Help Needed - Winch pegs

[bru21]

I am fitting some winch pegs tomorrow - the ones on top of the bar to wind the winch cable on, for quick line running. I am tossing up a few ideas:

Width I have looked and most trucks seem to have them pretty close together - i was looking at making them say 200mm further apart than most guys to get 400mm more cable per wind. say 150mm inside the lights on a gq.

Looking at running the 10mm round bar hoops front to back (most are left to right) to add a further 150mm per wind more as the cable winds in a rectangle rather than a line.

How high is good was thinking 250mm above the bar? Running a wide winch so should get at least 70m on the drum.

should the hoops be 100% vertical or inclined towards each other to taper when the cable is lifted. I see some look like the capital letter R

Finally I am assuming is is legal to street them - ie weld them on as the round bar is 10mm giving the adr 5mm min radius - has anyone been pulled up for it?

Just trying to get them right first time and every truck looks diferent!

All help greatly appreciated

Cheers Bru

[ozy1]

surly going to all the trouble you could make them removable for street use, or are you going to need the cable spooled on them all the time?

[toughnut]

I've been toying with an idea about this. You don't want it any higher than chest hight for your navi and you don't want it too wide because your navi will spend too much time moving from side to side when winding it up. You'll be quicker winding it on during a multiple winch stage rather than spooling back onto your winch. Also your rope wont get locked onto your drum as easily. You could put some small loops of 10mm on the uprights for your winch bar loop that goes up in front of your grill (if you have one) and this will stop the rope from sliding too far down onto your winch and will keep it legal for both comps and the street. Or just have a removable loop of 10 - 12mm rod

[bru21]

thanks. I can make them removable, just weld some 12mm cyclone nuts to one end of the bar and use bolts from below. What I mean is i cannot see why they would be illegal? or am I wrong

[RUFF]

I thought some of the winch comps had ruled out having cable stored like this now? Or is it that all the cable must be on the drum at the start of the stage?

[toughnut]

They are only illegal if you have them protruding from the front of your winch bar and there are some comps that rule you have to have it wound onto your winch at the start of the stage and there are others that let you do what ever you like.