it down then it would.  I'm not sure of the merrits of that either way though.

I gathered you were interested in a removeable, like me, it's just that some folks seem to want to poo-poo the idea, that's all.  There are positives and negatives, like it's ****** heavy for one and needs strapping down, I was reminded today when my toolbax full of shackles and snatch blocks flew up and landed slightly skewed so on top of something else.  All the contents burst through the bottom of it.

davidlandy:
and be sure to see Porny Ian for the wiring - he has a good supply of anderson connectors and leads.

Darren:
Thanks for the feedback RRB.

I think the one I've found with the Dixon Bate connector is probably going to more suitable for what I want. It's (relatively) low profile, which means that when I get around to making a bracket for the front end I have the option of the winch riding up there just like a permanently fixed one if the situation calls for it. A DB towbar also means I can add other interchangable goodies on separate sliders such as a NATO hitch, although I haven't mentioned a Sankey trailer to my better half yet :D

Darren:
Thanks for the pointer, Dave. That could be just what I'm going to need :)

Range Rover Blues:
Yes being able to change the coupling for something else is useful, I have a Southdown on the back so I can but they don't make anything for the front which is a shame.  Had I known Scorpion were going to introduce one I might have waited for that.  You live and learn.

I want something for the front which won't alter the profile at all, I'm thinging of jack-mayes with a towball kit and dropping the back rack onto that.  The towball would have to be secured onto the towing eye of the jack mate though.

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