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Discovery winch combinations

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narked:
Depends how extreme you plan for your winch-inducing scenarios to be, surely. I can easily see how you could get yourself stuck, with a standard bumper and low winch, and still be able to pull yourself out with that winch (or certainly a lot more effectively than a bottle of polish would... :P ). Drive within the limits of your vehicle and rescue gear, and don't expect miracles of it.

Bulli:
yes i know that it may help but really think hard...a misused winch WILL kill...no ifs or buts they can maim and kill.

In case you hadnt noticed winches will only pull you forward, or as i prefer to call it onto more trouble!! so when you get stuck you inevitably make the situation worse before you escape. You need a decent ground anchor etc etc... its not fit and forget .

stick to polishing

narked:
Disagree. For example where I live, during cold weather the access track ices over on one particularly steep section. After several days of hard frost, there's no way you're driving up it, but with a winch you could pull yourself up there no problem.

Not every possible situation where you're stuck ends up with going forward being worse than going back.

And a winch can kill whether it's in a low slung position or not. And if I wanted a winch for the "look at me I've got a winch" look, surely I'd be mounting it on a proper high level bumper, not hiding it away, and I have yet to take a bottle of polish anywhere near my Disco :P

chris.hunt22:
Its always me that starts the bickering!! :lol:   I'm not after one for show, we work on MOD stuff a lot and fire engines, their winches are sometimes mid mounted, you can't even see the winch on some of them, just the end of the wire with a hook running through a fairlead, they look a lot neater than having a huge winch stuck to the bumper, I think a winch on a Defender or series looks 'cool' but my opinion is that they just look a bit daft on a Disco, it will only get used once in a blue moon anyway, its like having a gun under the bed, you are probably never gonna use it but its nice to know its there :lol:

Bulli:
Hidden winch = winch you cant get to if anything isnt working. Lovely idea but impractical. The only reason i want a winch is to use ir. So strangely i have a winch mounted where i can access everyhting on it, as believe it or not winches do stop working..

so this one path that gets a bit of frost on it....how hard can it be? Firstly what are you goign to attach it to?? You need some form of anchor..or a better equipped vehicle to drive up first.

we were out and i drove up one route with up to 5 ft drifts with little problem, didnt need a winch but it is nice to know its there and working.Icy tracks are more dangerous onthe way down so perhaps they are best left unscaled!
i just dont get this obsession with hiding something that need regular maintainence, its just storing up trouble for later.

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