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rear mounted winch ??????

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:01 pm
by TYLER
hey guys, im lookin at mounting my winch behind the cab because the poor luxie dosent need the extra weight up the front, was just wondering if anyone has any pics of wat they've done or hav seen done, would be nice to see wat other people hav done for cradles and if i need to use plasma rope or not???

CHEERS
tyler :D

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:24 am
by me3@neuralfibre.com
One I have seen done in a few places is run it to the rear, round a pulley block, then to the front (routing could be fun).

To rear winch you run out the pulley block.

To forward winch you do a normal direct pull.

Fairleads for the rear, and any intermediate pulleys could be fun. Avoid tight corners.

You have prob seen similar.

Paul

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:51 am
by Evil 73
Have a look at this one, he is able to supply cradles and mounting kits for most vehicles.

http://www.3rdrock4x4.com/forum/download.php?id=1177

Ben

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:59 am
by whoneedsbitumen
When we were up in cairns a few weeks ago i saw a HJ ish 1 tonner with a winch mounted behind the cab... dunno why u would want it on 1 of those but anyway..

sorry for this bit of useless info :roll:

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:36 pm
by manitou
i have seen one of these on an ibex (kit car made from a land rover). It had a central mounted winch that goes to the back of the 4wd and around a pulley then to the front. the pulley can be pulled out and used in a rear recovery like a snatch block or like a standard winch out the front. only issue was making sure it wound on the winch evenly as you could not see it directly.

Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:19 pm
by jeep97tj
manitou wrote:i have seen one of these on an ibex (kit car made from a land rover). It had a central mounted winch that goes to the back of the 4wd and around a pulley then to the front. the pulley can be pulled out and used in a rear recovery like a snatch block or like a standard winch out the front. only issue was making sure it wound on the winch evenly as you could not see it directly.
:? :? :? How do u wind it on evenly when u can see it?? when u have 2t on the end of the cable it winds onto the drum how ever it wants.